Meet-Ups
Hey Gaymers! Today marks the start of New York City's annual Comic CON! This morning, throngs of geeks will begin to herd themselves into the enormous Javits Center on NYC's west side to celebrate all things COMIC!
The cool part is that since comics and video games go hand in hand there will be a strong gaming presence there as well! Capcom, Square-Enix, Activision and more will be showcasing some never before seen stuff so be on the look out for coverage on what these companies have to show!
Wootini and I will be on hand to give you a heads up on anything important over the next few days so stay posted! If you reside in or near manhattan and are planning to attend keep an eye out for us!
If there is any interest in having a NYC Gaymer meet-up leave your comments below and if there is enough of you we will plan something more official for the weekend!
SEE YOU THERE!!!
See what I did there?
Heads up to all of our San Francisco or otherwise Northern California based gaymers: tomorrow night (Tuesday June 28th) to celebrate the brand new Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition DLC.
From Capcom Unity:
What Date/Time? June 28, 2011 from 7 pm until 11 pm.
Who? All of you gentlemen and gentlewomen reading this post.
Why? Celebrating the retail launch of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition.
Where? Vessel SF (Google maps here). If you're standing in Union Square, walk towards the Nike Town, pass it, and take a right down the first alley way.
Awesome! How do I jump the line again? Bring your proof of purchase (i.e. your receipt from GameStop/Best Buy/major retailer) or pre-order for the Capcom store to the front of the line BEFORE 6 PM. We'll give you a wrist band and will ask you to line up in a special line. This is limited to the first 100 people who show us this.
Who's dropping the beats? We have my good friend DJ Goldenchyld as our house DJ, with special performances by DJ Qbert and community favorite RedRapper.
What perfect timing! Our very own Henshin A Go Joe just shared his thoughts on DLC and its effect on the fighting genre, and not too long ago I brought you the debut trailer for this excitingly hefty pack which features four new (to the US) playable characters, stat balancing, new modes, and most importantly new costumes.
Also at the event, a chance to play Street Fighter X Tekken and Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition.
I'll most definitely be at Vessel tomorrow night, with bells on! And nothin' else. Will I be seeing you there? Anyone want to take on my El Fuerte or my Sakura?
Last year, PAX East was a huge success — so much so that they had to move it to a bigger venue this year! Well, last year, we had a meetup for gay gamers, and it was also a huge success. But we're not going to mess with a good thing, so we're keeping things pretty much the same for 2011.
If you're at PAX and want to get your drink on with the GayGamer.net crew and your other fellow gay gamers, please join us at Fritz, an awesome casual sports bar (not sure why their logo graphic pictures sloshing martinis, but whatever) that's totally within walking distance of many of the PAX East hotels (and near public transportation, too). Things will be getting underway at 8:00 PM on Saturday, March 12, and after 10:00, the nearby Club Cafe opens its dance floor, so who knows where the night may take us!
And even if you couldn't score tickets to PAX, but are in the Boston area, come on out anyway! We'd love to meet you all!
Hey gamers! If you haven't checked out our forums lately, we have had an influx of fun new meetups being organized. We have a lot of friendly people willing to step up and organize meetings where fellow gamers can meet, chat, and play some games.
One meetup that is dear to my heart is the upcoming Boston Meetup taking place this Saturday at 7:30pm at Diesel Café in Somerville, MA. Organized by forum member xkevobx, this meetup is the second one he's organized and will be another chance for new people to get to know each other among good food and good conversation. All ages can join us, but after dinner, we will heading to Club Café for drinks and fun for those who are old enough to handle it.
If you're in the Boston area, be sure to stop by even for a bit! It's T-accessible or you can drive there easily. PAX East is coming up too, so let's make Boston proud! I hope to see you all there!
I've become enamored with the world of Mirror's Edge once more with recent release of the nifty little iDevice side scroller, so seeing just about any parkour video gets me thinking about the quirky platformer. But even if I wasn't such a fan of the game, it's hard to watch the video above without instantly thinking of EA's first-person action title. Intentional or not, the use of the color red, the camera perspective, and motion just feels like certain spots seen in the 2008 title. I don't know about you, but watching this makes me anxious for EA to release something (anything!) about Faith's future.
