PHOTOS: Cute Nerds Dominate GaymerX

Cody and Danny Victorville South Park

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…

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Name: Robbie, Dan and Gabe
From: Oakland, Oakland and Concord
Playing: League of Legends, Mario Kart 8 and Rage of Bahamut

 

Daniel and Vince LA & SF Project Diva

Name: Daniel and Vince
From: LA & SF
Playing: Project Diva

 

Mike, Matthew and Andrew New York Mario Kart and Pikmin

Name: Mike, Matthew and Andrew
From: New York
Playing: Mario Kart and Pikmin

 

Drew and Wonder Dave LA and SF Limbo Subway Surfers

Name: Drew and Wonder Dave
From: LA and SF
Playing: Limbo and Subway Surfers

 

Enrique, Kanon, Chris, Shawn LA Tomodochi Life and League of Legends

Name: Enrique, Kanon, Chris, Shawn
From: LA
Playing: Tomodachi Life and League of Legends

 

Luis, Phelan and Vanessa SF Skyrim, Minecraft and FF8

Name: Luis, Phelan and Vanessa
From: SF
Playing: Skyrim, Minecraft and FF8

 

Philip and Mike SF and Daly City FF8, League of Legends and Wolf Among us

Name: Philip and Mike
From: SF and Daly City
Playing: FF8, League of Legends and Wolf Among us

 

Topher and Alex LA and Boston DotA and Minecraft

Name: Topher and Alex
From: LA and Boston
Playing: DotA and Minecraft

 

Khoa, Karl and Jaeson SF, SF and LA Starcraft, Watchdogs and Battlefield

Name: Khoa, Karl and Jaeson
From: SF, SF and LA
Playing: Starcraft, Watchdogs and Battlefield

 

Tony and Steve DC Warframe

Name: Tony and Steve
From: DC
Playing: Warframe

 

Jace and Rob Montana and SF Tales of Symphonia, Arkham Origins, FF13

Name: Jace and Rob
From: Montana and SF
Playing: Tales of Symphonia, Arkham Origins, FF13

 

Mike and Stephan SF & Fremont League of Legends, Pokemon, Bravely Default

Name: Mike and Stephan
From: SF & Fremont
Playing: League of Legends, Pokemon, Bravely Default

 

 

Jason and Pano Maryland Borderlands 2 and Magica

Name: Jason and Pano
From: Maryland
Playing: Borderlands 2 and Magica

 

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Name: Jackson, Michael and Noel
From: SF, San Jose and Cupertino
Playing: League of Legends and Civ 5

 

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