Over Labor Day weekend Seattle becomes the center of the video game geek universe. PAX 2010 was huge and it brought video game developers from all over the world together with their fans. There were a couple of big announcements, not the least of which was the phoenix-like return of Duke Nukem Forever, but there were a lot of smaller and independent games there as well that were deserving of attention. We tried to strike a balance between the big names and the little guys in our coverage of this year’s expo and this week we bring you the first of three shows all about PAX.

In this show we have interviews with The Guild co-producer Kim Evey, Ska Studios makers of The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, Runic Games makers of Torchlight 2 and Broken Rules makers of And Yet It Moves. We also have some details on Tera the new MMORPG from En Masse and the new LEGO Universe MMO.

Our Geek Week

Surprisingly, there was more to our Geek Week than just PAX!

• Read Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall
• Playing Dungeons and Dragons Online (look for our coverage of DDO coming up later in our PAX wrap-ups)
• Went to the Bonebat Comedy of Horrors Film Fest. Short version: It was a blast and we can’t wait for next year!

PAX 2010 – Friday

• Since Blizzard didn’t even bother to show up to PAX this year, the best source of Warcraft news was the Raid Warning Podcast panel which we were honored to be a part of. The recording of the panel is available on their site now, so check it out!



• Kim Evey, co producer of The Guild
  • We were lucky enough to catch Kim Evey while she was filming the Jonathan Coulton portion of Yeshmin Goes to PAX for mediocre films. you should watch it. It’s funny.





• Ska Studios and The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile





• Tera from En Masse
  Tera promises to be an MMO “beyond ‘point and click,’ where position, timing, and aim determine success in combat, and player characters climb, jump, and swim over and through obstacles.” There will be six playable races at launch; Human, High Elf, Castanic, Aman, Popori, and Baraka and eight classes; Warrior, Lancer, Slayer, Berserker, Archer, Sorcerer, Priest, and Mystic. The controls we experienced during our hands-on at PAX were tricky with mouse and keyboard, fortunately the game will support PC compatable console controllers. Just in our brief experience, two analog sticks on a controller would work much better for the extremely dynamic combat system the were showing. Also, please note that the compressed YouTube video below does not do justice to how pretty the game is.





• LEGO Universe
  The big appeal of LEGO Universe is, of course, being able to build stuff. The game is a full MMO with a persistant world, lore, and a deep original storyline but you will also be able to bring wildest creations to life with a user-friendly programming language. The game is extremely family friendly and although no exact system specs have been released, they will be “minimal”.





• Torchlight II from Runic





• And Yet It Moves from Broken Rules

Contest

We have a brand new copy of Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall, published by Quirk Books (of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Dawn of the Dreadfuls fame.

This sci-fi/zombie/comedy/adventure follows a group of rag-tag Trekkies getting together for the fifth annual GulfCon (billed as the “largest Starfleet Convention in the western Gulf Coast region”).

Our heroes are dressed in homemade uniforms and armed with prop phasers-but soon find themselves defending their hotel and convention center against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Suddenly, all of their useless knowledge about particle physics and old Star Trek episodes has genuine real-world applications! And while hotel employees and regular civilians are dying left and right, our Trekkies summon strength and courage by emulating their favorite starship-voyaging characters.

Packed with hundreds of gags referencing Star Trek, Star Wars, comic books, and fan conventions, Night of the Living Trekkies reads like the strange lovechild of Galaxy Quest and Dawn of the Dead. Journey to the final frontier of zombie science-fiction satire!

Check out our Contest page for your chance to win!

Music

Music this week was ‘I Hate your Blog’ and ‘Forbidden Planet’ by MC Frontalot off of his album Secrets from the Future. Frontalot performed ‘I Hate your Blog’ live at the PAX Saturday night concert with assistance from the one and only Beefy! Check out the video

Next show: Episode #77 – PAX Saturday wrapup – Including interviews with Fugazo, The Behemoth, Reverb, and a couple interviews we took on the D&D bus!

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We took time out of our PAX-prep madness to talk to one of our favorite local authors and one of our favorite local film buffs about their latest projects. Harry Connolly was on the show back in Episode #43 with his first novel Child of Fire and he was kind enough to return now that his second, Game of Cages has hit the shelves. We also talk with Sean “The Butcher” Smithson about his Film School Confidential U.S. film series that starts up this weekend.

Shannon is still trying to recover from last week’s Dared Movie so she didn’t watch one this week but we do have the weekly geek news and we talk about what to expect from out PAX coverage this year!

