I've joined a couple groups that have stuff related to Southwest Florida geek culture, but really, there isn't much in the way of discussing different events and places to go check out and thought I'd see if anyone was down this way, maybe let folks know about cool gaming stores, conventions, day events, stuff like that. This would essentially be like...Tampa down to Naples in terms of area.
I'll start it off with a newer retro game shop that has opened in Bonita Springs. The dude that owns it is a real cool guy, reasonable prices on most stuff and he's up for negotiating and of course trades. I've been supplying him with my perler bead pixel art to decorate the place. He got in a Street Fighter 2 Tournament Edition cabinet right when I left today and I was so bummed I didn't get a chance to play it, I just hope he doesn't sell it before I can get down there to play by the end of the month lol You can find his location at
http://facebook.com/8bithalloffameIn Cape Coral which is right near me, there's a regular comic/anime/gaming day event that usually happens twice a year, spring and fall, but they passed on spring this year due to the date they wanted being taken up at the location, so won't be back till about August I think. It's called the Sun Coast CGA Show. When it was up in Punta Gorda I think 2 years ago was when I debuted my first cosplay which was a Team Fortress 2 heavy and my big Tomislav won for best prop which really made the event more. It's a super small thing, but the size doesn't matter to much for me.
https://www.facebook.com/SunCoastCGAIn Fort Myers where I'm at, there's ZombiCon which is generally a good time. Last year wasn't the best because they changed it from abit more of a convention the year before where they had special guests and such, to more of just a big concert thing, which ended up being because they got kinda screwed over funding wise by the city, but managed to put on a good time. There's bands, they usually have a theme, food, drinks, people selling stuff, goes way into the night if you like to party. It looks to be coming back this year too, so it seems its back to stay. About the only thing I hate is parking as downtown Fort Myers is a pain in the ass to get through. The teaser they showed that I think is for the theme this year might possibly be Voodoo zombies.
https://www.facebook.com/ZOMBICONAbout all I can think of right now. It's why I started the thread as I really want to know more. Of course there's plenty of geek stuff happening towards Tampa with all of the conventions, but I just want to see if there's anymore to check out.