World of Warcraft Dragonflight (Officially) Announced

World of Warcraft Dragonflight (Officially) Announced

As of this morning Activision Blizzard has officially announced the newest World of Warcraft expansion, Dragonflight. In this new expansion we get to visit the ancestral home of the dragon flights, the Dragon Isles. Not the most inventive name, but lets go with it.

First off, the best thing about this expansion’s announcement is the lack of expansion specific powerset. There are no artifact power, azerite, or covenant equivalents. We are not going to find ourselves getting used to specific powers or rotations that are just going to go away.

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Happy National Anime Day

Happy National (International) Anime Day! Initially celebrated in Tokyo 37 years ago in 1975 this is the day to celebrate all that is Anime. The best ways to do this are to watch an anime movie, stream a series, or read a new / favorite Manga. Or if you are in the Denver Metro area you can also go to Colorado Anime Fest which starts today!

Whatever you choose to do, enjoy the day!

Wizards to buy D&D Beyond

Wizards of the Coast is apparently buying the popular online tool D&D Beyond. I am not going to lie, my first thought at this news was “Didn’t Wizards already own D&D Beyond?” But apparently I was wrong. Fandom is the current owner of the valuable digital tool set that has increased the accessibility of the role playing game, and pending approval, will make $146.3 million in cash from the sell. But the important question in all this, what does that mean to us, the players.

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FAN EXPO DENVER - This Weekend!

This week we see the return of the scariest thing imaginable (for my wallet), and that is the return of Denver Comic Con, Denver Pop Culture Con, FAN EXPO DENVER! Yes the event may have changed names a time or two, but it is still planned to be the same great gathering of geeks that it has been for years past. But what can you expect from this event planned on Halloween weekend?

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NDK 24 - Cosplay Contest

NDK 24 - Cosplay Contest

Finally! I have completed the preperation’s to post about the NDK 24 Cosplay Contest! If you only want to look at pretty pictures you can go here and ignore the rest of this post.

At this years cosplay contest I took 3,570 photos in total. Out of those only 367 passed muster, or 10% of photos taken are actually used. This years contest had some great costumes and you could tell everyone put a lot of work into their cosplay. You can find the full gallery above, but from here on forward you will find the people that won awards in the contest! As a side note, all names for the cosplayers came from a recording I took during the contest. My phonetic spelling is not perfect, so if I got something wrong let me know.

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NDK 24 Photos from the Floor!

Phase 1 of editing and posting photos from NDK is complete, also known as Floor Cosplay. They can now be found here on the site under the photos section and will be on Facebook soon as well. And as usually here is a small

For those that want to know. Phase 2 is photos that are not the Costume Contest and Phase 3 is the Costume Contest. Coming soon.

NDK is Tomorrow!

Tomorrow the Colorado geek convention season restarts! NDK is going to be at the Gaylord of the Rockies Friday - Sunday. Before we all gather I did want to give some people reminders of what to expect at the new location.

1) Masks are required for the convention. Given the crowd I look forward to all your geeky face wear.

2) There are plans for a number of food trucks to come to the hotel. So if the restaurants are a bit much you can eat outside! And don’t skip meals, that is bad for your health and could cause you to miss more then a single panel. Plus no one likes a hangry attendee.

3) Parking at the hotel will run $18.95 per day for con attendees. This is cheaper then Spot Hero at $22.00 per day (I just looked before typing this up) but is more expensive then some surrounding locations. There is also the option to park at the 61st & Pena RTD station (or just take the light rail) and use the shuttle that runs every 30 minutes on the 15 and 45 of each hour. Also, don’t park in the surrounding neighborhood. You will get towed and then you will wish you paid for parking.

4) The weather is forecast is low to mid 80’s and sunny. DRINK WATER. You don’t want to be the person that faints from heat stroke. Seriously.

5) People can be gross, and there will be a lot of them. Keep some hand sanitizer in your bag.

6) You have heard to a million times but now, but if you feel sick, stay home. Being patient 0 at the con this year could have much more serious consequences then normal. You don’t want to be the person responsible for 1/4 of all cosplayers in Colorado being in the hospital next week.

And that is all I have. I look forward to seeing people at NDK this year, and for many years to come.