Showing posts with label Geeky. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Creating A Con


Hey there, 
Hi there,
Ho there Gamelings!

I know it has been quite a while since our last post!
What were we thinking???
We missed you!
Did you miss us?

HULU tv hug hi seinfeld

ANYWAY...

Since we've been gone for so long a lot has happened.
The most notable of these events is that we, my friend Diedre and I, got to go to Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest! It was wonderful! We met so many wonderful vendors like Sparkle Monster, Project Pinup, tandy leather, Tech Shop, Steam Crow, Phoenix Escape Room, Frank and Nats Armory, Kiki Jenkins, The Subtle Geek, Look Cuter, and Art Dimes.We also saw a few wonderful charities there like Kids Need to Read, and Comicare!
Here's a taste of the wonderful cosplays we saw there:















That being said, and shown, we would DEFINITELY love to go again! The atmosphere was electric. The people you met treated you like family. This is definitely the kind of community that people want to be a part of.

This sense of community was wonderful but so far away. I brought this up to the club that I am the president of at Cochise College, Digital Media Arts Club (DMAC). Everyone agreed unanimously. But how do we fix that?

The answer came to me immediately and I put it to the club: Should we create our own comicon?
The response that I received was mind-blowing.

sahlooter wow chris pratt mind blown

Immediately we set to work.
We set a date and time.
We chose a location.
We contacted vendors, panelists, and exhibitors.
We put the word out there for Cosplayers.
This is happening.

So, without any further ado, I present to you:




COCHISE COLLEGE COMIC CON

We are still accepting applications for Vendors, Panelists, and Exhibitors!
The applications are open until March 17th!
For ticket and vendor information, please visit OUR WEBSITE!!!!

I look forward to seeing you there!



Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Halloween 2016: A recap

This year’s mass theme seemed to collectively be video games, in general. While taking my daughter trick or treating at the local mall, followed by the park we saw a plethora of game inspired costuming (very well done I might add). In our evening adventure we noticed that the most popular themed costumes were that of Pokemon, Five Nights at Freddy’s and, rather surprisingly, Undertale. 
Pikachu’s, Foxys, A few Frisks (Undertale’s protagonist) filled the night.

While at the park we ran into Sans, a main character from Undertale. My 4 year old daughter ran up to him gave him a great big hug and them proceeded to berate him for being mean to Frisk (in the game). The person in the costume thought this to be hilarious. Then she proceeded to tell him that she would never hurt a monster, because they all seemed very nice to her. I believe this made the person’s day, as he smiled at her and patted her on the head.

Also in the mix this year were a family of Zelda characters, and a large spattering of random Disney princesses. What I really notices an absence of this year though was the traditional Halloween attire (Vampires, Werewolves, witches). Those seem to have been replaced by super heroes and transformers. All in all though, this years themes seemed to be entertaining to all and all those that I did see seemed to be enjoying themselves, and after all, isn’t that what Halloween has become? A night where people can dress in outrageous attire, go out and have a good time, and not be judged for it?


Tuesday, July 12, 2016

GURPS Character Creation: Just the Basics! Part 7B

Okay! Welcome back, Gamelings!
We are nearing the home stretch here.
Speaking of stretching, you should do that. Muscle cramps are the worst!

Alright! Let's hit this thing head on! We're almost done!

galaxy quest


Missile Weapon (DX/Varies)
Default: Special
This is a collection of skills (one per class of missile weapons). Missile Weapon skills are based on DX, and default to DX-4 if Easy, DX-5 if Average, or DX-6 if Hard.

Gunner:
Beams/lasers (Easy)
Cannon (Easy)
Machine Gun (Easy)

Guns:
Light Anti-Armor Weapon L.A.W. (Easy)
Pistol (Easy)
Rifle (Easy)
Shotgun (Easy)
Submachine Gun (Easy)

Flamethrowers:
Flamethrower (Easy)

Other:
Blowpipe (DX/Hard)
Bow (DX/Average)
Crossbow (DX/Easy)

Natural Sciences/TL (IQ/Hard)
Default: IQ-6
This skill is the knowledge of sciences such as biology, astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc. If you can think of a science that you believe fits this skill, talk to your GM and let them decide. 

