Julia Sherred's Geeky Pleasures

In preparation for Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, yesterday Skewed and Reviewed’s Gareth Von Kallenbach was on the the BJ Shea Morning Experience (KISW.com) talking about video games. The interview is available for download (right click, save as) and I recommend you listen to it. It is actually quite funny. A couple... 

Nexon America’s leading free-to-play game, MapleStory, has introduced a brand new class and character in the most recent update, Dragon Master Evan. Evan is an ordinary farm boy living in a small town called Henesys. He wakes one morning from an ominous dream and later stumbles upon a dragon egg, forever changing his life.... 

Dungeon Fighters who have undergone intensive training as one of four character subclasses can reach a state of awareness called “Awakening” in Dungeon Fighter Online. From March 10-31, players who have advanced to level 48 can Awaken and acquire powerful new skills. To celebrate this new addition to Dungeon Fighter Online,... 

This post serves no other reason than to make you go awwwwww. Thank you @leighdf for sending this to me. You can buy the robot here.  Read More →

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Well those wonderful songsmiths have done it yet again and submitted another round of really good music. It always impresses me how these people are able to write and produce a song in under a week. For the third round, the challenge was to write a song about a recipe. And yet again, it was very difficult for me to pick out... 

Don’t Die Trying Gamers looking to participate in online water balloon action longer can now enjoy continuous play in PopTag!’s “Revival Mode.”  Players face off against each other, similar to regular PvP Mode in frenzied water balloon battles.  Rather than being eliminated, a player’s death is logged as points for... 

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Fujitsu is has a few Spring offer deals valid March 8 – 22, 2010, including $100 off the purchase of selected notebooks. Buy a Fujitsu notebook and get $100 Off* $100 Off – Use Coupon Code: SPRINGOFFER FREE Shipping Valid from 3/8 to 3/22/2010 * Select Notebooks exclude Express buys, MH380, M2011, P3010 and UH900 $100... 

As I mentioned before, Skewed and Reviewed has a magazine and the second issue is now available. If you are attending ECCC, I highly recommend you check out Gareth Von Kallenbach’s panel. His panel will be opening up ECCC and there are no other events at this time. There, you can purchase the second issue for $3 USD or...