Name: Cody and Danny
From: Victorville
Playing: South Park
This weekend saw a phalanx of queer gamers descend on San Francisco for the second GaymerX conference. Swarming the Intercontinental Hotel, attendees scurried between panels, dances, game rooms and vendor booths, making the most of the rare opportunity to surround themselves in queer nerdiness.
Why do people come to a conference like this? For a variety of reasons, but one of the common threads among all attendees was that they were super-excited to find a confluence of two passions that define them: being queer and being a geek. After all, where else can you find sexy Cyclops cosplay? Or debate the relative merits of Drag Race contestants while playing the Battlestar Galactica board game?
And at the end of the weekend, everyone goes home, and hopefully brings a little piece of the con with them. For some folks, that takes the form of new online friends; for others, inspiration to start or join a gay nerd gaming group in their hometown.
Feast your eyes on a few choice shots from our insider geek, Matt Baume…
Name: Robbie, Dan and Gabe
From: Oakland, Oakland and Concord
Playing: League of Legends, Mario Kart 8 and Rage of Bahamut
Name: Daniel and Vince
From: LA & SF
Playing: Project Diva
Name: Mike, Matthew and Andrew
From: New York
Playing: Mario Kart and Pikmin
Name: Drew and Wonder Dave
From: LA and SF
Playing: Limbo and Subway Surfers
Name: Enrique, Kanon, Chris, Shawn
From: LA
Playing: Tomodachi Life and League of Legends
Name: Luis, Phelan and Vanessa
From: SF
Playing: Skyrim, Minecraft and FF8
Name: Philip and Mike
From: SF and Daly City
Playing: FF8, League of Legends and Wolf Among us
Name: Topher and Alex
From: LA and Boston
Playing: DotA and Minecraft
Name: Khoa, Karl and Jaeson
From: SF, SF and LA
Playing: Starcraft, Watchdogs and Battlefield
Name: Tony and Steve
From: DC
Playing: Warframe
Name: Jace and Rob
From: Montana and SF
Playing: Tales of Symphonia, Arkham Origins, FF13
Name: Mike and Stephan
From: SF & Fremont
Playing: League of Legends, Pokemon, Bravely Default
Name: Jason and Pano
From: Maryland
Playing: Borderlands 2 and Magica
Name: Jackson, Michael and Noel
From: SF, San Jose and Cupertino
Playing: League of Legends and Civ 5