Naturalist (IQ/Hard)
Default: IQ-6
This is basically your knowledge of the land and it's plant life and wildlife. You know which plants are poisonous, which are tasty, and which ones turn your tongue purple!

Navigation/TL (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
You can navigate your way through any terrain using maps, instruments, etc. Various types of Navigation include: Sea, Air, Land, Space, and Hyperspace. A successful roll tells you where you are or lets you plot a course.

Observation (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill lets you observe interesting or dangerous situations without being seen.

Occultism (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill is the study of the mysterious and supernatural.

Photography/TL (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This is the ability to use a camera competently and to produce recognizable and attractive photos.

Physician/TL (IQ/Hard)
Default: IQ-7
The ability lets you treat the ill and injured and prescribe medication and care. Make a skill roll to hasten natural recovery from injury and whenever the GM requires a roll to test general medical competence or knowledge.

Pickpocket (DX/Hard)
Default: DX-6
This skill lets you steal things off of someone's person or plant something on them without them noticing.

Public Speaking (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill gives you a general natural talent with spoken word.

Research/TL (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill is the ability to be a successful bookworm and library regular. Roll against skill to find a useful piece of data in an appropriate place of research if the information is there to be found.

Riding (DX/Average)
Default: DX-5
This skill gives you the ability to ride a specific kind of mount. Make a skill roll when you first try to mount a riding animal, and again each time something happens to frighten or challenge the creature.

Scrounging (IQ/Easy)
Default: IQ-4
This is the ability to find, salvage, or improvise useful items that others can’t locate. Each attempt takes an hour.

Search (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill gives you the ability to search in, on, under, and around areas to find things that aren't in plain sight. The GM rolls once per item of interest. For deliberately concealed items, this is a Quick Contest of your Search skill vs. the Holdout or Smuggling skill used to hide the item. If you fail, the GM simply says, “You found nothing.”

Shadowing (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill gives you the ability to follow a person through a crowd without being seen. Roll a Quick Contest every 10 minutes: your Shadowing vs. the subject’s Vision roll. If you lose, you lost the subject; if you lose by more than 5, you were seen.

Shield (DX/Easy)
Default: DX-4
This is the ability to use a shield, both to block and to attack.

Social Sciences (IQ/Hard)
Default: IQ-6
Each Social Science (Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, etc.) is it's own skill so add them separately.

Smuggling (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This is the ability to conceal items in baggage and vehicles.Roll against skill to hide an item from casual inspection. In an active search, the searchers must win a Quick Contest of Search vs. your Smuggling skill to find the item.

Stealth (DX/Average)
Defaults: DX-5
This skill lets you go practically anywhere without being seen or heard. A successful roll lets you conceal yourself practically anywhere, or move so quietly that nobody will hear you, or follow someone without being noticed.

Survival (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This is the ability to live off the land, find safe food and water, avoid hazards, build shelter, etc. To live safely in a wilderness situation, you must make a successful Survival roll once per day. Failure inflicts 2d-4 injury on you and anyone in your care.

Swimming (HT/Easy)
Default: HT-4
This is your ability to stay afloat in emergency situations or skill in traversing the watery terrain. Roll against the higher of Swimming or HT to avoid fatigue or injury due to aquatic misfortunes.

Tactics (IQ/Hard)
Default: IQ-6
This is the ability to outguess and outmaneuver the enemy in small-unit or personal combat. On a success, you start the fight in an advantageous position as determined by the GM.

Throwing (DX/Average)
Default: DX-3
This is the ability to throw any small, relatively smooth object that fits in the palm of your hand.