I should probably take this opportunity to talk about how awesome the iDevice game is. While the $5 ($10 for iPad) side-game may not warrant a full review, the nifty little title that combines simple touch screen interactions with some nice looking visuals for an experience that feels like a much more purposed and cleaner version of Canabalt. Anyone that dug the console game that's also enjoys more traditional 2D side-scrollers will have a great time with the title. Unfortunately there's no demo or lite version available, but it's still price low enough to the point where you can still feel comfortable taking a chance on it. The little app also comes with unlockables, leaderboards, and, of course, time trials that will have you rerunning levels over and over again just to get your times down by a second or two.
[Mirror's Edge] iTunes App Store
This is just a reminder for all you gaymers out in Boston for Pax East. As Wootini posted in the comments section of yesterday's PAX East post: the convention program is out of date, although the PAX East site has the correct panel information. Again, the schedule for both the Gaygamer meet-up and tomorrow's panel are as follows.
Tonight: Gaygamer's PAX related meet-up
Where: Fritz, 26 Chandler Street Boston, MA
When: Saturday March 27th 7-9pm
Tomorrow: Forcing Your Way In And Coming Out On Top: The Gaming Industry In Rainbow Color
Where: Wyvern Theatre (Level 3)
When: 1:30 pm on Sunday
We look forward to seeing you all at the meet-up and panel!
Today many of us have ventured from the GayGamer Castle grounds and into the Hynes Convention Center to take part in the very first east coast edition of the Penny Arcade Expo. Now before everyone loses themselves in the festivities, I just wanted to send a reminder to everyone about two GayGamer related events taking place during the wicked gaming event that we hope to see you at.
Tomorrow we'll be having a reader get together at the Fritz Lounge. Come and mingle with other glamorous readers, familiar faces like our fearless leader Fruit Brute, and seven other staff members. This is easily the largest number of us gathered together in one spot and will surely be a night to remember.
What: GayGamer's PAX-Related Meet Up
Where: Fritz, 26 Chandler Street, Boston, MA
When: Saturday, March 27th @ 7-9 p.m.
Then on Sunday we have a panel hosted by our very own Pixel Poet. Forcing Your Way In & Coming Out On Top: The Gaming Industry In Rainbow Color will answer all your burning questions about how to get your foot in the door and what's like being a GLBT person making games. We had a ton of fun putting on the panel for our west coast friends and can't wait
What: Forcing Your Way In & Coming Out On Top: The Gaming Industry In Rainbow Color
Where: Wyvern Theatre (Level 3)
When: 1:30pm on Sunday
Because we're always on the lookout for bigger and better things, we've moved the location just a bit.
Attention all Boston area readers!
I know what you're thinking. "I'd really like to meet the crazy crew behind GayGamer.net. They seem like such a swell, charming bunch, but they never come to my neck of the woods!"
First, thanks for the compliment! Second, you can meet us along with other beautiful readers and forum members at our Boston meet up taking place during PAX East later this week. The tickets into PAX may be officially sold out, but there's nothing keeping you from joining us for a night of food and drinks at Fritz, a cute little sports pub just a little hop, step, and jump from the gaming festivities at the Hynes Convention Center. While our panel taking place on the next day, we'll be letting out hair down on Saturday. Here are the basics of what you need to know...
What: GayGamer's PAX-Related Meet Up
Where: Fritz, 26 Chandler Street, Boston, MA
When: Saturday, March 27th @ 7-9 p.m.
Now, I will give a small warning for our "under 21" crowd: I'm not 100% sure if Fritz is all-ages, but our innuendo-laden panel (Forcing Your Way In & Coming Out On Top: The Game Industry In Rainbow Color) most definitely is! So you've got plenty of options to come see us, and more importantly let us see you, at what is sure to be a historic gaming event. I know I speak for all of us in saying that we can't wait to see you (yes YOU) there later this week.
