When I first met Wesley Crusher, he was piloting the starship Enterprise. I always liked Wesley when I was younger. He and I were about the same age. I identified with him in the way I’m sure the writers were hoping I would. We were both kind of awkward know-it-alls struggling with our own identities. The only difference was, he was some kind of super genius that got to have adventures with Captain Picard, and I was a quiet nerd who found a community centered around talking about Wesley’s adventures.

I wanted to befriend him; travel around with him. Maybe he could introduce me to this new species called Girl that I’d heard about. I knew he wasn’t real, and that the adventures he and I would have together would only last the 60 minutes minus commercial breaks, but I still wanted to befriend him.

While at PAX: Prime this year I had the pleasure of watching the Acquisitions Inc. panel; Acquisitions Inc. is a D&D game played by the Mike and Jerry of Penny Arcade, Scott Kurtz of PVP and Wil Wheaton of general geek fame. While the group is immensely fun the watch, the most fun I’ve had [...]

Once per week we go behind the bar at Apathy Games and discuss gaming in more personal terms and ask you to respond. The best response will be featured the following week. As we mentioned last week our weekend took us to a home coming of sorts at PAX: Prime.  Where we spent a weekend [...]

We’ve been in it, or we’ve had a friend that’s been in it. The relationship has gone sour, you’ve drifted apart for a while, and quite frankly you’re just more interested in seeing other people. It’s time to grit your teeth and have that talk you’ve been dreading. It’s time to break up with your [...]