The Care and Feeding of Nerds: April 2014

Apr

2014

This Week in Geekdom

Posted by Kel

Hi guys and best wishes for a happy con to those of you attending C2E2 or Calgary Expo this weekend. Oh convention season; you seem to add more awesome to your ranks every successive year. But, for those of us not currently wandering a dealer hall, let's get down to the Week in Geekdom. TV Ever wonder how your favorite cartoons, specifically those with comic origins, make it to the small screen? Giancarlo Volpe, the man behind Green Lantern: the Animated Series, illustrated this...

Apr

2014

Geeky Crafting: Scalemailing

Posted by Kel

It’s difficult to believe sometimes, but we’re already closing in on 100 days to the doors opening at GenCon 2014. Squee! We’ve talked about it a couple of times before, but, due in no small part to our absence from the Best Four Days in Gaming last year, this year’s schedule for our visit to Indy is shaping up to be jam-packed. The cosplay docket is correspondingly full. It’s just tiptoeing on the line at which I have to remind myself you don’t have to do all the things this year; there...

Apr

2014

This Week in Geekdom

Posted by Kel

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Apr

2014

PAX East 2014 Roundup

Posted by Kel

It’s been the better part of a week now and the PAX-induced grins are just beginning to fade. You hear that burgeoning seasonal allergies and mid-April snow? Even you can’t crush the con-happy. <sneezes> Also, yes, you can totally have both allergy-inducing conditions and snow existing simultaneously in New England. It was actually over 70 degrees (21.1 degrees C) less than 24 hours ago. Despite the absence of a few AAA developers, there were still plenty of interesting gaming...

Apr

2014

A Very Bloggy Birthday

Posted by Kel

Image by Zazzle.com It's funny, today is a lot like another not-so-distant mid-April day. Two years ago I was grinning in the afterglow of PAX East, wracking my brain for a way to preserve the deep, gut-level happiness that conventions have a way of fostering. One subway ride later, the Care and Feeding of Nerds busted out of my subconscious and onto the internets. The blog has grown quite a bit these two years past. How much has it grown? The graphs can tell part of that story: Woo!...