October 2011
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Geek Girls Do GeekGirlCon
This article was submitted to us by Nourisha K about her fun times at the first ever GeekGirlCon in Seattle, WA. Check out her new website ‘Sunless in Seattle’ or find her on twitter at @kcwebgirl!
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There are some things that just go together perfectly for us geeky girls. Geek tees and converse. Feminism and cosplay. Superheroes and villains....
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Zombie Lane: Grind, baby, Grind
Welp. It only took a week and I’m basically over Zombie Lane. It’s still fun I guess, but on a scale of 1 to 10 it started out at an 8, then dropped to a 5 and now it’s about a 3. All because of something we game playing folk are all too familiar with - the grind.
You see, once you figure out the system and crack the formula to complete missions in the game efficiently, well -...
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Tricks of the Gamer Dad
Whenever I talk to other parents about their children, usually at some point I talk about how I play certain games with my children, like Pokemon, or Super Smash Brothers, or Castle Crashers. What I hear back is “Oh, but video games are so bad for children but mine would play them all the time.”
I’ve got children who are getting straight A’s in school, who participate in...
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Observations on Zombie Lane: the Farmville of...
Zombie Lane is the latest kill-time obsession for my friends and I on G+. I started playing at the suggestion of a friend at our weekly game night, and it quickly overcame Team Fortress 2 as my “go to” for semi-mindless entertainment. Soon a small group of us were playing regularly, and thanks to the genius of a Games Notification only stream, our shameful addictions were mostly hidden...