Our Geek Week

• Read Chew Vol. 2 “International Flavor” by John Layman and Rob Guillory
• Read Hack/Slash Omnibus #1 by Tim Seeley
• Listening to the audio book of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Read Atomic Robo vol. 1 by Brian Clevinger with art by Scott Wegener
• Played Dixit (boardgame)
• Picked up the first issue of Another Passion which features 12 interviews with various creative types, including a certain pair of local podcasters!

Books

Game of Cages by Harry Connolly

Movies

Film School Confidential U.S. with Sean “The Butcher” Smithson

Contest!

We have TWO PAIRS of full weekend passes to the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival to give away. The festival runs from Friday September 17 through Sunday September 19 at the SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer Street in Seattle. You and a friend will be able to watch every short, feature film and documentary at the festival!

This contest will run through September 9 and we will pick the two winners during Episode #76 of the Seattle Geekly podcast.

“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!

News

• Seattle Geekly PAX 2010 Meetup!
  • Stay tuned for our PAX 2010 coverage starting next week which will include interviews with Runic Games, Square Enix, Turbine, Valve, NC Soft and many more!
• Lovecraft film plot details leak, Cameron calls it a new Aliens
• Henson Family Donates Original Muppets to the Smithsonian

Music

Music this week was ‘Jacquelyn Hyde’ by MC Frontalot off of his latest album Zero Day. MC Frontalot will be at PAX performing at the Saturday night concert with Paul & Storm and Jonathan Coulton!

Next show: Episode #76 – PAX 2010 #1 show – We’ll play our interviews and impression about PAX this year.

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If you long to see something on the big screen that isn’t just another sequel, adaptation or remake these days your best, if not only, option is film festivals. We are lucky here in the northwest to have a strong and diverse group of festivals every year. This week we talk to the organizers of two upcoming festivals that will be of interest to the geek set, the Bonebat Comedy of Horrors and the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival.

We also have the weekly geek news and Shannon watches her worst dared movie yet!

Our Geek Week

• Re-connected with the XBox 360, including a round of Left 4 Dead 2 with Seattle Geekly listener McPierce.
  • Look for us on XBox Live! Our gamer tags are Shankay and Yakboy23
• Played in the semi-regular D&D game
• Read Air by G Willow Wilson
• Read NYX by Marjorie M. Liu
• Read The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman

Film Festivals

Maelstrom International Film Festival
Tickets through SIFF

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s movie was Die You Zombie Bastards! (2005)

Shannon was unable to find even ONE good thing about this movie, thus making Josh the second ever winner of the Seattle Geekly Bag of Sand! Congratulations! (acutal bag of sand may not match photo)

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.

Contest!

Win a Pair of Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival Passes!

We have TWO PAIRS of full weekend passes to the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival to give away. The festival runs from Friday September 17 through Sunday September 19 at the SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer Street in Seattle. You and a friend will be able to watch every short, feature film and documentary at the festival!

This contest will run through September 9 and we will pick the two winners during Episode #76 of the Seattle Geekly podcast.

“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!

News

• This Saturday is International Read Comics in Public Day
  • Official International Read Comics in Public Day site and Flckr pool
• Avalon Hill has announced the updated and revamped Betrayal at House on the Hill will be released in October of this year
  Unboxing video
  
• Atari Announces Collection of Legendary, Gaming Classics With Atari’s Greatest Hits: Volume 1 on the DS

Music

Music this week was ‘I Feel Fantastic’ by Jonathan Coulton and ‘Opening Band’ by Paul & Storm. You can catch all three of them live at the PAX Saturday night concert along with MC Frontalot!

Next week’s show: Episode #75 – We’ll be talking to Seattle Author Harry Connelly about his new book Game of Cages, and we’ve got a couple other things in the works.

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Seattle Geekly goes back to school this week with Western Nevada College anthropology professor Daryl Frazetti who fills us in on his use of Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and other pop culture sources in the classroom.

Shannon skipped the Dared Movie this week but we still have the weekly geek news and a new song from Marian Call!

Our Geek Week

• Read Hater by David Moody
• Reading Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. You can listen to our interview with Tim Powers in Episode #36
• Read The Walking Dead trade paperbacks by Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
• Played Zombie Dice on the iPhone
• Watched Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) at the Cinerama. One sentence review: The movie is excellent on its own and probably as good an adaptation as it was possible to do but the books are still better.
• got our tattoos!
  

• Had our Seattle Geekly Game Day Sunday

Geek Anthropology

Professor Daryl Frazetti

News

• Cataclysm Collector’s Edition revealed
• Diablo 3 reveals Crafting NPCs in game
• January Jones Set For ‘X-Men: First Class’

Music

Music this week was ‘Love and Harmony’ by Marian Call. Visit her website and check out all of her amazing music and see her play live along with with Molly Lewis, Vixy and Tony and more at the the Fremont Abbey September 9!

