A long time ago, in a Dragon*Con far, far away, a young Padawan interviewed a Jedi Master by the name of Ashley Eckstein. This was the Padawan’s first interview, and she was very eager to learn her geek chic ways. They spoke about the force behind Her Universe, Star Wars, and some voice acting tips.
The Padawan enjoyed their time together and wears her “Star Wars Burnout” t-shirt in a size small, proudly throughout the galaxy. The shirt is a symbol of joy, as it has spawned spontaneous high fives and fist pumps from people.
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A Geek Girl in Training like myself can learn a lot from this song, especially when only half of the lyrics make sense! (See complete lyrics at the end of the post.) If you can get past the bad synthesized vocals and geeky dancing, this Katy Perry California Gurls parody, done in the style of the movie American Beauty, is adorable!
Two of the sexy geekettes from the award-winning Star Wars fan film Sabercreatedthismusic video, along with some friends, to celebrate geek girls everywhere. Also included are actor Seth Green who does a nice Snoop Dogg style rap, a cameo by comics legend Stan Lee (so big my friend got his name tattooed on his arm at Dragon*Con) and Battlestar Galactica’s Starbuck Katee Sackhoff.
According to the Official Star Wars Blog, the idea for the parody came when two of the girls were driving back from the beach and starting singing along to the Katy Perry song!
Plenty of shout outs to Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel Comics,Harry Potter and more!
Sing along!
“G33k & G4M3R Girls”
Hello friends….
Don’t you want to meet a nice girl?
(First verse)
I, know a place
Where the gamer scores are so extreme (bloop boop boop!)
Dune, D & D,
Where Rand al’Thor still reigns supreme
Questin’, in Hyrule
Dominating Final Fantasy (Seven) (yeah yeah, siete)
Those boys
Losin’ sleep
Tryin’ ta keep up with our l33t sp34k (what up, n00bs?) (n00b sauce)
Be a part of our world
In latex and bows
Cuz’ these girls play cos’
Set our phasers to stun
You’ll be falling in love
Ooooooh oh ooooooh
(Chorus)
Geek and Gamer girls
We’re unbelievable
Comic books
And Manga in stock
Hasbro toys
So rare
We got the mail-away
Ooooooh oh ooooooh
Geek and Gamer girls
We’re undefeatable
FPS
Achievement unlocked
Jedi represent
Now put your sabers up
Oooooooh oh ooooooh
(Verse 2)
We, love Stan Lee (Excelsior!)
And Joss created all our favorite shows
We Frag
In our sleep (Killjoy!)
We will pwn your ass in Halo (uh oh)
Be a part of our world (Be a part of our world…)
In latex and bows
Cuz’ these girls play ‘cos
Set our phasers to stun (Set our phasers to stun…)
You’ll be falling in love
Ooooooh oh ooooooh
(Chorus)
Geek and Gamer girls
We’re unbelievable (Tri-force!)
We all know
That Han shot first (It’s a trap!)
Anime
No dubs
We want originals
Ooooooh oh ooooooh
Geek and Gamer girls (Level up!)
We’re undefeatable
RPG
Achievement Unlocked
Browncoats represent (Shiny!)
We aim to misbehave
Oooooooh oh ooooooh
(Rap)
Farscape
Sailor Moon
Hogwarts boys all make them swoon
Aragorn, Legolas
These are the boys they love the best
I mean they’re good to go
Love Scifi, yo’
Marvel
DC
Vertigo
The girls are sweet
They can’t be beat
Super fine like Peach
Darth Maul
Standing tall
He’s so bad
So say we all
Epic Lootz
For the Win
Hyjal’s what we’re raiding in
Haxxors
Konami Code
Doctor Who
Expert Mode
Game genies, WoW fiendies, Sith meanies
No weenies
Don’t forget
They the queen-ies
Gamer ladies? (Yeah?)
Raidin’ tonight babies? (Uh huh!)
I’m all up on y’as
Cuz you representin’ geek and gamer girls
(Ohhh yeahh)
(Chours)
Geek and Gamer girls
We’re unbelievable
Comic books
And Manga in stock (Hey!)
Hasbro toys
So rare
We got the mail-away
Ooooooh oh ooooooh
Geek and Gamer girls (Finish him!)
We’re undefeatable
MMO
Achievements unlocked
Trekkers represent (Red shirts, red shirts!)
