Everyone has a geek in their lives that needs a gift, whether it is a friend, loved one or even if you are your own favorite geek. This week we’ll be sharing a few of our favorite places to shop for great geek gifts including an interview with Larry Reid, the curator at Fantagraphics’ gallery, about some of the cool new stuff available at Seattle’s favorite publisher of underground comix.
We also have our weekly calendar of geek events in Seattle and the geek news.
Our Geek Week
- Listened to Under the Dome by Stephen King on audiobook
- Read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Played World of Warcraft
- Played Left 4 Dead 2 on PC
- Watched the Real Ghostbusters episode of Supernatural
- Watched Dead Air (2009) directed by Corbin Bernsen
- Watched Stargate Universe
Geek Gift Madness
Great Geek Shopping
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
This week’s movie is The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)
Whoa! The trailer for Nail Gun Massacre is kind of not safe for work, young audiences or really anyone with even a grain of taste or good judgment. You can find it on Google if you really feel you must…
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352
Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.
News
- Seattle Geekly will be taking two weeks off. Please do not be alarmed when there are no new Seattle Geekly episodes for the weeks of November 26 and December 3
- Choose Your Own Adventure comes to Kindle
- Lord of the Rings steins, mugs and tankards
- Warriors Three cast for Thor movie
- IDW launches storefronts for digital comics
- Avatar’s Plot Revealed In The Soundtrack – Article probably contains spoilers! We were too chicken to even look
Events
See our Events Page and our Convnetions Page for more complete listings of things to do to get your geek on.
- Conventions
- November 27 – 29, 2009 – Orycon 31 – Portland, Oregon
- Events
We are delighted to be hosting a monthly trivia night at Neptune Coffee located at 8415 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle! We will be hosting the third Friday of every month and featuring trivia on a variety of geeky topics.
This month’s Trivia Night is Friday, November 20 from 8 – 10 pm and the topic will be the Whedonverse! All things Joss Whedon will be on the table, TV, movies, comics, Buffy, Angel, Dr. Horrible, the works!
Bring a team or form on on the night and compete for fabulous prizes!
This month’s Seattle Geekly Game Night is Sunday November 22 from 1 – 5pm (or later) at Green Lake Games, 7509 Aurora Ave N in Seattle, for an evening of boardgaming. There will be door prizes and lots of games to chose from both from our library and Green Lake’s extensive collection. There will be a selection of munchies and soda provided. We encourage you to bring munchies or (non-alcoholic) drinks as well and any games of yours that you may want to play.- November 21, 2009 Wayward Coffeehouse 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Reading by Brenda Cooper from her new novel The Wings of Creation
- November 28, 2009 12pm Seattle Mystery Bookshop 117 Cherry St, Seattle – Greg Bear signs his latest book Mariposa
- November 28, 2009 4pm Third Place Books 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA – Star Wars Lego Party! Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars character, there will be prizes for the best costumes.
- November 28, 2009 1pm Games Workshop Carkeek Plaza 10031 Holman Rd Northwest Suite B, Seattle – TANKSgiving. Bring every Tank or vehicle you own for 40K down to the store on this day and take part in the mother of all vehicle battles. There will be cool patches to win for heroic actions. There will also be a competition for the best converted vehicle. Judging will take place at 3pm, so make sure you have your tricked out vehicle there on time. The best three vehicles in each Hobby Center will get a special prize. Your vehicle does not have to be painted to enter this competition, just converted.
- December 5, 2009 Eames IMAX Theater, Pacific Science Center, Seattle – 2D Or Not 2D Animation Festival 2009. Hosted by the non-profit organization Animaticus Foundation and now in its fourth year, this remarkable event is going from strength to strength. Last year’s festival was universally deemed the finest ever and there is every reason to believe that this year’s event will top that!
Contest!
Strange Suspense Giveaway!
Win your very own copy of Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives (Vol. 1)
A collection of works from the first two years of Ditko’s career: over 200 pages of vintage, pre-Amazing Spider-Man, pre-Comics Code horror comics. Before the Amazing Spider-Man, before the mysterious Doctor Strange, before the black-and-white world of the Ayn Rand-inspired Mr. A, the legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko was conjuring all manners of horrors at his drawing table. In his first two years in the industry (1953 and 1954), Ditko drew tales of macabre suspense that were not yet hobbled by the imminent Comics Code Authority (adopted in October 1954). These stories featured graphic bloodshed, dismemberment and blood-curdling acid baths as the ugly end to the lives of the dark and twisted inhabitants of Steve Ditko’s imagination.
–Amazon
This contest will run til Nov 29, winner picked Nov 30.
“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever you like. Please only comment once and keep it PG. We’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!
“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
We’ll be sending out the book to you via USPS
Music
Music this week was Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton from his Best. Concert Ever. CD/DVD featuring Paul & Storm and Andy Bates.
There will be NO SHOW next week or the week after but Seattle Geekly will return December 10 with Episode #42 – Ode to Star Trek. We’re lining up some cool interviews and hopefully it will be worth waiting for!
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