Next week: Episode #74 Film Festivals! – We’ll be talking to the guys behind the inaugural Bonebat Comedy of Horrors, and Eric Morget who’ll be helping the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival with it’s 2nd year.

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Geek is chic as long as you are dealing with the world of video games, comics, pop culture and the internet but what happens if a large portion of your life, like work for example, falls outside of the traditional geek territory? This week we discuss the experience of keeping your “geek life” separate from your “real life” with the help of one of our listeners who finds herself having to strike that balance.

We also have the weekly geek news and another Dared Movie for Shannon.

Our Geek Week

• Watched Kick-Ass (2010) on Blu-ray
• Watched Doomsday (2008) on Blu-ray
• Read Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• Watched the season 5 finale of Dr. Who
• Watched The Prisoner on DVD
• Read Scott Pilgrim vol. 6
• Road trip to Portland to see The Nature of Existence
• Visited Powell’s

In the Geek Closet

Why be in the geek closet?
There really are reasons that people may not feel like “outing” themselves as geeks, there is still a negative stigma attached to many geek hobbies, particularly video gaming (Employers Screening WoW Players During Recruitment) and genre works in various media are frequently viewed as being inferior to non-genre works (Has ‘Genre’ Become A Bad Word On Television?). It is often easy for those of us who spend so much time being a part of the geek community that, even today, not everyone does, or even wants to understand that world.

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s bad movie was In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) dared by Neil

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

• Adult Swim’s ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation’ Premier
• Valve Rumor Mill!
  • Team Fortress 2 update will have new game mode
  • Valve close to announcing new game?

Music

Music this week was ‘Misfit’ by Dan Bull from the album Safe. Check out Dan’s latest EP ‘Hanging Up My Mind‘ on iTunes

Next week: Episode #73 – We’ll be talking to Daryl Frazetti a cultural anthropologist about bringing pop culture into the classroom

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Even if you are not familiar with the name Roger Nygard chances are good you are familiar with his work. He has directed three documentaries that are well known in the geek community; Trekkies, Trekkies 2 and Six Days in Roswell. This week we talk with Roger about his new documentary, The Nature of Existence, that should have some geek appeal as well.

Plus we hit some of the weekly geek news and we also have an announcement about some changes here at Seattle Geekly. Don’t worry, we aren’t going anywhere but Real Life™ has intruded a little.

Our Geek Week

• Listening to the audiobook of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Reading Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• Watched The Colony Season 1 on Discovery
• Played the regular D&D 3.5 game
• Watched a few movies:
  • Inception (2010) in the theater
  • Clash of the Titans (2010) on Blu-ray
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) on Blu-ray
  • Repo Men (2010) on Blu-ray

The Nature of Existence

The Nature of Existence – Original Trailer from Roger Nygard on Vimeo.

Visit TheNatureofExistence.com to see where it is playing and to request a screening in your city!

Contest!

Comic Swag Giveaway!

We have a pile of comic swag to give away. Some single issues, a couple compilations and even a couple Hellboy figures! Check our Contest Page for details and to find out how to enter!

News

• Join the Facebook group to try to get Kirby Krackle’s Ring Capacity in the Green Lantern movie!
• Seattle’s Cinerama to close for two months for a sound system and 3-D projection upgrade.
• Changes at Seattle Geekly: Due to circumstances beyond our control we will be moving the Seattle Geekly home/office/studio (better known as the Geek Cave) shortly. Since it takes about twenty hours a week to produce our hour and a half podcast, the impending move along with the day jobs and family obligations means that we’ve pretty much run out of hours in the day and something has to be cut back. The podcast is NOT going anywhere but we are altering the format a little. We will be dropping the events section and scaling back the number of interviews we do every week with the goal of keeping the podcast under an hour. We will be expanding the content on the website with more reviews being done on the blog rather than in the podcast and every Tuesday we’ll be posting “Events to Watch Out For” to help you plan your weekend. We appreciate your patience and hopefully Real Life™ will bugger off soon so we can get back to being full time geeks!

Music

Music this week was, of course, ‘Ring Capacity’ by Kirby Krackle. If you are on Facebook don’t forget to like, join and promote the Facebook group to try to get Kirby Krackle’s Ring Capacity in the Green Lantern movie!

Next week’s show will be Episode #72 – The Geek Closet. It isn’t always easy to be a geek and we’ll be talking about the experience of having to be low-key about your geekdom in certain areas of your life.

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Women have become part of every aspect of the geek scene and music is no exception. For the third installment of our Women in Geekdom month we talk with three geek musicians working in three different genres. We have interviews with j-pop singer Rai Kamishiro, folk rocker Marian Call and nerdcore hip-hop MC Nursehella and we’ll be playing some samples of their music!

