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The Force is Strong in Orlando Florida this Weekend!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 14, 2010 at 3:42 am | No Comments

Star Wars Celebration V

The Fifth Star Wars Celebration is happening this weekend right here in Orlando, Florida. It’s convening at the Orange County Civic Center. In GSB’s continuing search for new lifeforms, and new…oh, ummm, wait…channeling the wrong stars…..let me try a new strategy….er, uhhh, star system, that is….. Geek Speak Blog’s Geek Gyrl (that’s me!) will be [...]

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TOP SECRET INFO OBTAINED! Repo Men “Training Film” Advance Showings Discovered!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on March 13, 2010 at 4:22 pm | 1 Comment

This rabble-rousing runner sympathizer has uncovered an important document from Selleca Baynes, Director of Public Outreach and Media Suppression for The Union! Repo Men from all over the country will be gathering for special “advance showings” of a “training film” featuring The Union’s two best level 5 Repo Men! Here’s your chance to infiltrate their [...]

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Yasmine Galenorn Donation to the Brenda Novak Online Diabetes Auction

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on at 2:26 am | No Comments

For the last five years, author Brenda Novak has organized and hosted an online auction to raise money for Diabetes Research. The sixth auction opens online on May 1st and will run through May 31, 2010. Last year they successfully raised $269,111 for research and they’ve raised over three quarters of a million dollars over the last [...]

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Sequel to Best Selling Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game Announced

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on December 13, 2009 at 1:48 pm | 2 Comments

Batman and Joker will be back on video game consoles everywhere when the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is released

Comic Book Resources is reporting that a sequel to the best selling Batman: Arkham Asylum video game is already in the works. The announcement came during Spike TV’s 7th Annual Video Game Awards. The site reports that, while the game didn’t win any awards, everyone’s favorite Dark Knight was present throughout the ceremony, with the [...]

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Star Wars Celebration V Coming to Orlando, FL in 2010

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on December 4, 2009 at 12:39 pm | 1 Comment

Star Wars Celebration V is heading to Orlando, FL in August, 2010

As a native Floridian and native Orlandoan (Orlandonian? Orlandoite?), this is indeed huge news. It seems that the premier convention for all things Star Wars is coming to my fair city in August, 2010, as Star Wars Celebration V will be landing at the Orange County Convention center next summer. From August 12 -15, 2010, [...]

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True Blood Players Presents: Bites 4 Blood-Virtual Twitter Blood Drive

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on November 30, 2009 at 2:20 pm | 4 Comments

True Blood Players: Bites for Blood

Fans of the True Blood Players know and love SookieBonTemps and her fellow players on Twitter. For those new to this group of virtual thespians, they assume the identities of the characters from Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse novels, and the HBO series, True Blood. Within these personas, they play out the stories presented on the show, [...]

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Gamers, get your WoW on for Halloween!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 23, 2009 at 2:20 am | No Comments

Night Elf Prosthetic Latex Kit

If you’re hoping to express your inner gaming geek, while trick or treating this year, check out the w00tworthy masks from the BuyCostumes website. They’ve got the licensed loot from Blizzard, so you can get your geek on in style, this Halloween, or just stock up so you’ll be ready for some hard core party-time [...]

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Horrible Emmy Announcement! The status is NOW Quo!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on September 21, 2009 at 2:45 am | 1 Comment

Dr. Horrible

 Neil Patrick Harris was the athletic, yet luminous host to the Emmys, last night. He did his usual, quirky, amusing best, but the highlight for fans and members of the Evil League of Evil the world over occurred when Dr. Horrible took over the 2009 Emmys for one brief, sort-of shiny, slightly buffered moment. Just as [...]

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