Jon

Jon Reddick is a well-credentialed nerd of the 80s, classic game fan, and technology geek. He merged those interests into the creation of GenXGrownUp: a weekly podcast and YouTube channel which explores and celebrates media, games, tech, toys, comics, and pop culture of yesterday and today through the eyes of Generation X'ers.

Dragon Con’s Dragon Awards Publishes Its 2018 Ballot

ATLANTA – Dragon Con’s Dragon Awards, a fan-chosen awards program to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy literature, comics, gaming, and filmed entertainment, has published its 2018 ballot. The Dragon Awards are decidedly a “fans’ choice” award. All fans – not just Dragon Con members or attendees – are invited to select the […]
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A.A.I Wars | Comic Sans Episode 17

In this week’s round table comic book review we take a look at a self-published book, A.A.I. Wars, written & illustrated by Jason Flowers. The year is 2058 or so we believe. After downloading what appeared to be a signal of alien radio waves, we were ambushed. The waves were encoded with a viral alien […]
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My Arcade Micro Cabinet Review

When we were growing up in the 80s we all said the same thing, “Man, I wish I could have my very own arcade game!” Well, it only took us 30 years. Check out Jon’s obsession with mini arcade cabinets as he takes a look at Mini-Burgertime, Mini-Dig-Dug, and Mini-Galaga in his review of the […]

Castle Rock, Thimble Box, & Völgarr the Viking

This week, Jon bravely admits that he is looking forward to “The Meg,” Mo is confused about whether or not he liked “Batman Ninja,” and George talks about two great streaming shows: one new and one returning. Plus hear our dressing room demands and more!     Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » […]
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Comic Sans Episode 16: Aether & Empire

In this week’s round table comic book review we take a look at Aether & Empire from Blue Juice Comics written by Michael Horan & illustrated by Bong Dazo. At the height of Victoria’s reign, a scientific expedition to Mars has vanished and the daring rescue mission is now a race against time and space. […]

Evolution of Digital Storage

Today most of us walk around with hundreds of gigabytes of storage in our pockets and think nothing of it. In the not too distant past, to have a few megabytes of storage was considered a ton! For those of us who remember 5 1/4″ floppy disks, it would take 9,532 of them to store […]