As usual, we also have a roundup of Seattle area geek events, the weekly geek news and Shannon reviews another bad movie.

Our Geek Week

• More Cataclysm beta! Look for the week three post this weekend. It will be all about the Warlock class!
• Listening to the audiobook of Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Read Scott Pilgrim vol. 1 – 5
• Read Chew vol. 2
• Watched Predators in the theater
• Went to the #NotAtComicCon party at Comics Dungeon

Women in Geek Music

Rai Kamishiro
• Rai on Bandcamp


Marian Call



Nursehella
• Nursehella on PureVolume

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s bad movie was Black Roses (1988) dared by Jeremy.

The trailer is online and is mildly not safe for work/small children/those who are easily offended. You can look it up if you really feel you must.

Shannon is taking next week off from the bad movies but they will return in Episode #72!

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.

Contest!

Comic Swag Giveaway!

We have a pile of comic swag to give away. Some single issues, a couple compilations and even a couple Hellboy figures! Check our Contest Page for details and to find out how to enter!

News

• ‘The Clockwork Girl’ Animated Feature From Arcana Comic. You can watch the trailer the premiered at SDCC here. We had a chance to visit the Clockwork Girl creators from Frogchildren Studios in Episode #17.
• Star Trek Online Season Two begins, price lowered to $20
• The Guild’s Game On video

Events

Conventions
• July 30 – August 1, 2010 – SpoCon 2010 – Spokane, WA Guests include: Michael Whelan, Tanya Huff, Seanan Mc Guire, and many more

Events

TweetMTG this weekend!
Are you ready to celebrate the Summer of Multiplayer with a whole new twist on Magic? Wizards of the Coast is excited to announce a new way to experience Magic—TweetMTG! On July 31-August 1, join us for a fun, social exploration into gaming. Simply follow TweetMTG on Twitter or watch the feed on Wizards.com and get ready for the Multiverse to unfold in ways you’ve never seen before.

Puppet This presents – Puppets Gone Glee
When: Sat, July 31, 11am – 1pm
Where: The Market Theater 1428 Post Alley Seattle, WA 98101
PUPPETS GONE GLEE bounces into The Market Theater for one performance only, Saturday, July 31st at 11:00am. Bursting with a cast of colorful puppet characters, this outrageous musical show is fun for the whole family. Co-produced by Andrew Agee Productions, Puppet This, and Unexpected Productions, PUPPETS GONE GLEE features music inspired by the hit TV show, plenty of puppet mayhem and a magical black light finale.

Outdoor Trek: “The Naked Time”
When: Sat, July 31, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Lavizzo Park S Jackson St and E Yesler Way, Seattle
Hello Earth presents Outdoor Trek: “The Naked Time”. Hello Earth is a new, non-profit theater company devoted to bringing free, outdoor theater to Seattle and they are proud to bing a live stage adaptation of the classic original series Star Trek episode The Naked Time to audiences in Seattle for FREE! The production runs on Saturdays and Sundays through August 8.

Labyrinth Launch Signing
Come enjoy the launch of the 5th Greywalker novel by local Seattle author Kat Richardson.
When: Tue Aug 3 7pm – 8:30pm Pacific Time
Where: University Book Store, Seattle (map)
AND
When: Wed, August 4, 12pm – 1pm
Where: Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry Street in Pioneer Square
Harper Blaine became a Greywalker when she was shot and was briefly dead. Now the man who shot her has been murdered, and Harper has to track down his ghost while avoiding the rap for his death. She is, after all, the perfect prime suspect.

Mark Henry and Nicole Peeler: Book Signing/General Mahemmery
When Wed, August 4, 7pm – 9pm
Where Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA (map)
Description It will be inevitably be vulgar, my friends. Please invite all your Seattle, WA, and OR peeps! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134842456549862

Author Signing: Kelley Armstrong
When: Wed, August 4, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Barnes & Noble – University Village (2675 NE University Village, Seattle, WA)
Kelly Armstrong signs her book Waking the Witch. The orphaned daughter of a sorcerer and a half-demon, Savannah is a terrifyingly powerful young witch who has never been able to resist the chance to throw her magical weight around. But at 21 she knows she needs to grow up and prove to her guardians, Paige and Lucas, that she can be a responsible member of their supernatural detective agency. So she jumps at the chance to fly solo, investigating the mysterious deaths of three young women in a nearby factory town as a favour to one of the agency’s associates. At first glance, the murders look garden-variety human, but on closer inspection signs point to otherworldly stakes.

