Gen Con Event Registration Is Open

This is coming a day late, but Gen Con Registration is now open for business! You can go register for our events at genconreg.com.

Get crackin’, though; a couple of our events are close to sold out already and the rest are going fast!

2011 Panel: “Skepticism, Critical Thinking, and Pop Culture”

2011 promises to be pretty big for the Skeptical Gamers at Gen Con, and what better way to headline the festivities than with our annual panel?

Back in 2009 we threw our first “Skepticism, Critical Thinking, and Pop Culture” panel and had a great time with our audience. In 2010 we revised the format to allow the audience to choose what topics we covered. In 2011 we’re retaining the “Choose Your Own Adventure” format and switching up the topics a bit.

The format: We present you, the audience, four options. You choose an option. We blather on about it for fifteen or so minutes. We do this six times to total one and a half hours. Then we open up the floor for our patent-pending “Stump the Skeptics” Q&A, where you can ask whatever the hell you desire and we will do our best to give you an answer that is both enlightening and hilarious.

Potential topics this year include but are not limited to:

• Ghosts and ghost hunting
• Cryptozoology
• UFOs and alien abductions
• Crop circles
• Applied kinesiology
• The anti-vaccination movement
• Power Balance
• Dr. Oz
• Oprahwoo
• Paranormal photography
• Astrology (updated for the new zodiac!)
• Psychics
• Bullshit advertising claims
• 2012 apocalypse!
• Pseudoarchaeology (e.g. Atlantis, ancient aliens, etc)
• The curse of Tutankhamen
• The Bermuda Triangle
• Spirit possession
• The Secret
• Nostradamus
• Water woo
• Folk wisdom and suburban legends

2011 Is a Go!

Sorry for neglecting things for so long. Grad school is kicking my ass, and that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. Wheel are turning for a Skeptical Gamers presence at Gen Con 2011, and we may have some big news in store for you soon…

Until then, know that we’re reprising all of our popular talks from last year, cutting the chaff, and generally bringing our A-game all over this bitch. More information once I’ve got all our events tackled and submitted to Gen Con. See you in August!

PS. I do have video of many of last year’s talks. No, I have not edited it down yet. Yes, I know that makes me an asshole. I’ll get to it when I get to it.