{"id":7811,"date":"2015-11-25T09:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/geek-conventions-you-definitely-should-go-to-before-the-year-ends\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:42:57","slug":"geek-conventions-you-definitely-should-go-to-before-the-year-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/geek-conventions-you-definitely-should-go-to-before-the-year-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Conventions You Definitely Should Go to Before the Year Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve missed San Diego Comic-Con International, New York Comic Con and PAX Prime this year, well don\u2019t fret, there are still few geek conventions you can attend before 2015 ends.<\/p>\n<h2>Chicago TARDIS<\/h2>\n<p>Friday, November 27, 2015 to Sunday November 29, 2015<br \/>\nin Chicago, IL<br \/>\nwww.chicagotardis.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Chicago TARDIS aligncenter wp-image-4209 size-full\" title=\"Chicago TARDIS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chicago-tardis.png\" alt=\"Chicago TARDIS\" width=\"700\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chicago TARDIS, the Midwest\u2019s Premier Doctor Who event, brings together over 1100 fans each Thanksgiving weekend to celebrate the world\u2019s longest-running science fiction television show. Started in 2000, the convention has been growing in scope every year, with attendance exploding as the show\u2019s popularity in the United States has blossomed. Guest interviews, discussion panels, evening parties, cosplay.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2>Starbase Indy<\/h2>\n<p>From Friday, November 27, 2015 to Sunday, November 29, 2015<br \/>\nin Indianapolis, IN<br \/>\nwww.starbaseindy.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Starbase Indy aligncenter wp-image-4211 size-full\" title=\"Starbase Indy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/starbase-indy.png\" alt=\"Starbase Indy\" width=\"700\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A weekend of sci-fi excitement and adventure returns annually to Indianapolis. The community in Indy has cultivated a great convention that brings in stars from a variety of science fiction television and media (Star Trek, Stargate Atlantis, just to name a few). Started in 1988, this convention is entirely volunteer organized and managed. They sponsor a weekend where science fiction fans can celebrate their common interests and mingle in a family friendly environment as well as supporting their favorite charities!<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2>Yama-Con<\/h2>\n<p>Friday, December 04, 2015 to Sunday, December 06, 2015<br \/>\nin Pigeon Forge, TN<br \/>\nwww.yamacon.org<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Yama-Con aligncenter wp-image-4212 size-full\" title=\"Yama-Con\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/yama-con.png\" alt=\"Yama-Con\" width=\"700\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yama-Con is an annual convention located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Yama-con has an emphasis on Anime and the Japanese culture, but their convention will also have events themed around video games, card and board games, comics, and much more. All nerds, gamers, geeks, and otaku are welcome! Get the chance to meet the voice actors of Sanji, Zoro and Brook from One Piece: Eric Vale, Chris Sabat and Ian Sinclair, and many other celebrity guest, musical guests and authors.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2>SAC Gamers Expo<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday, December 13, 2015<br \/>\nin Sacramento, CA<br \/>\nwww.sacgamersexpo.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"SAC Gamers Expo wp-image-4210 aligncenter\" title=\"SAC Gamers Expo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sac-gamers-expo.jpg\" alt=\"SAC Gamers Expo\" width=\"428\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once Upon a Video Game &amp; Sac-Anime are teaming up to bring you the SAC GAMERS EXPO! This is a video game convention featuring special guests and panels, vendors, food trucks, displays, video gaming (sponsored by &#8220;Once Upon a Video Game&#8221;), art, and so much more! 10am &#8211; 5pm. Get to know new games that you could play on your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/category\/notebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaming laptop<\/a>, PC and consoles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve missed San Diego Comic-Con International, New York Comic Con and PAX Prime this year, well don\u2019t fret, there are still few geek conventions you can attend before 2015 ends. Chicago TARDIS Friday, November 27, 2015 to Sunday November 29, 2015 in Chicago, IL www.chicagotardis.com Chicago TARDIS, the Midwest\u2019s Premier Doctor Who event, brings&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/geek-conventions-you-definitely-should-go-to-before-the-year-ends\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geek Conventions You Definitely Should Go to Before the Year Ends<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2732,2741,2747,2258,2724],"tags":[2845,1225,2977],"class_list":["post-7811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-gaming-reviews-news","category-general-interest","category-industry-interest","category-news","tag-cyber-power-pc","tag-gaming-laptop","tag-geek-convensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15529,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions\/15529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}