I’ve been busy. In the interim here: http://www.wickedcoolstuff.com/mopyblknplba.html It’s a Monty Python, Black Knight backpack. I want this so badly I can taste it. Hilarious? Check. In Poor Taste? Check. Probably utterly impractical? Check. Gimme!!!!
http://www.conquestnw.com/ I will be there Saturday, helping to run the Story Games Lounge. The Mister will be there both Saturday and Sunday. I need at least one day a weekend to write and do laundry. My co-host for Geek Sisterhood, Sophie Lagace, who you heard in podcast #7 talking about Emerald City Gamefest, will also… Read More What the Geek Girl What Rules is Doing this Weekend: Conquest NW 2009
Ok, I have totally slammed “Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress” here and on podcasts. I find the excerpts I’ve read to be banal, vapid and irritating to the point that they make me want to hit something. I’ve called it twee, I’ve called it awful, but one criticism you will NOT hear me make is… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #73 – Going to be all Humorless Feminist at you for a bit.
When I got my laptop, it came with Vista. Vista and I have issues. A lot of issues, so we wiped it and installed (legitmately) XP. Now, I’ve known for some time that some of the drivers weren’t right, but it didn’t affect what I was doing, so I didn’t worry about it. Not so… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #72.25 – Why I am not yet on COH/COV
I have a confession. I have never played an MMORPG. Never. Never ever. Never ever never. Tonight at the Mister’s work (very postponed because of the Seattle Snowmageddon) holiday party, I became the proud owner of both City of Heroes and City of Villians, as well as three free months of play. I decided what… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #72 – Help me pop my cherry.
This is the first half of a two hour skype discussion that I had with Meg of The Brilliant Gameologists, Kristin of This Modern Death and Jenn of The Trap Cast. Podcast #9, Part I In it we discuss how we came to gaming, what we’re playing, the bad female gamer stereotypes, the health of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! Podcast #9, Part I – Attack of the Girl Gaming Podcasters
Out with the old, in with the new, and good luck remembering what year it is for the next two weeks. This year we celebrated by going to a party, getting groped by all sorts of fine lookin’ nerds, and then tomorrow there will be gaming, Friday movies and Wii-ing, and Saturday, PARANOIA!!! I hope… Read More Happy New Year to all My Geeks!!!
Is anyone surprised that I can barely lift my arms after less than a week as a Wii owner? I thought not. The only games we own right now are the Wii Sports, that came with the machine, Rayman Raving Rabbids and Call of Duty: World at War. However, we have discovered WiiWare and as… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #71 – Post-Wii Report
Go on, guess!!!! This Geek right here!!! Yes, yes, now I can play Rayman Raving Rabbids until my arms fall off. Excellent. I am looking forward to telling you all exactly how many hours it does take for one’s arms to fall off from excessive Wii-ing…. Ok, that is way funnier if you read it… Read More Guess who got a Wii!!!!!!
Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! Good Yule! Merry Solstice! Happy Festivus! Hooray, Kwanzaa! Whatever you and yours celebrate, whether yours is a secular or spiritual holiday, have a good one!
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