I am a terrible typist. Despite hours following Mavis Beacon’s instructions, killing zombies with hastily typed words in The Typing of The Dead (which is abandonware and you can get for free), and giving Nanotale – Typing Chronicles a few goes at various gaming event over the last year, well… this screen is currently covered in red squiggly lines. So …
The Swamp Thing movie may be cancelled, but that doesn’t stop other swampy things from having the potential to knock your confidence. The summer heat can cause a terrible case of swamp ass. Especially if you make less effort than the writers of the Swamp Thing cartoon theme tune. “What’s swamp ass?” I hear the lucky ones cry. Swamp ass. …
Clawing back some respect it’s My Geek BoxA much better box of geeky treats BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: My Geek BoxProduct Type: Subscription BoxPrice: £19.99Summary: A much improved effort from the My Geek Box gang who seem to be really trying to get their boxes right. Rating: ORDER MY GEEK BOX Buy It Now! From the …
Giving people the chance to play D&D, or indeed any roleplaying game, is a great thing and automatically makes you a better person and is brilliant for growing your confidence.
Whether you are a casual or hardcore gamer, PC or console, Sony or Nintendo – you have no regrets pooling all those hours into your favourite games. But have you ever considered a career as a game designer? A career in gaming is not limited to programming and software development (though it’s a big part), and its rewards go beyond …
Burlesque! People of all ages, sizes, ethnicities, and genders shaking what they’ve got, and taking most of their clothes off, for the delight of the audience. An audience of all ages, sizes, ethnicities, and genders. OK, not many kids but this is people being erotic, exotic, and also talented and funny. I was lucky enough to win tickets to the …
A graphic novel and T shirt in a box with ThreadsNothing to do with Sheffield BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: ThreadsProduct Type: Subscription BoxPrice: £9.99Summary: Does what it says – a t shirt and a graphic novel. Loses a star for the two not being related but otherwise a solid purchase. Rating: GET YOUR OWN Order Threads It’s hard …
How many adventures begin in an alehouse? A group of misfits get drunk and end up on a quest. Or more like a group of horny pansexual casters, with really odd dump stats, flirt with everyone they haven’t killed. Depends on your group I guess. But what happens when you’re finally out on the road? There’s always a way for …
The First Day Of Work Couldn’t Be More Terrifying with Yuppie PsychoBrian will meet all kinds of odd characters, escape from terrible creatures, and unravel the hidden secrets of Sintracorp’s dark past. BY MATT SALMON Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Yuppie PsychoPublisher: Another IndiePrice: £16.66 on SteamSummary: During his unconventional employee orientation, Pasternack discovers what his new job really entails: hunting a …
Coaching for Geeks travelled to EGX Rezzed in London to interview Mark ‘Turps’ Turpin, the CEO of the YOGSCAST, to get his tips on getting into the gaming industry through creating a game through your own vision, as well as on their new food-based indie game: The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club is the most frustrating way to make the …
Robin from Coaching for Geeks was joined by an epic panel made up of retro gaming YouTubers Ocatv1us, Kim Justice, and DJ Slope from Slope’s Game Room to talk all things YouTube Confidence. Taking to the Studio Stage at MCM Comic Con London, Dan Ibbertson, Kim, and Sarah covered the early days, growing your audience, handling the increased attention, and …
PAX East. This is not a review (it is a little bit), it’s part of the Coaching for Geeks Convention Survival Guide, to help you get the most from any convention. Going to a con? Want to contribute? Email robincoachingforgeeks.com PAX East is a beast. A giant gaming convention taking place over 4 days, in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre …
Get your free MCM Comic Con Geek Confidence Cheat Sheets! Our own Confidence Overlord Robin was joined by some awesome panellists at MCM Comic Con London May 2019. They covered a lot of ground, so gathered up their top tips in a series of handy dandy cheat sheets. Whether you want to increase your confidence as Youtuber, learn how …
We’ve all been there. You’re at a networking event, party, or comic con. You’re there alone or lost your friends and strike up a conversation with a friendly-looking person. All of sudden, like flashes of anti-inspiration, those thoughts come flying at you. “I don’t know what to say” “What if the conversation dries up?” “What if they think I’m boring?” …
Flying high and serene with FeatherChill to ambient music and relax to fluid moves of a bird BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Feather title Review Summary Game: FeatherPublisher: Samurai PunkPrice: £7.19 on SteamSummary: Play as a bird with responsive and fluid flight controlsA vast island for you to explore Rating: Feather Feather is a serene game about exploration and immersion in a beautiful …
That’s a long headline. But we are! We’ll be hosting panels and workshops around the theme of geek confidence at MCM London May 2019. It’s all about the confidence. And the cosplay. And the haters. And the gaming… Here’s our schedule, we hope to see you at Excel London! MCM COMIC CON LONDON – FRIDAY 24th MAY 2019 Robin and …
We’ve established that Thanos’ but can help you to be more confident. But what of those pervasive myths? The old tales that are handed down like shiny and rare Pokémon cards? We’re gonna bust them! I’ll turn them into a flea. A harmless little flea. And then I’ll put that flea in a box, and then I’ll put that box …
Bebarce El-Tayib is the Nerd Captain of GoNerdy.com and fully believes in the power of gaming. So much so that he created his own tabletop roleplaying game, Power Outage, aimed at bringing kids and adults together. After a successful Kickstarter campaign Power Outage is ready for the public, so we caught up with Coaching for Geeks Community member Bebarce to …
In 2017 at PAX East, the year of the storm, I caught PAX Plague and I caught it bad. The common cold, amplified by the power of tens of thousands of gamers from around the world. Was I dying? Would I ever make it back to the UK? Was this my last PAX ever? Staying on an inflatable mattress in …
I’ve been out there and asked: What next? What would benefit you the most in your life? Time and time again ‘more confidence’ has been the reply. Whether it’s for doing that first Twitch stream, asking for a raise, taking those first steps into the gym, asking someone out, wearing that cosplay in public, or something else entirely, I’m pretty …
Another gaming symphony, rising to a crescendo of violins before the crunchy Guitar Heroes burst into their solos. Headphones are advised for the best possible experience. Pee Ess Fünf? This week we got some solid details about the next iteration in the Playstation lineup. It would usually be referred to as the PS5, however Sony bigwig Mark Cerny doesn’t want …
Chick chick chick chick chicken, make a ToucanBox with me!Chick chick chick chick chicken, I’m going to eat you for my tea. BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: ToucanBoxProduct Type: Craft subscription box for children and the young at heartPrice: £7.99 plus £2 postage. Get your first box free with our link and code. Summary: Chilled, mildly messy, fun. An easy 4 …
Like a trebuchet of information bombarding your castle of experience. There may be casualties in this war of gaming news. So long, KewlBoi39572 This week the long-awaited name change option was released for Playstation players. The function was announced several months ago, which was many years too late for most gamers who created their Playstation ID back in the …
We haven’t even finished writing up or PAX East adventures yet and those fine indie-loving folk at the Indie Megabooth have gone and opened submissions for PAX West 2019. We’ve already covered Dangerous Driving, have got writeups of adorable old age dating sim Later Daters and to contrast that One Finger Death Punch 2, to come soon and here’s the …
Indie games in abundance! Our Convention Survival Guide and plenty of video and in depth hands ons are coming, but for now, here are our games of EGX Rezzed 2019! BEST COOPERATIVE COUCH MULTIPLAYER GAME Heave Ho – Devolver Digital “DAVID YOU ARE LITERALLY NOT HELPING” Oh how we laughed as we seethed at each other. The game …