Geekiest Games and Hobbies

Do you think that playing backgammon is a geeky hobby? What about carrying a backpack filled with collectable card games throughout the fourth decade of one’s existence (while still sharing a dining room with the procreators)? If your ideal of a romantic date includes watching the unabridged version of all three Lord or Rings movies (there are just three right?) in a row, there’s more from where it came from; stay tuned for even brighter ideas for your second date.

Online Role Playing Games

When your geek acquaintance tells you about last night’s adventures, you should listen carefully: there’s a great chance that the one who went through there astounding experience was their Second Life avatar. The rumor is saying that online games in general and massive multiplayer online role playing games in particular are no longer dominated by young males with superior computing skills and social anxiety. Since these rumors are backed up by statistics, maybe you should reconsider making indecent proposals for every cute avatar.

second life

cute ha?

Live Role Playing Games

Geeks their own private culture long before the first online role playing game was launched; live role playing games for example, whereby the geeks themselves dress up as their fictional character and go out to meet their fellow geeks for monster chasing sessions and other adventures. On the one hand, the public humiliation was much larger than in online role playing games, but on the other hand, at least you could see who your sword duel partner is.

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Furry Conventions

Those multi attendance science fiction/fantasy/furry cons (comic fans are not neglected either: they have their own cons as well) may just be the highlight of every Trekker, Buffy aficionado or furry fan. In these parallel universes, a geek can take a break of his/her productive duties, wear their fancy grisly suit to gather with the rest of the local fandom for one weekend. On top of enabling geeks to get together with people who share the same enthusiasm and can correct their Klingon misspells, these fans cons usually include lectures and presentations on related topics, costume contests, art auctions and other opportunities to show off their active concern of the admired object.

Check out those weirdos with jeans and sweatshirts

(Picture taken from mousetrout flickr)

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