BrickBuilt Sydney 2026: Happy 5th Anniversary
A visit to BrickBuilt Sydney is a visit to art, creativity, and a collective of wicked humour! Happy 5th Birthday to BrickBuilt Sydney. Where’s your local LEGO Fan group? Hint: I have a link!
Generation Games Sydney 2024: Or, How to Host a Gaming Convention
Generation Games Sydney 2024: Can you LARP your way through a Geek Convention? Apparently, yes. Yes you can.
10 Steps to PAX Aus 2023
The perfect 10-step plan to enjoy 10-years of PAX Aus. Prep your comfy shoes now!!
PAX Aust 2017: Refuel
PAX is huge. Not just as a global convention, but in Melbourne it takes up every corner of the Convention Centre. A three-day-pass feels essential to be able to see everything. That level of “walking” takes some serious refuelling. And you don’t want to gorge yourself on any convention-centre-collection. You […]
Minecraft and Villager Farming
I think I am the only person in the EG family who does not play Minecraft. *Quick headcount… not counting Zaltu, since she is only three years old and still mastering Diego’s Dinosaur Adventure on the Wii* Yep. I’m the only one. So when I walk into the bedroom and […]
EB Games Expo Likes Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff
EB Games Expo likes your old stuff better than your new stuff (AKA Nostalgia Sells).
Kings’ Kids Corps
Kings Comics save your parenting butt during the school holidays with their Kings Kids Corps on 10 Jan 2016
Art of The Brick: DC
There are only a handful of themes which truly stand the test of time. The kind of things shared between generations; dancing across language barriers; appreciated by any child, anywhere, anytime. Lego is definitely one. DC characters are absolutely there. Art is certainly there. And then whoa! You have someone […]
Sydney Writer’s Festival
Sinister’s school class had an excursion yesterday. All the way over to the Sydney Writer’s Festival. His teacher was rather considerate and even gave us a list of writers appearing on the day, including Liz Pichon. For those minions who do not have pre-teen spawnlings reading and doodling all over […]
FCBD 2016 Re-Cap
I Survived FCBD 2016. Not sure how, but we did. For those playing at home, EG Inc cosplayed with a Doctor Who theme: 9th Doctor; 11th Doctor; River Song; Osgood; and of course, the TARDIS. The Dalek is a bonus, given to us by family a few years back. Yes, […]