Geekopolis

If you are a loyal reader of G33kopolis, you may have noticed that for the past few months, you have been redirected to a super awesome (and possibly related) Etsy shop instead of to our words of wit and whimsy. That’s all in the past now. Seriously. I can’t believe you are still talking about it.

A lot has happened in the last few months. A lot of video games have gone unreviewed, a lot of youtube videos have been watched and I think at some point I saw an Alot. Please bear with us as we will be posting much more than normal in the next few weeks before we return to a more bearable pace.

There is also some super exciting news that I will let Redd share with you in her next post. For now, here is a picture of a cat being picked apart by the internet.

Also, I am in fact going to completely ignore the fact that we have been gone for a couple of months and not explain it in the least.

I’m done here.

I sent in my application for a booth at Fan Expo this year today. Cross your fingers for me guys, this would be legendary. You know you want to see me there! Don’t know what Fan Expo is? It’s like a pop culture convention and is epic. It’s huge and fun and awesome. I’ve seen Artist Alley and no one has embroidery and cross stitch geekery. I could remedy that! I’d fit right in, so let’s hope the jury thinks so too.

Anyways, if you made it through that, here is some awesomeness:

Today I’m going to be telling you about the adorable Crobots by Nelly Pailloux.

What is a Crobot you may be wondering. It’s a crocheted robot, naturally, which is an adorable idea. Of all of the cute robots, I chose Zombiebot. Because of course I did.

He only took about an evening to make and a total of maybe 20 cents. One ball of yarn would probably make you 3 zombiebots, so you could start a small army.

I thought the pen spring for the popped out eye effect was wonderful. I added barley to the bottom of his body so that he would sit up on his own.

The instructions were simple, well-written and easy to follow. To be honest, that is a huge relief. Too many times I’ve tried to follow a pattern only to find it overly-complicated. Not with this though. I never had to second guess myself.

So if you’re looking to add some cuddly robots to your life, which, why wouldn’t you, pick up Crobots by Nelly Pailloux. It’s a unique and fun book that will definitely keep you busy.

[originally posted on GeekCrafts.com]

Hello everyone! Did you hear the awesome news? No? Well, I, Redd, am now the editor over on GeekCrafts.com! I am over the moon excited about it! So if you love geeky crafts, or just want more geek in your diet, it’s definitely worth reading. It updates a few times a day, so there’s lots to discover. Also, Pixel, the logo, looks a lot like me. It’s actually kind of weird.

Stumbled on this on Facebook today and had to share. It was made by YouTube user etoilec1. It’s worth checking out some of their other videos if you like this sort of flip-book animation style.

To start this year off right, I attended FrostCon in Toronto with my good friend Justin of Caliban Creations.  Justin is a great photographer, and I figured I could shadow him for the day to get some tips and tricks that would help me level up my photography skill tree.  Currently, handing me a camera is less productive than placing one in the hands of a sleeping toddler.  That is something I am aiming to change this year.

FrostCon was held at the St. Lawrence Art Center in Toronto, Ontario.  Here is a shitty picture of said Art Center.

As you can see, I got more of a picture of the Canadian Stage Company than the Art Center.  That is what I am saying here.  I need help.

Anyway, FrostCon is a first year Convention, meaning that this is the first year it has been held and so my expectations were low.  The Con focused mostly on Anime and Cosplay, with a little bit of video games in there as well.  The big draw for me this year was getting the opportunity to practice my camera skills with someone as talented as Justin, and I really did learn a lot.

The secondary draw for me was attending some of the panels for various things.  The first panel I  attended was for a video game called OSU!  It is an online rhythm game that looked like a lot of fun, and I was excited to meet the developers and get a hands on with the game, but the panel itself wasn’t led by the developers but rather by fans of the game.  No problem, not what I was expecting, but no problem.  I downloaded the game for the iPad and have been having fun with it ever since.  (Ever since is 2 days at this point, but stop being so picky).  The Panel room itself was an upstairs lobby, and not actually a room, and the acoustics were horrible.  It was an effort just to be able to hear the panelists and it made it so that I would not attend any further panels for the day, at least not in their entirety.

So with Panels off my to-do list, I turned to focusing on my camera work and basically following Justin around all day, talking to vendors at their booths and meeting lots of great people.  I had a great time, but I don’t know if that is because the Con was good, or because I am just happy being around friendly people.  Since this is a review, I will sum up my thoughts in point form and see if I can come to a conclusion.

• Vendors – There were two small areas for vendors to sell their wares, both were fairly crowded because the Con had a great turnout for the size of the event.  A lot of great things being sold, and I got a new shirt with a Magikarp on it with some suitably hilarious text.
• Panels – The panels themselves were not handled well.  It was an open area, with poor acoustics and too much background noise.  In the future I would like to see this being moved into it’s own area where the panelists could be heard above the general noise of the rest of the convention.
• Location – It was a good location for a small convention.  Outside there was a great area for taking pictures, and there was plenty to do if you felt the need to get away for a bit.
• Overall – I enjoyed the convention, though it did suffer from being a first year Con with no clear direction.  Bottom line is that I will go back next year if this is done again.

TL;DR.  I’m done here.

In honour of The Dark Knight Rises being released on DVD, here are some of my favourite Batman items on Etsy!

Be sure to click on to be taken to the actual treasury and explore!

I don’t know if you’ve heard the news yet, but David Tennant will be in an episode of the animated The Clone Wars. A cross-over of epic proportions! Wonder what his character will look like? Well wonder no more!

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I don’t know if you’re subscribed to Instructables, but you should be. It teaches you how to make all sorts of awesome user submitted projects.

Today my inbox informed me I could build my own K9. While there’s no way in hell I have that kind of talent, I thought maybe one of you awesome folks would find it useful. So head on over! If you make one, let me know, I want to see pictures!

I’m meeting up with an old friend tonight to see Amanda Palmer (ahhhhhhhh!) and she had ordered a Doctor Who scarf. So, rather than making it slowly and mailing it to her for a zillion dollars, I decided to have it done by today. And I did it! It’s 8.5″ wide and 120″ long. I managed to make it in 3.5 days. Insane! What’s even more insane? I’ve decided to offer them it my shop as a made to order item.  So if you’ve ever wanted your very own Fourth Doctor scarf, come and hit me up!