Thrown Weapon (DX/Easy)
Default: DX-4
Axe/Mace
Knife
Shuriken
Spear

Tracking (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This is the skill that allows you to follow an animal or man by the tracks they leave or the plants that they disturb. Make a Tracking roll to pick up the trail, then roll every 15 minutes to avoid losing it, at a modifier ranging from 0 for soft terrain to -6 for city streets.

Traps/TL (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill enables you to build and safely nullify traps!

Vehicle Skills (DX/Varies)
Default: Varies
Vehicle skills default to DX at -4 (easy), -5 (average), or -6 (hard); motor vehicles also default to IQ, at similar penalties.
Available types:
Bicycling (DX/Easy)
Boating (DX/Average)
Driving (DX/Average)
Piloting (DX/Average)
Submarine (DX/Average)

Writing (IQ/Average)
Default: IQ-5
This skill means that you can write in a clear or entertaining manner. A successful roll
means the work is readable and accurate.


Guess what, buddies! 
We made it! We did it!
It drove us all a bit batty for a while...

scooby doo scooby doo gif scooby doo movie

But it's done now!

Now all you have to do is buy your armor, weapons, and whatever else you want to carry with you on your journey! 
I will create a masterpost and link to all of the tutorials part 1-7B!
Just search for "Masterpost" in the search bar over our Instagram feed.

reaction day celebrity bye goodbye
Thank you all for coming on this journey with me!

BIG MAYBE ALMOST SORT OF NEWS, WHOVIANS!

Usually I am not one to give in and throw myself onto the rumor mill in some crazy "I'm-Bringing-Martyr-Back" move. This time? Oh, this time is different (WAY different). As some of you may know, I am a Whovian. Doctor Who has been one of my favorite telly shows for ages and it has gotten me through some crazy rough times. Almost every Whovian has "their doctor"; the Doctor that has touched their lives, that they identify with, or even just one they find most appealing/humorous. Although "My Doctor" is, was, and forever shall be Tom Baker (The 4th regeneration of The Doctor), Matt Smith (Doctor #11) holds a very special place in my heart.

matt smith tv doctor who the doctor eleventh doctor


Matt Smith's 11th Doctor brings to mind:
Rainy days at home with my roommate and my kids
the whistle of a kettle
Steamy, milky tea
Fish Fingers and Custard (yes we ate it, yes it was delicious!)
making large batches of chips
marathoning seasons of Doctor Who at a time
running about with sonic screwdrivers and "fighting Daleks"
Cuddles
Warm blankets
Blanket forts
Themed birthday parties
Crying together on the couch when we lost a few of our favorite characters

karen gillan amy pond rory williams arthur darvill witchcraft

In fact all of my Matt Smith era memories are fuzzy, warm, and full of emotion and life.
There were, of course, bad times. That is not, however, what we remember in the end. Sometimes I miss those days but here's the news, guys and gals... and all of you in between...

Steven Moffat has hinted that Matt Smith may be reprising his role as the Doctor when the current Doctor (Peter Capaldi #12) leaves. 

doctor who matt smith suprise

In an interview with The Mirror, Moffat stated that Smith was, "quite open about how much he misses it, and how much he wishes he hadn’t left." This, of course does NOT mean that he is going to definitely come back and once again live in our hearts as the Doctor...

doctor who matt smith hello yo drwho
The Doctor has never before reverse-regenerated in the entire history of the show. This is not to say that it is not in our future. In the 50th anniversary episode (riddled with cameos, happiness, and sunshine) it was hinted that the Doctor would be "revisiting a few favorites". This can be seen in our current Doctor, Peter Capaldi. He played a character in The Fires of Pompeii and it seemed significant enough to mention after the regeneration that he remembers the face but doesn't know why he picked it.

Whatever the case, I would be happy to have more Smith and more 11 in my life.

happy doctor who excited matt smith happy dance
Doctor Who dancing matt smith actor the doctor




Monday, June 13, 2016

Get the FUNK down here!

Hey there gamelings! 
Sorry about the radio silence.
I was in El Paso, TX!
And everyone else was doing....
stuff....

