Was It Really That Bad? X3: The Last Stand. by Kyle Johannessen

Before I go on and talk about X-Men: The Last Stand, or X3, or the “Brett Ratner one”, whatever you’d like to call it, I feel as though I should clarify what my intentions are with these articles. My goal is not to necessarily defend the films that are the subject. My goal is to go back and watch the film in question with an open mind and see if it deserves all the hate we give it. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull gained the status of having ruined childhoods, and I mostly agreed with those opinions. I went back to see if it was that bad and determined that “No, it’s not that bad. But it’s still not good.” So now, I’ll attempt to go back and do the same thing with X3.

Twitch Plays Pokémon: An Overview

by Stephanie Cala, resident Pokémon Trainer for the Ace of Geeks

     Think back to a time in your childhood and imagine yourself playing your favorite handheld video game. Now, imagine that your best friend wants to play your game with you. It’s a one player game - what can you do? You can play through the story together and decide on what your next actions should be, or you can hand the game back and forth and allow each other one action each. What would you choose?

     Now imagine yourself, present day, playing that same childhood handheld video game with an average of 70,000 people around the world at any given time.

Welcome to Twitch Plays Pokémon.

Make a Survival Roll - Nerdy Camping with Jarys

 

  The day before your leave for your multi-day hiking trip. You have to consider the weight and utility of everything you bring. Will you take matches, or a tiny stove? Will you sleep in a tent, or just use a compact tarp? Zombie Dice or Fluxx? How will you eat, where will you sleep, what will you do? For some, like my father, hiking is a plethora of outdoor activities such as fishing or or stargazing. Activities that cannot be as easily done in or around our homes. But for the more Geekily-inclined, all kinds of activities can be pursued which are neither indoor nor outdoor activities, existing mostly in our mind. Like a dream eating Psychophage or a Farie-

     I digress.

THE ACE OF GEEKS PODCAST AT WIZARD WORLD: SACRAMENTO COMIC CON 2014 - Press Release

Prepared by Stephanie Cala
February 19th, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -  This year, the Ace of Geeks Podcast will be holding a panel at Wizard World: Sacramento Comic Con, located at the Sacramento Convention Center.  The panel will take place on Saturday, March 8th, 2014 and will be held in Room 103 from 5:00PM to 5:45PM.  

5 Simple Ways to Make Your Convention Game More Memorable by Justin Rhodes

If you want to run a convention game that will really dazzle your players and stick in their memory, you've come to the right place.  If you just want to run a game at a con for free admission, read on anyway.  You'll likely learn something you can use.  While I can't promise that your game will be the RPG equivalent of the Odyssey, I can tell you that if you put some focus on the following ideas the overall enjoyment of your game will be on the rise.

Episode 90: Girl Cop

The Ace of Geeks Podcast comes to you live from Dundracon, with more guests than you've ever seen before! At least twenty people join the podcast to talk about their experiences from the con, witness the epic battle between Skeletor and Old Timey Radio Voice Guy, and pass around old war stories!

Episode 90!

Nanomotors - the Medicine of the Future? by Lauren Harrington

Cancer is pretty serious, even if what you have is easily removed and not malignant. When I found out my mom had (a very easily treated type of) breast cancer, I knew she’d have to get surgery and go through chemotherapy. That’s what most people do, because when you are diagnosed, you usually just have three options: Surgery followed by chemotherapy, surgery without chemotherapy, or just let it grow. With a new development in science, we will have a fourth option: Nanomotors.