The Beauty of Being In The Same Room

Nowadays, video games are all about multiplayer. Even games that have been single-player for many years now have multiplayer capabilities. This is mostly because no plot imaginable could compete with playing with real people. Interestingly, the word "multiplayer" has evolved into something completely different in the gaming world...


When I was growing up, "multiplayer" looked something like this:

One console. Multiple controllers. Split screens.

Now multiplayer looks more like this:

One player. One controller. One Headset.

Online multiplayer has completely changed gaming. Instead of gathering all of your friends together in your living room (and creating a wire jungle with your controllers), you can play with people from around the world via the Internet. Online multiplayer is undoubtedly an incredible innovation that has improved the gaming experience.

However, it has almost completely eliminated co-opt gameplay! In my opinion, there is still something irreplaceable about having friends and family in the same location playing a game (without strangers). Not only playing video games; when was the last time anyone played a board/card game?

A few familiar faces in the geek world have YouTube series featuring games like these, and they're certainly worth watching. Check out a couple of my favorite episodes below! I guarantee they will make you want to get your friends together for a game night.

There's just so much fun to be had in this pile.

The Guild's Felicia Day & her brother Ryon have a hilarious web series, called Co-optitude, on the Geek & Sundry channel. On the show, Felicia and Ryon play the old school video games their mom never let them play as children. 

The frustration, Day-sibling-hilariousness, and nostalgia make each episode a side-splitting joy. It also makes me want to a get a Super Nintendo and play video games with my best friend. 

(Fun Fact: You can order a brand new Super NES on Amazon for $350!)

On The Nerdist channel, Wil Wheaton (of just-about-everything fame: Star Trek, The Big Bang Theory, Eureka, etc.) hosts a table-top gaming show called... Table Top.

The Haunt starts in Part 2

Until I came upon this show, I thought they'd stopped making table-top games. It's always fun to get a bunch of geeks together for a game. Whether it's D&D or something you've never heard of, there's nothing like basking in the boundless creativity no game design studio could muster.

These are my favorite episodes of Co-optitude & Table Top. I hope you've found them thoroughly entertaining. More so, I hope you've been inspired to gather some friends together and create some hilarity of your own!

Happy Gaming! 

Geek My Room

I'd like to share a video I came across on Felicia Day's Geek & Sundry YouTube channel:

What a fun project! Your home is your castle; it should reflect the things you love. This video gives some great tips for geeking-out your room on a budget. To recap:

• Frame your posters
• Find a theme & use its color scheme (60% primary color; 30% secondary color; 10% accent color)
• Use old toys as decorations
• DIY is fun and inexpensive
• Avoid clutter!!!

If I might add a few ideas:

• Look into different decor styles (traditional, contemporary, eclectic, etc.) and try to build a geek-infused design from there
• Your room doesn't have to represent every TV show, movie, video game, and comic you love. Narrow your focus.
• Keep the layout simple enough to change things over time.
• Have a fellow fan help you, if you can. An extra set of eyes can't hurt.
• Remember you have to LIVE in what you come up with.

I hope this has given you a few a ideas and some motivation to update the look of your favorite room with a little more of the things you love. There's no better way to introduce someone into your life than bringing them home to see how much you love Doctor Who.

Check out this eclectic zombie apocalypse living room I designed on Polyvore!
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Geek Cave by alexified featuring crate and barrel furniture

A YouTube Must-See: Dragonball Z Abridged

If you grew up in the 1990s, you might remember this show:

It was a way of life back then.

Dragonball Z - the sequel to Dragonball where our hero Goku continues to save the world as an adult, husband, and father - was certainly more than a simple cartoon. DBZ taught us about true strength, pride, perseverance, and the power of friendship.

Unlike American television shows that can last a lifetime, many anime shows are finite stories. As such, the Dragonball franchise ended after Dragonball GT, leaving today's youth with only Dragonball Z Kai (an edited version which is a post for another day itself).

Not a fan, but it'll do if it's all you've got...

Feeling nostalgic? Cheer up! Episodes of the show are on Hulu, but there's something even better on YouTube...

A group calling themselves Team Four Star has put together a very well done parody of the popular epic called Dragonball Z Abridged. It hilariously brings to light a lot of subtle things we might have missed watching the show as children, and it makes the experience more adult. There are also pop culture references that further the hilarity.

Any fan of the original Dragonball Z must watch the Dragonball Z Abridged parodies! They're thoroughly entertaining and make you fall in love with the original series all over again.

Check it out & let me know what you think on the 

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