Anyway!
While I was AFK on family matters, I had the chance to stop by a REALLY awesome place with my mom and cousin, Scott!
Funkmeyers Rec Room.

An 80's and 90's themed arcade bar and grill!


thor hishe how it should have ended say whaaat

Off Lee Travino Drive, on the east side of El Paso, is a fairly unassuming commercial neighborhood.
 You'll see the usual:
car dealerships
fast food
salons
restaurants
It all seems to blend into a crude amalgamation of buildings. That is, until you hit Towne Center. This strip-mall stands out with it's colorful flag-shaped art and signs. The height alone is unlike the rest of the neighborhood. Spotted with evergreen shrubs and tinted windows, the Towne Center is both inviting and intriguing.


This is where Funkmeyers Rec Room calls home.
Funkmeyers, like many of the other Towne Center businesses, has tinted windows. This makes it impossible to know what you will walk into when you enter.



Let's check it out!

When you enter, you are greeted by this fella!

Look! It's me and Danky Kang! Hi world!




Right past this huge, wonderful, majestic statue-beast is a wave-like wall of nostalgia (in both images and paraphernalia). Along this wonderful wall is a bench seat in bright neon green and scattered along it are tables with chairs allowing for a quiet and cool place to sit and reminisce with friends!




Immediately you are surrounded by music and television from the 1980s and 1990s! It is a completely immersive experience!
Cool, right?
Moving right along...
To the right of this wonderful wall of nostalgia and awesome is the bar!


Populated with a plethora of potent potions and titillatingly teaming with technology and televisions, this is a nice place to sit and enjoy a beverage while you talk to the incredibly friendly staff!

parks and recreation drunk drinking bar ann perkins

Moving on from the bar and my love of alliteration...
bar drinking the worlds end


FOOD AND DRINKS!
The food was phenomenal!
I ordered the Funkmeyer Burger (without candied onions because onions and I aren't friends) and a side of Mac'N'Cheese (because Mac'N'Cheese and I ARE friends). Scott ordered the Funkmeyer Burger with hand-cut fries. My mom ordered the Grilled Chicken Sandwich with hand-cut fries.

The burger was thick and juicy! Instead of just slapping a slice of cheese on that bad-boy (like most places would), Funkmeyers has WHIPPED CHEDDAR!
Yes...
Yes, I know...
This is now the only way I wish to ever experience cheddar again.
So they loaded that baby up with bacon and whipped cheddar and slapped it on a soft, pillowy, buttery bun from the gods.
The hand-cut fries were delicious and the Mac'N'Cheese was superb...
So much so that this happened quite often.

Thanks, guys... Go eat your own food!


For drinks (we had many) we sampled a couple of their teas and a couple of their signature Kool-Aid drinks.



We had (in order of image) Peach tea, Hibiscus tea, ECTO COOLER, and Purple Blurple.

The peach and hibiscus teas are fairly self explanatory, flavorful, and not too sweet!
The Ecto cooler is a tangerine drink that tastes just like the Hi-C drink of the past!
The Purple Blurple is a grape Kool-Aid drink that looks super cool (I'd comment on the taste if I could stand grape flavoring).

Now for the bit that I know you ALL want to hear about...
THE GAMES!










They have a whole wall (divided by a platform) lined with arcade games and televisions with other random games placed sporadically around the place!

"That's cool.." you say?
"It sounds like it could get super expensive though..." you continue?
Well, chill!

EVERY GAME IS FREE TO PLAY!!!

Yep... Free to play games, reasonably priced and DELICIOUS food and drinks, and enough nostalgia to make you say "talk to the hand" to haters and start celebrating girl power because backstreet's back!!

So head down to El Paso and check out Funkmeyers Rec Room at:
1506 N Lee Trevino Dr, Ste B1
El Paso, TX

or visit them at

Funkmeyers on Facebook

I will make sure to stop, collaborate, and listen next time I am in town again because, Funkmeyers Rec Room, Like A Prayer...

I'm never gonna give you up.