This Wednesday I was taking a stroll through the gayboorhood of NYC, and noticed a trio of Rock Banders in the window of the Pinkberry on 18th St and 8th Ave. They noticed me taking their picture and waved me inside to join them on vocals. After rocking out to the luscious emo-riffs of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf", I took some time to talk with the manager and several patrons about their bi-monthly game night.
The event was devised by shift lead Dionis who is an avid gamer and is on a mission to strum up some business and liven up the rather hum-drum Wednesday nights at the frozen yogurt shop. Said Dionis:
"We are all big gamers on staff. We want the neighborhood to come, have fun, chill and relax."
Well his idea certainly livened the place up. The place was packed with gamers young and old, waiting for their turn at Rock Band. The patrons were aflutter stating:
"Rock Band is their favorite game. Ever! and it is nice to have a place to go and game in their hood"
General manager JC, said they started the game night on Feb. 4th and plan to continue this event every other week on Wednesday nights. Prizes of yogurt will be offered and patrons can challenge the staff at any time. I certainly enjoyed pairing off with a staff member and Pinkberry corporate representative Jan Newton as we took on another team.
I asked if JC if he would consider other multiplayer games besides Rock Band and he said:
"Rock Band inspires that community feel we are looking for as Pinkberry being part of the neighborhood, so we will stick with that."
I know I will most definitely be back next time and will be bringing buddies. There is limited space for handheld gaming while waiting and it would be a perfect venue for you gaymers to meet and get your game on! The next Pinkberry Game Night is scheduled for Wed March 3rd at the Pinkberry yogurt shop between 18th and 19th st and 8th Ave. It will run from 7-10pm. See you there!
Much to my own personal devastation, I was not included among the first round of blessed individuals who received access to the closed beta for Starcraft 2 when keys went out yesterday. However, the silver lining to this is that it can hopefully be taken as a sign that everything is on track for a release along Blizzard's stated timeline.
As someone who played Starcraft and Brood Wars so much I wore down both CDs and had to buy a second set, I cannot put into words how excited I am for the game's release after twelve long, long years.
While I figure out who to kill or perform sexual favors for to get a beta key, enjoy these three videos over at 1UP.com taken during their livestream of the beta yesterday. If you picked up a key yourself, show off in the comments. (It makes it easier to narrow down who I need to come after!)
Hey Gaymers! Here's wishing you all a very happy and safe V-day! I thought I'd share some options for those coupled and those not to insure you are never left hanging on this hot holiday!
For those coupled, there is nothing hotter than braking out those fighting games on Valentine's Day! Nothing heats up the room like two mates working strip Soul Calibur! Adjust the handicap according to style and skill and don't be afraid to make up your own rules when the last threads are shorn!
Those hanging loose today will find strength in numbers. So invite some friends over for some drinks and New Super Mario Bros. Your new beau may be someone you overlooked...
Valentine's Day can get a little predictable with candy and flowers so why not give it a little twist with a game exchange? Don't say it with flowers! Say it with Bioshock 2 and Bayonetta! These gems are sure to last much longer and keep the smiles coming!
Today boasts the highest "hook-up" ratio for the entire year! Even eclipsing the ever popular Cinco de Mayo! For you single Kats and Kittens, heading out solo is the way to go! Check out the major Gay parties in your city for a night of adventure! For those in NYC there is the Valentine's Ball at the opening of Crimson for your single party needs!
Whether your partnered or snuggling with your good gaymer buddies, today is a day about togetherness. Here's wishing you the safest and best this Valentine's Day!
The guys at Game Over Entertainment were nice enough to extend an invite to all Gaygamers for thier Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom release party January 26th at Arctica Bar & Grill. There will be an discounted cocktails and full on tournaments in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom and a plethora of other blockbuster games including:
- Street Fighter IV
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Halo 3
- Madden 10
- FIFA 10
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Party 8
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Super Smash Bros.
So come on down you NYC guys! It is sure to be a blast this coming Tuesday Night! Come decked out in your best threads, down some cocktails and show off your Gaygamer skills and pride with some of the hottest games this year! Again the information is: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Release Party: Tues. Jan. 26th @ Arctica Bar & Grill 384 3rd Ave. & 27th St. 6 pm - 4 am. See you there!
And girls who like girls who like rumble packs!
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