The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 115: Worst Person in Westeros Panel at Dragon Con 2024

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Episode 115 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2024.

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Moderated by High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, Billy Todd, and Seth Lockhart, this panel began with 8 House of the Dragon characters and narrowed them down via brackets until we named the Worst (HotD) person in Westeros!

(While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.)

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 115: Worst Person in Westeros at Dragon Con 2024

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The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 114: The Walking Dead Universe Panel at Dragon Con 2024

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Episode 114 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Walking Dead Universe panel at Dragon Con 2024.

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Moderated by Michael Frost and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, and Doug Burbey, this panel focused on the past, present, and future of the Walking Dead universe!

(While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.)

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 114: The Walking Dead Universe at Dragon Con 2024

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The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 113: Drinkin’ Con 2024 – The Hangover

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Episode 113 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2024: The Hangover” on September 14th, 2024.

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Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we discuss what we did, what we missed, what we loved and what we didn’t, at Dragon Con 2024!

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 113: Drinkin’ Con 2024 – The Hangover

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The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 111: Stormlight Archive Speculation Panel at Dragon Con 2024

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Episode 111 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Stormlight Archive Speculation panel at Dragon Con 2024.

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Moderated by Billy Todd and featuring myself, Christina Goodman, and Kevin A. Davis, this panel featured speculation on what’s to come in book 5 of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive!

(While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.)

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 111: Stormlight Archive Speculation at Dragon Con 2024

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The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 109: Drinkin’ Con v8.0 Pre-Dragon Con 2024

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Episode 109 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v8.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2024] Webcast”, on August 17th, 2024.

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Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2024…and have…well…a lot of drinks!

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 109: Drinkin’ Con v8.0 Pre Dragon Con 2024

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Dragon Con 2024: 2 Weeks To Go!

As always, while my Dragon Con schedule is subject to change right up to the convention starting (I’ve had panels dropped several times over the years due to guest schedule changes and even simple scheduling mistakes), with just two weeks left until Dragon Con 2024 I wanted to share where you…let’s say ‘should be able to’…find me!

However, first things first – this year’s annual Drinkin’ Con webcast – Drinkin’ Con v7.0 – will be livestreaming THIS Saturday, August 17th, at 7 PM Eastern! Join myself and some friends for this pre-Dragon Con webcast for newbies & oldtimers alike 🙂

That said, I hope to see you around at Dragon Con this year…

Friday 8/30
@ 11:30 AM PANEL: The Walking Dead Universe (Westin Chastain F-G)
@ 4 PM PANEL: Aegon’s Conquest (Marriott L401-403)
@ 10 PM PANEL: The Rogue Prince (Marriott L401-403)

Saturday 8/31
@ 11:30 AM PANEL: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Marriott L401-403)
@ 7 PM PANEL: Stormlight Speculation Hour (Marriott L401-403)
@ 10 PM PANEL: The Worst Person in Westeros (Marriott L401-403)

Sunday 9/1
@ 1 PM PANEL: House of the Dragon Season 1 (Hilton Crystal Ballroom)

Monday 9/2
@ 1 PM PANEL: Red Rising Discussion (Hyatt Embassy AB)

Now, while I’m not revealing my exact Saturday secret cosplays, I will say that my daytime one is Barbie themed 🙂 Otherwise, you might see me out and about in the following…

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WEDNESDAY
Find me in my Gang Goes to Dragon Con shirt!

THURSDAY
Day: Find me in my Drinkin’ Con shirt!
Evening/Night: Super [Workout] Girl

FRIDAY
Afternoon/Night: Beth Dutton (from Yellowstone)

SATURDAY
Day: Workout Barbie
Evening/Night: Secret Cosplay

SUNDAY
Day: D’arcy Bloom (from Resident Alien)
Night: Dapper Hyatt HOA Board Member

The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 79: Drinkin’ Con v7.0 Pre-Dragon Con 2023

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Episode 79 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v7.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2023] Webcast”, on August 19th, 2023.

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Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2023…and have…well…a lot of drinks!

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 79 – Drinkin’ Con v7.0: A Pre-Dragon Con Webcast

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Dragon Con 2023: 2 Weeks to Go!

As always, while my Dragon Con schedule is subject to change right up to the convention starting (I had panels dropped at the last minute in both 2021 and 2022 due to guest schedule changes), with just two weeks left until Dragon Con 2023 I wanted to share where you can find me!

However, first things first – this year’s annual Drinkin’ Con webcast – Drinkin’ Con v7.0 – will be livestreaming THIS Saturday, August 19th, at 7 PM Eastern! Join myself and some friends for this pre-Dragon Con webcast for newbies & oldtimers alike 🙂

That said, I hope to see you around at Dragon Con this year…

Friday 9/1
@ 1 PM PANEL: Please Adapt This (Marriott L401-403)
@ 2:30 PM PANEL: Tress of the Emerald Sea (Marriott L401-403)
@ 4 PM PANEL: End of Days: The Loner vs. The Community (Westin Chastain F-G)

Saturday 9/2
@ 11:30 AM PANEL: Shadow & Bone Season 2 (Marriott L401-403)
@ 4 PM PANEL: The Madness of the King: Depictions of Mental Health in High Fantasy (Marriott L401-403)
@ 5:30 PM PANEL: The Worst Person in Westeros (Marriott L401-403)

Sunday 9/3
@ 1 PM PANEL: The Princess & The Queen: Exploring Alicent & Rhaenyra (Marriott A601-602)
@ 4 PM PANEL: House of the Dragon Season 1 (Hilton Crystal Ballroom)

Now, while I’m not revealing my exact Saturday secret cosplays, I will say that my daytime one is Barbie themed 🙂 Otherwise, you might see me out and about in the following…

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WEDNESDAY
Find me in my Gang Goes to Dragon Con shirt!

