Gen Con 2016: Unlocking the Games [EVENT/GALLERY]
Nov14

Gen Con 2016: Unlocking the Games [EVENT/GALLERY]

This gallery is from 2016’s Gen Con. Held in Indianapolis, Gen Con the largest board came convention in the United States. Follow Rocky Doll as he shows you some of the cool things surrounding this amazing convention!

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Camp ScareFest: Pitching Tents for Horror Icons [EVENT ARTICLE]
Oct19

Camp ScareFest: Pitching Tents for Horror Icons [EVENT ARTICLE]

ScareFest 9 had fans of old-school slasher films very excited, as this year they had numerous guest celebrities from the classic campsite horror films such as Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp. Needless to say there were many cosplayers this year dressed up as the famous slasher, Jason Voorhees.

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Welcoming Curves: Chatting with Club Bodice’s Miss Mortis [ARTICLE/EVENT]
Aug18

Welcoming Curves: Chatting with Club Bodice’s Miss Mortis [ARTICLE/EVENT]

Started a year ago by Miss Mortis as a Gothic dance party at the famous San Francisco LGBT club, The STUD Bar (www.studsf.com/ ), Club Bodice is a monthly Body Positive dance party for folks of all sizes, with the goal being for folks to be comfortable, have fun, and feel safe. Now their anniversary party is coming up with a very special dedication and we had a chance to chat with Miss Mortis all about it!

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Rocking Out: Vans Warped Tour 2016 [EVENT/GALLERY]
Jul26

Rocking Out: Vans Warped Tour 2016 [EVENT/GALLERY]

A collection of photos of some of the bands and at the Vans Warped Tour 2016 in Cincinnati Ohio! Photos were taken from various places in the crowd including distance and right in the pit! Bands included Ashes to New, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Falling in Reverse, Good Charlotte, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White, Sum 41, VANNA, and many others.

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Beautiful Nightmare: Dancing with Pride [EVENT GALLERY]
Jul01

Beautiful Nightmare: Dancing with Pride [EVENT GALLERY]

We had the opportunity to host our first annual Beautiful Nightmare Dance Party last week in the incredible venue, The Bar Complex, in Lexington, KY, which boasts a mirror-paneled and pillared ballroom and a mesmerizing light display that was installed by the same company that put in the light displays for the infamous Studio 54. Throughout the night, hosts Rocky Doll and Nara Gordon, kept folks feeling great, while DJs Stephen29, The Mayor, and Verminoid kept the the party going late into the night. We also had the honor of…

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Born to Game: Day 3 of Gen Con 2015 [ARTICLE/EVENT]
Jun22

Born to Game: Day 3 of Gen Con 2015 [ARTICLE/EVENT]

After misjudging the best way to enter the vendor area the day before, I corrected my approach, skirted the convention center, and came in the opposite entrance, allowing me to make my way through the even more crowded vendor area with a minimum of “pardon me”/”excuse me” dances in the process. Arriving in Paizos’ Pathfinder pavilion was really cool, because it shows how just much a creative indie manufacturer could become a major power player with its Roleplaying system in just 7 years. It may have been based on D&D’s 3.5 open license mechanics when it was released in 2008…

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Born to Game: Day 2 of Gen Con 2015 [ARTICLE/EVENT]
Jun15

Born to Game: Day 2 of Gen Con 2015 [ARTICLE/EVENT]

Chatting with Ben Loomes was refreshing, as his desire for improving the storytelling landscape around him was one I could totally understand. As a roleplayer himself, he found real world campaigns lacked the auditory elements found in video games and set about to change that. Using a complex sample based program (so that every type of sound can have random components) with reverb options (so you can have sounds happening in different qualitative environments, from open plains to confined caverns), he created a series of sound effects and music scores that can be triggered by your smartphone

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Born to Game: Day 1 of Gen Con 2015  [EXTENDED ARTICLE]
Jun08

Born to Game: Day 1 of Gen Con 2015 [EXTENDED ARTICLE]

Gen Con has the distinction of being the largest table top gaming Convention in North America, with a focus on board games, pen-and-paper, card games, and anything related to games that are not primarily played in the digital realm. (This doesn’t mean that there aren’t some cool tabletop games that take advantage of technology in their gameplay, but the technology isn’t required for the playing of most of the games.)

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HorrorHound Weekend: A Howl of a Good Time! [ARTICLE/EVENT]
Apr20

HorrorHound Weekend: A Howl of a Good Time! [ARTICLE/EVENT]

HorrorHound Weekend is a traveling convention hosted by HorrorHound magazine. Each issue of HorrorHound contains film facts, interviews, and horror fan lifestyles to name a few. You can expect to find similar things at the conventions.

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Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Butch Patrick [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]
Nov23

Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Butch Patrick [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]

Reverend Leviathan chats with former Munsters’ star, Butch Patrick, about his life during the show, his life after, his fight with cancer, and renovating a haunted family home!

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Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Billy Crank [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]
Nov16

Exposing Skeletons with Reverend Leviathan: Chats with Billy Crank [VIDEO/INTERVIEW]

Reverend Leviathan chats with the man who calls himself “Ernest Jr.” after Jim Varney’s famous “Ernest P. Worrell” character. Crank goes on to explain the challenges of continuing the “Ernest” dynasty in the modern era.

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