Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s bad movie was House of the Dead 2 (2005)

Next week’s movie will be ThanksKilling (2009) dared by Michael

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

• Blizzard’s Battle.net gaming service will integrate with Facebook
• Back to the Future Game Coming from Looney Labs
• X-Files Alum Joins The Walking Dead

• Snoopy license plates in California for a good cause

Events

• May 7, 2010 7pm Moore Theater 1932 2nd Ave, Seattle w00tstock – 3 Hours of Geeks and Music, a special event for geeks of every stripe. Television host/special-effects artist Adam Savage (“MythBusters”), actor/author/blogger Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Stand By Me”) and music-comedy duo Paul and Storm present a night of songs, readings, comedy, demonstrations, short films, special guests, and other clever widgets born from and dedicated to the enthusiasms, obsessions, trials and joys of geek pride. If you miss the Seattle show (or just want to see it again) w00tstock will also be at the Aladdin Theater in Portland on May 8!
• May 7, 2010 9:30pm SIFF Cinema 321 Mercer St, Seattle Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in Smell-o-Vision – bring your nose, your taste buds, and your sense of adventure to this one-of-a-kind screening of the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—now in Smell-O-Vision! Experience the world of Willy Wonka as you’ve never smelled it before, with goodie bags full of fragrant and tasty treats, and interactive moments that are “ninety-three percent perspiration, six percent electricity, four percent evaporation, and two percent butterscotch ripple.” Now for the first time you can enjoy Gene Wilder’s wonderfully eccentric performance and sing along to those great Wonka songs, all while experiencing the sweet taste of chocolate and the odiferous aroma of schnozberries in total “sense-surround.”
• May 7, 2010 9pm Wayward Coffeehouse 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle First Friday Movies: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• May 8, 2010 Seattle Center Exhibition Hall 305 Harrison St, Seattle – Pokémon Video Game Championships. Pokémon video game players will gather at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall to battle it out with their prized Pokémon teams for a chance to play in the National and World Championships later this summer. The first-come, first-serve event will feature an entire day of head-to-head video game fun as regional players compete in the largest video game tournament season in Pokémon history with the ultimate goal of earning an invitation to compete in the Pokémon Video Game World Championships in Hawaii, on August 13-15. Game play registration time is 8am for the Junior Division (born in 1998 or later) ­and 1pm for the Senior Division (born in 1997 or earlier)
• May 8, 2010 10am Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle Steampunk University. In collaboration with the Seattle Steampunk Film Festival and the Museum of History & Industry, we are proud to present you another exciting installment of Steampunk University. The faculty and staff of Steampunk U. will be presenting an exciting selection of General Education and Advanced Studies Programs for your edification.
• May 8, 2010 5:30pm Museum of History and Industry 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle Seattle Steampunk Film Festival. Film has gone a long way to defining steampunk and we’re looking forward to serving up a heaping helping of steaming, punky goodness. The Seattle Steampunk Film Festival will feature two classics from the authors who helped define steampunk: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and The Time Machine (1960) along with a series of cinematographical wonders and short films to amaze and astonish! Also to be featured, the live performances to delight and inspire.
• May 8, 2010 9:30pm High Dive 513 N 36 St, Seattle – MC Frontalot. The godfather of Nerdcore brings his Zero Day tour to Seattle for one night only at the High Dive with special guests Lisa Dank and Billy The Fridge! This is a 21 and over show and advance tickets are highly recommended.

Plan Ahead

• May 14 – 15, 2010 – UFO Fest – McMinnville, OR
  

• May 22, 2010 – Spokane Comicon – Spokane, WA
  Look for Seattle Geekly if you’re planning on attending and stay tuned for our coverage coming up in Episode #63!
• May 22 – 23, 2010 – Victoria Steam Exposition – Victoria, BC Canada
• May 27 – 30, 2010 – Anime Oasis EVO – Boise, ID

Contest

Magic: The Gathering Swag!

Have you always wanted to try playing Magic? Are you a lapsed player that has been thinking about getting back into the game? Are you a rabid fan and just want more cards? Well then this contest is for you!

We have TWO absolutely amazing prize packages to give away courtesy of Card Kingdom and Wizards of the Coast which include:

• An official Magic: The Gathering backpack
• 2 play mats with life counter tracks and really cool artwork
• 2 Rise of the Eldrazi intro decks
• 5 (one of each color) Plainswalker pre-constructed starter decks
• 11 Zenidkar booster packs
• 2 Magic: The Gathering enamel pins
• a Magic: The Gathering Rubik’s Cube

This contest will run from now until Wednesday, May 19 with the winners picked on the show on Thursday May 20. We’ll ship the swag to you via USPS

“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! One entry per person please, 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!

Music

Music this week was Cruel Cruel Moon and Lame Monster Party from Paul & Storm off of their latest album “Do you like Star Wars?” See them at Wootstock or touring with Jonathan Coulton.

Next show: Episode #61 – Author Checkup! We’ll be talking to a couple authors about their works, including Ken Scholes author of Lamentation and Canticle.

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