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Gamercamp Social - Hokra - F2

Gamercamp Day Two Wrap Up

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Another year, another Gamercamp! With the fourth iteration of the Toronto-based video game culture festival now in the can, the Shelf's Eric Weiss, Jon Ore, and Timothy Krynicki round up last night's social events and a selection of today's speakers.

Gamercamp Day One Wrap Up

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With Gamercamp 2012 now officially almost half over, the Dork Shelf team reports on day one of the Toronto-based video game culture festival. Zack Kotzer, Jonathan Ore, Eric Weiss, and Wesley Fok round up today's busy schedule.
DPAD 2 - F2

Interview: Skot Deeming of DPAD 2

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We spoke with Skot Deeming about DPAD 2, a series of game culture events that blend live musical performances with arcade sensibilities and a few actual arcade cabinets to encourage game enthusiasts to embrace new forms of play and interactivity.
Futurama Trivia - Melllvar

You Guessed It! You Can’t Unguess It! Futurama Trivia

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Want to take your trivia know-how into the year 3000? “You Guessed It! You Can’t Unguess It!” Futurama Trivia is interesting if true! And it is true! 3 rounds of mathematically flawless, alien eye-popping trivia backed by the viewing of three different classic Futurama episodes – and you don’t even need a $300 Nixon tax […]
Futurama Trivia - Fry

Futurama Trivia Set to Debut at Gladstone

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Starting a new season of trivia, Woo Hoo! Simpsons Trivia will be matched by its closest living relative: Futurama. "You Guessed It! You Can't Unguess It! Futurama Trivia" premieres Tuesday, September 27th at 8:00pm in the Melody Bar of the Gladstone Hotel for anyone willing to take their trivia know-how into the year 3000.

FanExpo: Nerd Speed Dating and the Tale of the Nazi Jedi

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"Nerd Speed Dating". Reading those three words on a convention program inspired a bit of amusement from me. Nerds have always been (often unjustly) stereotyped as a group of people with little-to-no social skills, so putting them all together in a room with only minutes to make good first impressions seemed like a recipe for disaster
NERD APPROVED MUSIC

NERD-APPROVED MUSIC

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LINEUP: brentalfloss, Cobra, Wordburglar, More Or Les, Peter Project BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE: http://nerdapprovedmusic.eventbrite.com/ BRENTALFLOSS A COMEDIAN, MUSICIAN, AND GAMER WHO FIRST GAINED NOTORIETY WHEN HE ADDED LYRICS TO THE TITLE THEME FROM MEGA MAN 3 AND CREATED THE “WITH LYRICS” SERIES ON YOUTUBE. HE HAS SINCE BECOME A FEATURE ON SCREWATTACK.COM AND GROWN A […]

SCOTT PILGRIM Creator Bryan Lee O’Malley @ The Beguiling

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SCOTT PILGRIM Creator Bryan Lee O’Malley in Toronto Signing and Sketching for fans @ The Beguiling! Saturday, July 9th, 2pm-4pm @ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada FREE TO ATTEND WWW.BEGUILING.COM Facebook Event Page TORONTO: COME ONE, COME ALL! Our very good friend Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the international bestselling graphic novel series […]
Midsummer Rockshowcase

MIDSUMMER ROCKSHOWCASE

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SHOWCASE: TORONTO’S DIY VIDEOGAME COMMUNITIES As you may already know, the city of Toronto is home to a patchwork of vibrant, friendly creative communities – this is a city where people who are passionate about film, comics, art, design, technology & music seem to hang out together on a regular basis, producing some cool things […]
Clue - Jurassic Park

Free screening of Clue and Jurassic Park!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Toronto Underground Cinema is celebrating our one year anniversary on May 15th. We've survived our first year, it's taken a lot of blood sweat and beers, but we made it. So we're going to celebrate the only way we know how... by showing movies! Not just any movies, but two of our favourites, films that are near and dear to our hearts: Clue & Jurassic Park!