Late Nights at the EMP/SFM
When: Thu, August 5, 5pm – 9pm
Where: EMP|SFM, 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
Late Nights is a new program that offers guests extended visiting hours during the busy summer months, live music by local bands and drink specials in Sky Church. August’s Late Nights: Performances by Seattle’s one and only Herb Alpert inspired Rat City Brass. Ticket Info: Admission to Late Nights is included in daily admission to EMP|SFM. Cost is: Free for members; $15 for adults; $12 for children (ages 5-17), students, military and seniors. Children under 5 are free.During Late Nights, all exhibits (including featured or special exhibitions) are open and included in the cost of admission.

Music


In addition to the music from our featured artists this week, music was Game On by The Guild.

Next week: Episode #71 – We’ll be talking to Daryl Frazetti a cultural anthropologist about bringing pop culture into the classroom, and Roger Nygard director of Trekkies & Trekkies 2 about his new project The Nature of Existence


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Overcoming all barriers that flaky web hosting could throw in our way, we bring you a slightly delayed Seattle Geekly podcast! Continuing with our focus on women in geekdom, this week we talk with three women creators of webcomics. We had the opportunity to interview Adrastus creator Liz Staley, Toilet Genie creator Cari Corene, and we are pleased to welcome Caryn A. Tate back to the show to catch up on her ongoing webcomic Red Plains and to talk about a new project she has in the works.

Plus we have our usual round-up of geek news, Seattle area geek events and Shannon watches another bad movie.



Our Geek Week

• Played more of the World of Warcraft Cataclysm beta. See Shannon’s week 2 report
• Shannon got more ink! Colors will be added at the Seattle Tattoo Expo in August
  

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• Listened audio book of The Steel Remains by Richard K Morgan
• Read Tsunami Blue by Gayle Ann Williams
  
  Tsunami Blue is a post-apocalyptic romance, an unusual mix of genre and setting. The world we know has been all but destoyed by a continuing series of devistating tsunamis leaving only scattered settlements of “Uplanders” living on the remains of the dry land and roving bands of bloodthirsty merciless “Runners” on the seas. Tsunami Blue, the titular character, is a survivor who, because of her ability to predict the coming of killer waves is both feared and revered. Blue is forced to live a solitary life of running and hiding to avoid the Runners who want to exploit her power for their own gain.
  Tsunami Blue has elements of a typical romance, but Blue is hardly the typical damsel in distress in need of rescue by the ruggedly handsom hero. There is a ruggedly handsome hero, of course, but Blue tends to do most of the rescuing. The world that Gayle Ann Williams created is interesting and the plot wrapped around the romance eletments in the book is actually quite compelling. Fans of the paranormal romance genre will certainly enjoy this book and, while it is a lighter fare than most urban fantasy, I would recomend it to fans of that genre as well. It is a quick, well written, entertaining read.
• Went to Can’t Stop the Serenity. Check our YouTube page for some video of the great music by Vixy & Tony, Marian Call, SJ Tucker, Betsy Tinney, and Sunnie Larsen
• Hosted the first of what we hope will be many Seattle Geekly Game Days at Wayward Coffeehouse

Women in Webcomics


• Adrastus by Liz Staley



• Toilet Genie by Cari Corene



• Red Plains by Caryn A. Tate

Geekly Spotlight



Kat and her Barbie Dream Hearse


There are plenty more pictures on the BDH website and you should check them out.

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s Bad Movie was Lightspeed (2006) dared by Matt

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.

Next week’s Bad Movie will be Black Roses (1988) dared by Jeremy

Contest!

Horror Swag Giveaway!


We have a multimedia pile of horror swag with a little something for everyone that we are going to give away to one lucky listener.

For details on what the swag bag contains, and to enter to win see our Contest Page!

ADDED SWAG!

The Grudge 2 (2006) on DVD


In Tokyo, a young woman (Tamblyn) is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister (Gellar). The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt to unlock its secret to save their lives.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) on DVD


On one last road trip before they’re sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends get into an accident that calls their local sheriff to the scene. Thus begins a terrifying experience where the teens are taken to a secluded house of horrors, where a young, would-be killer is being nurtured.

News

• Has THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 2 Already Been Greenlit?
• Rehearsals for Spider-Man musical finally begin next month.
• DC Universe Online voice cast revealed, studded with stars
• A new Dollhouse comic book, starring Felicia Day!

Events

#NotAtComicCon
On July 24th fifty-five comic book shops across the country will host unique parties in conjunction with ChinaShop Magazine and Dark Horse Comics to celebrate the highly dedicated culture of sequential art during the weekend of San Diego Comic-Con.

Branded #NotAtComicCon, based on the Twitter hash-tag those unable to attend San Diego Comic-Con have been using, fifty-five participating stores will create a fun and creative atmosph…ere where free drinks and over $200 worth of Dark Horse prizes will be available. In addition, Dark Horse Comics will make an exclusive announcement, between 3:00pm and 5:00pm EST, to fans at participating stores before releasing the special information to crowds in San Diego.

