Category: Geek Culture

  • Down from the Door Where it Began

    As Edmonton makes its yearly transformation into Hoth, sadly without Tauntauns (seriously bio-engineers, what are you even doing with your time?) I find myself drawn back to the keyboard, and this blog.  I know I gave a little tease back in August with my Gencon reports, and I’m sorry if you all felt that was…

  • Enjoying the Con Game

    I am GMing this weekend at Underground Con, a one day gaming convention in Calgary.  I am running two slots of Pathfinder Society Organized play, and taking part as a GM in the Iron GM Local competition.  Underground Con is a great grass-roots gaming con, and if you are in Calgary or environs, I recommend…

  • Nerd Goings On in #YEG

    Summer, I think it is safe to say, is finally here.  I know nothing is official until June, but the blue skies, blazing sun and my totally coincidental bright red sunburn (you win this time, Daystar!) lead me to accept certain things as fact.  Lucky for me or any other nerd seeking relief from solar…

  • Humpday Links for May 2

    May already!  If, like me, you are not only trying to get to the weekend but anticipating celebrating Cinco de Mayo, you deserve this extra large helping of links to occupy your mind.  I’m a giver.  You’re welcome. – Anyone who knows me knows about my thralldom to the Dark Mistress Coffee.  I want one…

  • Great News and Graphic Content

    We’ll get to an upcoming nerd event in a second, but first I wanted to share something.  I posted a little while back about Spider Robinson’s daughter Terri Luanna and her fight against cancer.  Last week Spider took the time to drop by the site and pass on some great news: “Since you were kind enough…

  • GM Advice: Letting Go of “No”

    If you’ve been game mastering for a while, the word “no” can start to feel like a comfortable old friend.  After all, you spend your sessions riding herd on players, who often have the impulse control of Ritalin-deprived, sugar-soaked 10-year-olds…or maybe that’s just my group.  In any case, it is easy to just say no…

  • Humpday Links for April 11

    Good morrow, fair gentles!  The apex of the weekly grind is upon us, as we struggle through to the downhill slide into the weekend.  Please let these links ease your passage… – If I were a teacher, this is the sort of thing that would get me in trouble.  And I’d be okay with that.…

  • Nerdiness Afoot in YEG

    Ahoy, nerdlings!  Winter seems to have passed us by and it is time to shake off our hibernation and get out into the world.  Conveniently, your fellow geeks are running events  firmly in your wheelhouse.  So give yourself a shake, put on your best pop-culture t-shirt, and hit up one of these upcoming events: 50,000…

  • Humpday Links for March 21

    Having survived both the Ides of March (et tu, Dorkus?) and Drunken Irish Stereotype Day, I have a pretty spiffy batch of links for your enjoyment.  So let us spring forward and get to it! – Some people take their cosplay to a whole new level.  This is one of those people. – Apparently Ender’s…

  • Geek & Sundry

    As a geek in the Age of Geeks, every day there is some new nerdy thing offered up for my amusement.  Links, images, movies, tv shows; the dork train is pulling out of the station and everyone is trying to get on board.  A lot of it is bad, no denying.  A small portion is…