THURSDAY
Day: AFC Richmond Football Player
Night: Bunny Hutch-style Stede from OFMD

FRIDAY
Night: Modern Masquerade-style Viserys Targaryen from HotD

SATURDAY
Day: *New* Secret Cosplay (Hint: Barbie themed!)
Night: *New* Secret Cosplay (No hints for this one, sorry not sorry 😉 )

SUNDAY
Day: Ted Lasso!
Night: Security Person (From the technically non-existent Dragon Con Disaster Movie)

The Geek Saga Podcast Episode 78: Podcasting 101 Panel at SDCC 2023

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Episode 78 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Podcasting 101 panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023.

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Moderated by Amin from A Podcast of Ice & Fire and featuring myself, my Sagas & Sass co-host Jonathan, and Varun of the Demon Slayer Podcast, this panel focused on how to choose co-hosts, the tech and software you might need, and how awful editing is. (Also featuring: the San Diego Central Library Dog Fight Club we maybe aren’t supposed to talk about…)

Geek Saga Podcast Episode 78: Podcasting 101 at SDCC 2023
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Tombstone Redemption 2023 Recap: Part 1

Imagine my surprise – and excitement, of course! – when a couple of months ago I stumbled on an Instagram reel from Rob Wiethoff (John Marston in Red Dead Redemption & RDR2) talking about an event he was attending this summer in Tombstone, Arizona – and not just ANY event, an entirely Red Dead-themed event called “Tombstone Redemption”!

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The event was actually originally announced in March of this year, so it was disappointing to realize we discovered it too late to snag a hotel in Tombstone itself. But I kept it in the back of my mind, and about three weeks out started checking availability twice a day. And hey, my persistence paid off – about two weeks ago I lucked upon someone’s cancelled room at the Tombstone Bordello Bed & Breakfast! So after work last Thursday Dean and I packed my car full of Red Dead costumes and began our trek to Arizona for this event.

We spent Thursday night at a friend’s house in Tuscon, which was great because we didn’t leave home until about 5 PM and ended up stuck in traffic on I-10 for over an hour thanks to a monsoon that literally blew TEN tractor trailers over. We also both had to work for a bit on Friday, but we still got to Tombstone, settled in to our B&B, and were out and about to explore the town a little before 2 PM…

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After getting the lay of the land (which wasn’t hard; downtown/historic Tombstone is technically less than 5 blocks long and 3 blocks wide) we went back to our room to freshen up before grabbing dinner and drinks. (It also helped that it had already started to cool down!)

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It was exciting that we were back out for less than an hour before we ran into our first cosplayers!

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We ended up chatting with them for a bit under the overhang because there was a surprise rain shower…Dean and the Arthur cosplayer bonded over the impossible knot on Arthur’s hat, haha. And the rain shower made for a beautiful sunset!

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We had dinner at Big Nose Kate’s, explored the little store/mine area in its basement, and then made our way to the Oriental Saloon, where we ended up spending quite a long time drinking and talking with some other fans…so long, in fact, that we got a much later start than expected on the first official day of the event.

Dean really wanted to sign up for the costume contest, but by the time we’d eaten breakfast it was already after 10 AM, so we walked over to Schieffelin Hall to sign up. Neither of us had ever done a costume contest before, and to be honest I wasn’t into the idea, but sometimes you gotta compromise with your SO, I guess 😉

Sign-ups took a lot longer than we expected (at least half an hour) because they were talking to everyone about their costumes. We found out the next day – AT the contest itself – that they were considering this “pre-judging”, so needless to say it felt a bit odd that it wasn’t explained that way/there was no announcement that you had to (or at least SHOULD) wear your contest costume when you went to sign up.

Anyway, we ran back to our room to finish getting ready and headed out a little after noon, with Dean dressed as RDR John Marston and me as Bonnie MacFarlane!

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We grabbed coffee from the local espresso bar and then wandered around a bit with some friends (new and not-so-new), did a mini photo shoot in front of the Blackwater bank sign (see above) and then had a quick drink at the Crystal Palace before getting in line for autographs/photo ops with the actors at about 2:10 PM.

And we waited. And waited. And waited and waited and – okay, you catch my drift. Seriously though, it was probably about 100 degrees out, and 90% of the line wasn’t in shade. We would creep forward a few feet every 15-20 minutes, or so it seemed. We did at least have time to chat with the friends who were with us, meet some new people, and even got high fives from Steve Palmer (Bill Williamson) when he came out to walk the line and thank everyone for waiting so long <3

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The actors were supposed to stop signing at 5 PM to do their 5:30 PM panel, but they ended up delaying the panel until I think about 6:30. We finally got into the signing area at about 5:45 but *only* because someone came out and said that anyone who didn’t need to meet Rob Wiethoff (John Marston) or Benjamin Byron Davis (Dutch Van der Linde) could go in. Thankfully we had Ben and Rob’s autographs from previous events so were able to get in and meet Alex McKenna (Sadie Adler), Curzon Dobell (Hosea Matthews), Gabriel Sloyer (Javier Escuella), Peter Blomquist (Micah Bell), Michael Mellamphy (Sean Macguire), and Kaili Vernoff (Susan Grimshaw).

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All of the actors were super lovely despite having been in the sweltering Oriental Saloon signing for nearly 7 hours at that point. And at least we got to say hi to Rob on our way out – while I was lucky enough to moderate the Red Dead actors panel *and* run the Blackwater Squares game show at Dragon Con 2023, Dean wasn’t able to attend last year and was so excited to finally get to meet Rob – however briefly – in person 🙂

I definitely have more to say about the rest of Saturday evening/night, the costume contest on Sunday morning, and the event as a whole, but I’ll save that for part 2, so stay tuned!