• TBCC 2019 Player One, Power Ups, & Probabilities: Panel Recap

    This panel was held on: Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 3 PM – 4 PM And here was the pitch: Join the data science debate of the highest critically acclaimed video games vs the nostalgia of games we grew up. The data science team at Pancake Breakfast: A Stack Of Stats will be serving up…


  • TBCC 2019 Smash Brothers, Segmentation & Strategy: Panel Recap

    This Panel was held on: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM During the Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2019, held at the Tampa Convention Center. The Panelists were: Tom Ferrara (@pancake_analytics) , Kalyn Hundley (@kehundley08), Andy Polak (@polak_andy) I want to take a quick moment to discuss the panelists.  I love giving…


  • TBCC 2019 Avengers, Algorithms, and Analytics: Panel Recap

    This Panel was held on: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 9 PM – 10 PM During the Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2019, held at the Tampa Convention Center. The Panelists were: Tom Ferrara (@pancake_analytics) , Kalyn Hundley (@kehundley08), Andy Polak (@polak_andy)   I want to take a quick moment to discuss the panelists.  I love…


  • Recipe 013: Marvel Comics Propensity Score

    How crazy would it be if I told you Howard the Duck and Old Man Logan are closer to each other in skill sets than they are to any other Marvel characters?  Or how about Thor and Dr. Octopus are lookalikes as well?  Let’s answer these questions together by wrangling some readily available data.  …


  • Recipe 010: Mario Kart Game-play Improvement Controller Trials

    Before I dive into this week’s data story, let me state why I love the Nintendo Switch.  I personally feel there’s a need for video games to be a social event, and couch co-op is a must have feature.  The Nintendo Switch offers several games which meet this need. My family loves playing video games…