nerd culture
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PAX South Cancelled Indefinitely Due To Lack Of Growth And Covid-19
Yesterday, ReedPOP announced that it was indefinitely cancelling PAX South with no plans for when or if it will return. The organisers blamed a lack of growth and the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.
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Boyfriend Dungeon’s Great Story Wouldn’t Work Without Its Most Controversial Character
Boyfriend Dungeon is an isometric action RPG mixed with a dating sim. Both of its halves are about rejection. Shocking, I know, that a dating sim would also happen to include a lot of rejection. The difference is that Boyfriend Dungeon makes navigating the complexities of rejection its A-plot and threads it through basically all…
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Wizard World Just Sold Its Conventions to Fan Expo
Fans generally think of pop culture conventions as being tied to a specific city: San Diego, Chicago, New York, etc. But those conventions are usually run by larger companies — and now, after its latest acquisition, one company in particular has become the biggest of all. Fan Expo, which already runs almost a dozen events…
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Magic: The Gathering’s New Dungeons & Dragons Set Was Almost Not Nearly D&D Enough
This week saw the release of a Magic crossover literally decades in the making: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the collectible card game’s first major crossover with its gaming sibling Dungeons & Dragons. But the long road to what might feel like an inevitability to fans, since the two gaming legends were brought under the…