It was always inevitable that I would feel a need to grow beyond what I do here at Avengers Tower. There is more — much more — to the life of a geek than comics and video games. As time goes on, words like “geek” and “nerd” have rejected their negative connotations, and shedding the status of social pariahs, we have begun to embrace our quirky geek ways — and so has the rest of the world, at least a little bit.
Being a geek isn’t just about hobbies. It’s a lifestyle. That’s why — with the help of Robert Kidman of the Kidman Project, DarkSakura of Orange Lounge Radio, and a few other awesome geeks — I’ve begun to put together a new site called Geek Life. Geek Life is a site that is launching on June 1st that will be dedicated to geek culture and lifestyle. There will be comics and video games, but that’s not all that we’re about. Geeks out there are going to awesome places and doing amazing things — and we want you to know about them so that you can get out there and have a great time, too!
We can’t do it ourselves, though. We want Geek Life to be about community, and that’s why we need you — geeks and aspiring writers and artists alike — to make this project come to life.
Is there a pub around the corner that has the best trivia nights? Is there a little-known museum that science geeks would love in your town? Is there a thriving arcade that geeks in your area need to know about? Is there a vacation spot that you’ve been to that no geek should miss? Have you always wanted to write a how-to about making your own steampunk jewelry? Do you know all the secrets to making the best out of your Renn Faire experience? Is there a book you absolutely adore that no one else seems to have heard of? If so, then we want you to write for us! If you’re an aspiring cartoonist that wants to have your geek-related, editorial-style cartoons published, then we want to see them!
What will make Geek Life successful? You, the reader. This is your chance to shine — to be the one to tell your friends and the whole world about your geek lifestyle experiences, and to learn about and embrace geek culture.
If you’re interested in learning more, please go to http://geek-life.com/about/ (keep in mind that the site doesn’t launch until June 1st, so please excuse the generic template). Please spread the word! Maybe you’re not much of a writer, but you might know someone who is and who would want to participate — and even not, there are thousands of geeks out there who are looking for something new and different, a place where they can read about geek culture and lifestyle, and that’s exactly what Geek Life aims to be: culture for geeks, by geeks.