Comics Dungeon will be helping to promote this event and Dark Horse by having a sale on all Dark Horse material in the store. Here’s the breakdown:
-25% off all Dark Horse trades and graphic novels
-50% off Dark Horse back issues
-25% off all current Dark Horse back issues (books on the West wall of the store)
All subscription customers get an additional 5% off

For more info, check out

http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/34/notatcomiccon

LBS presents “All You Can Eat” w/ Type, Death*Star and more!
When: Sun, July 25, 7pm – Mon, July 26, 12am
Where: Nectar Lounge (Fremont)
Live Music, Comedy and an All You Can Eat Buffet? We’ve got more than that to keep you entertained. With LBS , Type, Death*Star, Lil’ Dwayne, D-Dove and Destructo Bunny as well as DJ Nanino on the wheels… it’s going to be a fun (and funny) night. The door is $10, but after that it’ll be non-stop music/comedy, all the summer food you can stomach and every person gets a raffle ticket to win hilarious prizes including a Food Tattoo courtesy of Anvil Tattoos.

Clarion West presents: Ian McDonald: The Dervish House Reading & Book Signing
When: Tue, July 27, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Bookstore, Seattle
Ian McDonald uses fiction with a cyberpunk edge to look at the contradictions of colonialism. In The Dervish House, he explores the way EU membership might affect the ancient culture of Turkey. In a carbon conscious 2027, Turkey is a flashpoint for global intrigue and pandemic terrorism.

Board game night
When: Wed, July 28, 6pm – Thu, July 29, 12am
Where: Green Lake Games 7509 Aurora Ave N, Seattle
Play a favorite or learn something new!

Carrie Vaughn: Kitty Goes to War & Discord’s Apple Reading & Book Signing
When: Thu, July 29, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Bookstore, Seattle (map)
Carrie Vaughn stops by to talk about and read from not just one, but two brand new books. One is the eighth installment in her Kitty Norville, werewolf and radio call-in host, series. In it, three lycanthropic American soldiers from Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and can no longer control their shifts into wolf form. In Discord’s Apple a comic book writer moves to a small town to care for her dying father, and there finds it her duty to guard a magical storeroom as the country becomes increasingly paranoid about terrorist threats.

Twisted Flicks – Bigfoot
When: Thu, July 29, 8pm – 11pm
Where: Historic University Theater – 5510 University Way NE
A classic, cheesy “B” movie is shown on our full-sized, in-house movie screen without its original sound. The Flick team of professional improvisers sits in the front row and creates all new dialog, sound effects and music live – all based on suggestions from that night’s audience. Each night, the picture may be the same, but the movie is completely different. The show is fun, fast-paced, funny and suitable for all ages. Lurking in the woods of the Northwest, the creature known as Bigfoot captures some unsuspecting young women for his mates. Their only hope is a group of bikers who go on a mission to rescue them. John Carradine stars in this 1970 movie. Tickets are $10

Outdoor Trek: “The Naked Time”
When: Sat, July 31, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Lavizzo Park S Jackson St and E Yesler Way, Seattle
DescriptionHello Earth presents Outdoor Trek: “The Naked Time”. Hello Earth is a new, non-profit theater company devoted to bringing free, outdoor theater to Seattle and they are proud to bing a live stage adaptation of the classic original series Star Trek episode The Naked Time to audiences in Seattle for FREE! The production runs on Saturdays and Sundays through August 8.

Music


Music this week was ‘Marvelous Girls’ and ‘Going Home’ by Kirby Krackle. You should buy their albums and if you’re lucky enough to be in San Diego you can see them there or you can catch them here in Seattle at the High Dive on August 18.


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Welcome back to the Seattle Geekly podcast! We’re kicking of the second half of our 2010 season with a month that is all about women in geekdom. To start us off on that month is another author show! This week we talk with Adrian Phoenix, Mira Grant, Jennifer Brozek, Seanan McGuire, Jessa Slade and Marjorie M. Liu, covering genres from horror to paranormal romance, to urban fantasy to the Marvel Universe.

As always we also have the weekly geek news, Seattle area geek events and another bad movie for Shannon to watch!



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Our Geek Week

• Shannon is in the World of Warcraft Cataclysm beta! Check out the first of her (spoilerrific) weekly beta updates!
• Matt, on the other hand, is bidding farewell to WoW for the time being
• Played Battleship for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
• Playing Dragon Age: Origins on the PC
• Confirmed that we have our press credentials for PAX 10!
  • It should be noted that we were incorrect when we said it was likely that the 3 day passes for PAX would sell out sometime this weekend. They have, as a matter of fact, already sold out.

