Archive for the ‘convention’ tag

DC’s New 52-Your Handy Checklist

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on September 3, 2011 at 4:25 am | No Comments

DC's New 52

We wanted to make sure you can easily get your mits on the New 52 from DC, as they’re released, this month. So we’ve prepared this handy checklist for you – just print it out, and check off the one’s you’ve bought. We’ve even added the release dates for each one. Yeah, we know, we’re [...]

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BlizzCon DENIED: Sometimes Life Has No Respect for Geek Needs

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 21, 2010 at 12:15 am | No Comments

BlizzCon Denied - anyone have a Kleenex? I hate to see a paladin cry...

Due to circumstances beyond our control, GeekSpeakBlog – in other words, ME – will not be attending BlizzCon after all. In the manner of all Mr. Murphy’s Laws, if something can go wrong, it probably will, and often literally in the 11th hour. So I offer sincere apologies to our readers and fans, as I [...]

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Blizzard Slays with the new Cataclysm Commercial!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 17, 2010 at 7:10 pm | No Comments

Deathwing blows it all away on December 7, 2010

I am not too proud, or too “adult” to say that when I watched this commercial, I sat here with my mouth agape, swept away under Deathwing’s destructive spell. This commercial made it’s debut during the Cowboys/Vikings game. So one form of gaming glory was the vehicle for another….Of course, if it had been a [...]

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BlizzCon or Bust! Tenacious D to Play! FourSquare Up with GSB in Anaheim!

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:58 pm | No Comments

Tenacious D at BlizzCon

As I may have mentioned, I’ll be at BlizzCon this year, along with thousands of my closest gaming buddies. If you’ll be at BlizzCon, too, you can say “Mok’ra!” or “Bal’a Dash, Malanore!” (I’ll even be nice if you come up and say, “Ishnu-alah!”) Simply find me through FourSquare; I’ll be posting locations throughout the [...]

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The Squee Heard ‘Round Azeroth

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on October 7, 2010 at 5:45 pm | No Comments

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm drops 12/07/10

Blizzard Entertainment has upped the geek ante with the release of the Cataclysm “dump your gold HERE!” announcement. Yep, you guessed it. We now know that Cataclysm will be dropping on December 7, 2010. Not resting on their virtually enhanced laurels, though, they’ve also released the schedule of events (there’s also a printable version, that’s [...]

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Legos: Building Blocks to Fun at Star Wars Celebration 5

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 20, 2010 at 8:38 pm | 1 Comment

the finished mural - www.GeekSpeakBlog.com

What geek worth her NaCl doesn’t have a brick-shaped soft spot in her heart for Legos? Especially when you add the iconic Star Wars images into the mix? For Star Wars fans, this magic formula played out during Star Wars Celebration 5, in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. Lego blocked out a huge area in [...]

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Stalking R2D2 at Star Wars Celebration V

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 15, 2010 at 6:29 am | No Comments

Target Acquired - Geek Speak Blog at Star Wars Celebration V

Just a tip of the visual Hoth iceberg from my day at Star Wars Celebration V, yesterday…. Here’s a quick – and very low tech – film clip of one of the many fabulous R2D2 droids rolling amok at the convention, this weekend. I secured this covert footage using the iVideoCamera iPhone app. If it [...]

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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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