This Week in Geekdom

Happy Easter to all those celebrating today! Even if this weekend did not include any holidays for you, there was still plenty of nerdy goings-on to get excited about (and/or ample excuses to nom on delicious seasonal candy). Games Yesterday saw the inaugural celebration of International Table Top Day. Introduced back in February by Geek and Sundry, the call went out to nerds and muggles alike to go forth, patronize their local game store, get together with family and friends, and...

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NomNoms! Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs

With all the anticipation leading up to and exhausting dénouement from PAX East, it's less than surprising to turn around and see that April is staring us in the face. After a winter that would have appropriate on the continent of Westeros, the prospect of spring seems extra enticing to most New England residents. Though I'm normally not one to devote any particular efforts to the heralding of spring (normally it's "yay more sunshine; boo allergies!"), the notion of indulging in some...

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PAX East 2013 Recap

It's funny, there's really no single adjective or handy phrase out there that encapsulates the sensation left behind in the wake of a convention (in English anyhow). Though, ostensibly, we all experience this differently, most con-goers tend to grapple with a mélange of exhaustion, fond recollection and contented emotional hangover tinged with the bittersweet knowledge that it may be months or even years before such feelings are stirred anew. All in all, PAX East was generally a good...

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This Week in Geekdom

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This Week in Geekdom

What's this? Two posts in one week? At this still semi-early stage in the year you guys have seen a couple new features on the blog and this latest tidbit is the last in this crop of experiments. Over the next few months the new features will be tweaked and adjusted as I get an idea of how popular/useful they are. The major post types (the ones that get their own subheadings at the top of the page) will continue as before. As always, if you guys have strong opinions about how the blog is constructed,...

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Nerd Life: Once and Future Gamer Redux?

Being free from the all-encompassing grasp of graduate school has had a myriad of positive effects. Though I'm relishing each of these in their turn, those most potent consequences thus far have been A) getting to sleep relatively normal hours again B) reclaiming weekends as sources of fun rather than opportunities to do homework and C) indulging in games with not-quite-reckless abandon.  Fortunately, this gaming barrage hasn't included the latest incarnation of Sim City, the release...

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Cosplay: PAX East 2013

It's typically around this time every year that a deep sense of frustration seems to emanate from those who've trudged through the throws of winter. This year the phenomenon appears particularly prevalent in much of the US as we've spent most of the past month and a half digging out from one snowstorm after another. It makes for decent exercise, but more than a few people have had more than their fill of cold, dark days and inhospitable weather. So the transition from February to March...

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