Archive for the ‘Gaming’ tag

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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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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Game On: Epic Tunes from The Guild

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 28, 2010 at 12:03 am | No Comments

Game On! - season 4 musical loot, courtesy of The Guild

The Guild hit monitors and portable digital devices all over the place on July 13, when Season 4 (finally!) began. Felicia, Sandeep and the rest of the crew rewarded all of us with epic tunes, this week, in addition to the second episode, by releasing their latest music video, Game On. To get your Guild [...]

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Trailer for SyFy’s Red, starring Felicia Day

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 25, 2010 at 1:27 am | No Comments

SyFy's Red starring Felicia Day

The first look at SyFy’s forthcoming original movie, Red, starring Felicia Day. Can I get a w00t w00t? In spite of SyFy’s less than stellar reputation, to date, for producing shlock, they’ll have me tuning in just to see a gun-toting, werewolf hunting Felicia Day.

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Build Your Own Federation Ship & Other Trek Fun

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 16, 2010 at 4:20 am | No Comments

SS Hubris - Geek Gyrl's star cruiser

Intel and Cryptic Studios have offered up a grand time-waster for Trekkies and Trekkers and other geeks who just love playing with nacelles. Visit the Star Trek Architect Online site where you can build your very own starship. It’s limited in the number of options, but in reality, I think that’s part of what makes this [...]

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