Finally, a review of Brave New World’s Valentine’s Day Ge3k Singles Night. I convinced a couple of friends to attend with me. Adam’s a Comic-Con attending, graphic novel writing, certified geek. Whereas Whitney, not so much.
We arrived at Brave New World to be greeted by my friends Therese and Michael. We met on the Browncoat Cruise, so our friendship has been rooted in the geeky. Therese gave us the grand tour of Brave New World and introduced us to Portlyn and Atom, who as the owners of Brave New World, are responsible for bringing geeks together. All sorts of geeks in all sorts of age ranges were ..read more
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Thursday
10:22 am 
If you were playing adventure games in the 80s, you’ve likely seen some of David Fox’s handiwork. Most programmers back then went uncredited, and household names were still a rarity, but the products he put time into spoke volumes. David worked on many of LucasArts’ early smash hits: “Rescue on Fractalus,” “Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders,” “Maniac Mansion” and others.
Geek6 was able to take up some of David’s time to get his thoughts on the past and future of gaming, as well as the changes that have taken place in the industry over 30 years.
You were in on the computer revolution from the get-go. What was the ..read more
Josh
Thursday
5:10 pm
Editor’s note: This is a really long post. It’s my coming-of-age true tale of one of my most formative geek memories, and it’s something I’ve wanted to write for more than a year.
We couldn’t play games on Mike’s TI-99 computer that day in 1986. I can’t remember exactly why, but as a result, we wound up in his room, listless and looking for a less technological way to pass the afternoon.
Two hours later, I raced my dirt bike home over suburban asphalt, breathless with excitement. “Mom… mom…” I panted when I got inside. “I played the coolest thing! You could be an elf, or a warrior, and you got ..read more
So one time I was in a fabric store and noticed some great faux fur that reminded me of of Tauntaun fur. Immediately I texted my buddy Malaki (check out his awesome Iron Man costume!) and was like “could you make me a Tauntaun head outta foam so I can have a Tauntaun skin rug?”
He laughed for about five minutes then said “Of course!” He presented it to me at my wedding. It’s Hothian tradition, after all.
photos by Christina ..read more
Josh
Tuesday
10:05 pm
Editor’s note: This post is pretty long, and kinda emo, but deeply personal. Maybe you won’t read it, because there’s no subheads in it. Or maybe you can relate, and it’ll help you recall one key thread that was interwoven among your formative years. For me, this is that thread.
In the winter of 1982, my dad and I trekked across the crunchy Michigan snow to our neighbor’s house to see his new toy.
“It’s called a Commodore 64,” he said. “And it’s changed my life.” Over the next few minutes, he demoed a word processor, swapped the discs to show us a database program and, finally, an adventure game.
He waggled the ..read more
Josh
Saturday
6:52 pm
Today, while you’re in the lovin’ mood, why not share your big geek heart with others.
Geek Girls Network & Geeky Clean have created a fundraiser to support the Haiti Relief called Geeks With Heart.
Through Mercy Corp, Geeks With Heart has a fundraising goal of $2500 and thereís no minimum for donations. If you can spare just one special cup of coffee, an iTunes download, or a crispy chicken sandwich, donate to Haiti instead. Show Haiti why geeks have heart!
As extra incentive, and not that you need any, once Geeks With Heart reaches $2500, all ..read more
I recently stumbled upon a friend of a friend’s blog and read about their social experiment using “leisure cards.” It’s an interesting and funny read. You should click on the link to check it out.
The idea is that we tend to broadcast so much of our personal life on the internets via facebook, twitter, and the like and are contrastingly becoming more and more insular in regards to face to face interactions. I’ve met a few of my neighbors in the 3 months I’ve lived in my new place.
There’s the girl downstairs that introduced herself one evening by knocking on my backdoor. She ..read more
Brave New World Comics in Santa Clarita, California is putting on a Ge3k Singles Night on Friday, February 12th. I’ve always wondering if these types of events are interesting and fun or just down right painful. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, please check it out. I may end up there ..read more
That time of chalky delicious conversation hearts is upon us. Hold up! They used to be delicious, but Necco decided to introduce new flavors for 2010. No sooner did they touch my tongue than I had to spit them out. I may be forced to make my own conversation circles from a roll of Necco Wafers. In spite of my conversation heart woes I have compiled a Valentine’s Day gift guide for the geek girl in your ..read more
I quite often defend my geek passion as the equivalent of sports fanatics. I like conventions, comics, movies and such for the same reasons people are fanatical about sports. Not only am I interested in the subject matter but I love the camaraderie of being surrounded by others that share my similar interests. This comparison was most clearly illustrated at DragonCon a few years back. There was a pivotal college football game scheduled in Atlanta the same weekend as DragonCon. While there was some hostility from the geeks when the football fans got a hold of the DragonCon hotel rates and booked out the rooms in record time, ..read more
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