Holy Smokes! We Talked to More Authors!


• Adrian Phoenix
  • Adrian Phoenix’s Blog



• Mira Grant



• Jennifer Brozek
  • Dark Quest Books
  • The Edge of Propinquity



• Seanan McGuire
  • Seanan explains the Campbell Award with a handy webcomic
  • John Scalzi wearing the Campbell Tiara
    Hey, did you ever notice how much Mira Grant looks like Seanan McGuire?
    
    

    Seanan McGuire

    
    
    

    Mira Grant

    
    Weird…



• Jessa Slade



• Marjorie M. Liu
  • Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box by Passionfruit Games

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s Bad Movie was Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) dared by Eric

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.

Next week’s Bad Movie will be Lightspeed (2006) dared by Matt in spite of antyhing to the contrary that was said in the podcast.

News

• DJ Hero 2′s 108 mashed-up artists revealed
• Dark Horse reveals details of #NotAtComicCon
  • If you are planning to attend the #NotAtComicCon festivities at Comics Dungeon in Seattle, they have asked that you RSVP on Facebook
• Entire Star Wars opening scene recreated on NYC subway
  

Events

Can’t Stop the Serenity
When: Sat, July 17, 4:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) 2700 24th Ave. E Seattle
Seattle Browncoats Charities is proud to present the 5th annual Can’t Stop the Serenity! Enjoy a screening of Serenity along with a full day of other events including live music from Live music by Vixy & Tony and Marian Call. They will be also be joined by SJ Tucker, Betsy Tinney, and Sunnie Larsen. There will also be a screening of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, concessions, raffles and swag all to benefit Equality Now, Northwest Harvest and MOHAI, More information at http://www.cstsseattle.org/index.html

SEATTLE GEEKLY Game Night!
When: Sun, July 18, 1pm – 5pm
Where: Wayward Coffee 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle WA 98103
Come join Shannon & Matt to play fun games and get prizes! Wayward Coffeehouse is the perfect GEEK clubhouse!

Naomi Novik: Tongues of Serpents Reading & Book Signing
When: Wed, July 21, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Book Store, Seattle
Now we come to the sixth novel in Naomi Novik’s high-flying, fantasy adventure series about intelligent dragons harnessed as weapons of war in the Napoleonic era. The dragon Temeraire and his rider, Capt. Will Laurence, have been stripped of rank and standing after a treason conviction. Sent to a prison colony because of their dangerous ideas about liberty for dragons, they carry with them three dragon eggs and a desire to change the nature of the relationship between dragons and men.

Tom Bissell: Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter Reading & Book Signing
When: Thu, July 22, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Bookstore, Seattle
We love Tom Bissell’s books. And—we’re just going to go ahead and admit it—we kind of love video games. Put the two of them together, and you have made happy, happy readers of us. Bissell’s funny and sharp critique of a growing-like-mad part of the entertainment industry raises the possibility that games can actually be art, and raises the bar for anyone hoping to produce games worth playing. (A note: it is quite likely we will force Mr. Bissell to demonstrate his Rock Band drummer chops during this event. Come prepared for that.)

Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
When: Fri, July 23, 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Open Circle Theater 2222 Second Ave, Seattle
Open Circle Theater is pleased to present the stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s cult Discworld novel WYRD SISTERS. Wyrd Sisters takes Macbeth and then turns it up ‘till the knob comes off (with healthy doses of Hamlet, Lear and Richard III implied as well). It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three powerful witches and a cartload of puns, jokes and lampooning. It’s “the Scottish play” from the witches perspective.

We have revamped the full Event Calendar so check it out to see what you need to go to!

Contest!

Horror Swag Giveaway!


We have a multimedia pile of horror swag with a little something for everyone that we are going to give away to one lucky listener.

For details on what the swag bag contains, and to enter to win see our Contest Page!

Music


Music this week was “Good Old Girl” and “It’s Good To Have Jayne On Your Side” by Marian Call who will be here in Seattle at the CSTS Seattle showing at MOHAI and at w00tstock in San Diego!

Next show: Episode #69 – Women in Comics!


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Crypticon 2010 was a blast. The weekend flew by and, the same as last year, there was more good programming going on than two people could possibly cover. We did our best though and now we have the results.

We have interviews with many of the media guests from the convention including Heather Langenkamp, Felissa Rose, Doug Jones and Ernie Hudson, we have interviews with local luminaries like “Bonehand” Steve from the Bonebat Show podcast, Julie Hoverson, creator and producer of the audio drama 19 Nocturne Boulevard, Dread Central and Fangoria writer Sean “The Butcher” Smithson and many more.

