Oct 13
It’s Halloween time again and with all good Halloween celebrations you would be remiss if you didn’t have a few zombies hanging around. How about a whole herd of them? Beautiful Downtown Melbourne will be overrun by the undead this weekend as the annual Zombie Walk takes place. Zombies and survivors are both encouraged to attend the event. Beginning at 10:30 …
Jul 24
Wow. Unbelievable. Has it really been two years already. yes it has. July 24, 2010, the first post went up on this very website. This site was mostly intended to be a hobby. It has transformed into so much more. This site has really evolved over the past two years. I have personally grown in …
May 04
For those of you not aware, today, May 4th, is International Star Wars Day. A holiday started by the geek community to celebrate the love of the Star Wars franchise. May the 4th is of course a pun on the famous quote from the series, “May the force be with you.” All hatred for George …
Apr 10
Beautiful, sunny Florida has always provided a great backdrop for a convention experience. Orlando with its central location has been home to many conventions over the years. This past weekend, Cocoa Beach took the spotlight and on Saturday April 7, the beach played host to a one day convention covering the wide variety of interests …
Mar 20
There has always been a hot debate about the recent moves to electric distribution of comics. Many say that it makes it easier to get and read comics as one can download them to whatever digital device they already carry for other things to slim down their need for a backpack. Others say it will …
Mar 08
The Orlando area plays host to a few geek related events this weekend. First up, famed Ghostbuster, Blues Bother, and UFOlogist Dan Akroyd will be at ABC Liquors this Saturday promoting his Crystal Head Vodka. He will be appearing and signing atuographs from 11AM to 1PM. The vodka comes in a distinctive skull shaped bottle. …
Feb 29
If you’re aware of the local nerd scene, you may be familiar with two notable music acts: Sci-Fried and Marc With A C. Both have been heavily featured acts at the music festival Nerdapalooza and both have taken home top awards in Orlando Weekly’s yearly best of voting. Next week, both acts will be taking …
Feb 16
Hard to believe it’s already Thursday. The convention officially starts tomorrow, but today it’s time to make the trip out to Orlando. I haven’t been to Orlando for a few months so I’m gonna drive out early and just hang out for a while. Just a slow day enjoying myself. I’m already packed and just …
Feb 12
Hard to believe it’s less than a week until MegaCon. For those of you who don’t know what it is, MegaCon is a huge multi-genre convention. Represented at the convention are comics, sci-fi, anime, and just about everything else geeky. It’s the second biggest convention in the southeast (behind DragonCon) and the largest convention in …
Feb 06
Greetings GWO Universe, it’s your fearless leader Randy here. Thought I’d start up something new here and do more of a personal blog along with all the news, reviews, and other things the site has to offer. I hope you don’t mind me getting a bit personal, but I really want to share my thoughts …
