While the internet offers opportunities to connect remotely with empathetic fans of games of all sorts, a growing group of shrewd entrepreneurs has begun to launch wildly popular brick-and-mortar establishments where nerds of all stripes can gather to hang out in person with their tribes and let their creative impulses soar.
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Continue ReadingLARPing or Live Action Role Playing is an incredibly popular and misunderstood part of geek culture. The image many have of loners who live in their parents’ basements eating junk food only to emerge on the weekends as wizards and warriors couldn’t be further from the truth.
Continue ReadingIf you don’t already know her, J.R. Blackwell is an extremely talented writer and photographer living in Philadelphia, PA. I have met her several times at various conventions during the last few years. I’m a huge fan of her eclectic art and amazing story telling. I was so excited when I found out that she was […]
Continue ReadingI enjoy LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) quite a bit, though these days I don’t get to do it as much as I like. I first start LARPing in college when I got introduced to Vampire: The Masquerade. I’ve played in a weekend Firefly LARP and try to go down to GA to play in […]
Continue ReadingConCarolinas is a science fiction convention that takes place in Charlotte, NC every year. This year’s con will take place on June 3-5, 2011 at Charlotte Hilton University Place. For the last few years, I’ve attended ConCarolinas. It’s a great con that isn’t too large, but still offers a lot of programming. It also was […]
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