The show is very long this week. We recommend you break it up a little and stretch it out over the next two weeks to make up for the fact that we will not be putting out another episode until July 15. We will be continuing to update the website with news and reveiws, maintaining the event calendar and there MAY even be some Crypticon swag given away so keep checking back!



Our Geek Week

• The Warcraft addicition continues.
• Browsing for a new anime to watch on Crunchyroll
• Watched Shutter Island (2010) on Blu-ray
• Watched A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) on Blu-ray
• Dropped in on the Seattle Steamrats meetup at Wayward Coffee

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s movie was eXistenZ (1999) – Dared by Trey

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.

Stay tuned for the next Bad Movie when we return from the Seattle Geekly Summer Vacation on July 15.

News

• Pre-order Monkey Island 2 on Steam, get the first one free!
• Star Trek Branded Shirtless Kirk Cologne – Set Phasers to Stunning
• FearNet aims to become stand-alone channel
• Must have Bruce Campbell Soup Labels!
  

Events

• Conventions
  • June 29 – July 3, 2010 – Platform International Animation Festival – Portland, Oregon
  • July 8 – 11, 2010 – Gate Con – Vancouver, BC Canada
• Events
  • June 26, 2010 8pm The Crocodile 2200 2nd Ave, Seattle – Discs of Fury and Death*Star. Discs of Fury performs live at The Crocodile with special guest Death*Star!
  • June 27, 2010 11am Downtown Seattle on 4th between Columbia and Cherry – Zombie Pride Parade. Both Seattle Pride and the Seattle Goths are sympathetic to the zombie cause and have asked all Seattle zombies to join the Pride Parade this year! Zombies willing to dress up and have a blast are encouraged to show up and march in the parade. Looking for peace signs like “Zombies are People too!” “DON’T HATE! DETERIORATE!” “ZOMBIE is the new Black” “I ♥ my gay undead son” “wish this march happened when I was alive and I would have Come OUT” “BRAINS!” “ALL WE WANT IS BRAINS!” Please NO WEAPONS, NOTHING that would imply violence or hate (you can be dead and rotting but you can’t be a hater), NO BUSINESS SIGNS OR LOGOS, we are here to support the pride parade and not insult it. More information is available at http://cleozombie.livejournal.com/22395.html
  • July 1, 2010 5 – 9pm EMP|SFM 325 5th Ave N, Seattle – Late Nights at EMP|SFM. A new program giving guests extended visiting hours, live music and drink specials in Sky Church. All exhibitions at EMP|SFM (including featured or special exhibitions) will remain open during Late Nights. Admission to the museum galleries during Late Nights is included in the daily admission price to EMP|SFM. Admission to Sky Church during Late Nights is free and open to the public. The acclaimed local band, We Wrote the Book on Connectors, will kick-off Late Nights on Thursday, June 3. No-Fi Soul Rebellion and Boy Eats Drum Machine will perform Thursday, July 1, while Rat City Brass will perform Thursday, August 5. All ages are welcome.
• Plan Ahead
  • July 3, 2010 Fremont Outdoor Cinema 3501 Phinney Ave North
    Seattle – Red White and Dead. With summer just around the corner, Seattle welcomes the return of warm summer nights, boating afternoons, barbeques and…zombies? Yes, thousands of zombies will again return to Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood this Fourth of July weekend to walk and dance their way back into the history books during the second annual Red, White & Dead zombie walk. At stake? The zombie walk Guinness World Record currently held by the Big Chill Music Festival in England. More details at the Red, White & Dead Facebook page

Crypticon 2010



• Interviews
  
  • Heather “Nancy Thompson” Langenkamp from Nightmare on Elm Street

  

  • The Book of Zombie

  

  • Julie Hoverson of 19 Nocturne Boulevard

  

  • Felissa “Angela” Rose from Sleepaway Camp

  

  • Doug Jones

  

  • “Bonehand” Steve from the BoneBat show and the BoneBat Film Festival

  

  • Dan Orme from Stocker Farms Field of Screams

  

  • Ernie Hudson

  

  • Never Sleep Again the Nightmare on Elm Street Documentary

  

  • Crypticon artist Nick the Hat

  

  • Sean “The Butcher” Smithson, writer for Dread Central and Fangoria

We want to give a huge thank you to all our guests and Eric and the rest of the Crypticon staff for putting on an amazing convention. We’ll be back next year!

Music

Music this week was various selections from the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street score by Charles Bernstein, Dream Warriors by Dokken and The Ice Cream Man by John Frizzell from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Legion.

Our next show will be on July 15, Episode #68. We’ll be interviewing some of our favorite women authors as part of our Women in Geekdom month!


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