(trekkers, trekkers)
Now put your phasers up
Oooooooh oh ooooooh
(Geek and gaaaaameeerrr, Geek and gaaaaamerrr, giiirrrlll)
Geek and gamer girls man
I really wish they all could be
geek and gamer girls
(Geek and gamer)
(Geek and gamer girls)
Plenty of form fitting spandex was on hand, as we tried to break the current record of 1,245 superheroes. We were only about 900 or so off! lol
I think it was because it was not organized or promoted to the fullest. Still, the people there made a “super” attempt! I bought my Wonder Woman costume, the night before we left!
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This is us having a little bit of fun with the awesome people at Dragon*Con! I am dressed as Naomi from Metal Gear Solid. :)
If you haven’t been following the Modern Gear War Solid videos, it’s a cinematic spoof that combines the video games Modern Warfare 2 and Metal Gear Solid. When Micah Moore, from Beat Down Boogie, asked me to play Naomi, a Geek Girl in Training like me had no idea who she was. They explained that I was a scientist character that often aids Solid Snake. To help me get into character, I looked her up and watched a bunch of videos. The cleavage part was easy, but I wanted to try to match the cadence of her speech and try to capture her essence, too. Catch part 1 here:
Deleted scenes from parts 1 and 2, has me and Snake discussing his mustache. It is very funny, and we laughed through many takes. It is lovingly called, “How Long?” That part is at 1:50.
Stay tuned for part 3! Want to be a part of Modern War Gear Solid and meet me? Details here.
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This totally made my day! The only thing that would have made it better was if it was Ms Pac-Man! This PAC-MAN was played by 111 people sitting in a movie theater for the Game Over Project. This stop-motion video was shot and played by 111 human “pixels” that moved from seat to seat and took over 4 hours.
Pac-Man not your thing? Would you rather see games like TETRIS, SPACE INVADERS, PONG, POLE POSITION, or service trucks and vehicles become TRANSFORMERS? You can find more information and see more cool stuff at http://www.notsonoisy.com.
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“We’re off to see the Dragon, the wonderful dragon of con!” That is what I began chanting on Thursday, as we packed our bags and set out for Dragon*Con in Atlanta. It was my second D*C. The first was last year, where I totally did not understand why my husband Chris was so excited. I just thought, he was being a geek. When we did get there, I just thought it was interesting. We walked around and listened in on a couple of panels from people, who I didn’t really know. I had fun, but it was not life changing for me or anything.
When Chris started talking about D*C again this year, I had a different mindset. I was ready and committed to get my geek on. After all, what better place for a Geek Girl in Training than at the D*C.
My eyes were wide open this year. Three highlights this year were:
1-Participating in the Guinness World Records for the Most Superheroes gathered in one place. Stay tuned for a video about the attempt! Here’s me in my Wonder Woman costume with my friends and film cohorts, Micah Moore and Brian Lee.
2-Interviewing Ashley Eckstein, actress and voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She is also the co-founder of Her Universe, a company that creates “geeky” merchandise for female sci-fi fans. Here is me with Ashley in my newly purchased Star Wars shirt! Stay tuned for the interview from that meeting where Ashley talks about Her Universe and what it’s like to be the voice of Ahsoka!
3-Last, but certainly not least, hanging with my Metal War Gear Solid buddies and taking pictures with fans. The cast of Beat Down Boogie’s Modern Warfare 2 meets Metal Gear Solid parody hit D*C with a bang! Stay tuned for a separate post about this parody. In the meantime, check out me out as Naomi (from Metal Gear), with Snake, Ghost, and the rest of the gang here!
My name is Alena, and I married a geek. It was made official when we entered and exited the wedding chapel to Star Wars music. Since meeting my husband, my life has now been exposed to Lightsabers and Jedi’s, random pop culture trivia, signed autographed Evil Dead posters, magic tricks, sci-fi conventions, special edition Dark Night DVD’s, and the list goes on.
Now, I can no longer ignore the geeky references and just nod as if I know what he is talking about. I also realized that I would have to learn to love the life sized Yoda in the bedroom.
“Do or do not. There is no try.” ~ Yoda
This blog is a portal into my geeky teachings. Stuff will be chronicled pretty much as it happens and will not take place a long time ago, in a galaxy far away. Since being a geek is not one-size-fits-all, it is my hope to have lots of different geeky things to share. Maybe you are in the same boat or know someone who is. Either way, come take this geeky adventure with me!
