Many of us in the convention crowd are amateur writers, artists, crafters, animators, or developers. Some are aspiring hobbyists while others have established careers. If you are one of these individuals (or even if you’d just like to meet some) Intervention is the place for you. Short for “internet convention,” the second annual Intervention was held this past weekend in Rockville, MD. The event was founde ...

Sorry for the late update! BaltimoreGamer crew will be hosting a panel at Intervention TOMORROW. The panel is titled How To Create a Gaming/Anime Website .It will be held at 4pm Friday the 16th in Panels Room 1. Please refer to the Intervention 2011 Program Schedule for more information. ...

Misty with Pikachu Way out in Somerset, NJ this past weekend was the annual Anime and gaming convention AnimeNEXT.  We didn't have any official coverage leading up to AnimeNEXT because it is pretty far from Baltimore, and thus out of our normal coverage range. We decided to have a recap article because four people from BaltimoreGamer, including myself, attended the event.  Our webmaster Dom was there only o ...

Interrobang Studios and Robot Martini will be hosting the very first Windup Comic Fest this Saturday, May 22 from 2pm - 7pm. The event will be held at The Windup Space, located at 10 W North Ave Baltimore, MD 21218.   Although Windup is primarily a comics event, there are several guests who design their characters with gaming in mind.. Interrobang Studios focuses on web and print comics, but they also make ...

JohnCon Schedule Updates As we recently noted in our official JohnCon 2010 Schedule, the official Magic: The Gathering tournament has been canceled. A new Magic event, however, will be replacing it. Disorganization XIII has informed us that they will be hosting a "Magic: The Gathering cube" of their own. Both of these updates have been made to the official schedule and marked as such. Don't forget, JohnCon ...

JohnCon 2010 takes place on April 16th through 18th. There will be a video game room as well as tabletop gaming, Anime, and plenty of other nerdy activities. There will also be a vendor area and Artist Alley in the Glass Pavilion, with tables available for free. To register for a table, please contact Corrine Warren by email at corinneewarren[at]gmail[dot]com or by phone at 203-414-5888. General Convention ...

As any active posters would have noticed, the forum had been down for the past few weeks. When we upgraded the forum to a newer version, there was an error that brought the entire site down. The only way we could get it back was to uninstall the forum. In these past few weeks we looked over our options. We considered switching to a different forum system and starting over, but in the end we determined that ...

Disorganization XIII is a group that performs panels at various conventions, and they will be performing two of their most popular panels at JohnCon 2010. They describe themselves as "a group that performs at conventions and conferences for the good of all geeks everywhere. We are composed of professional writers, critics, reviewers, speculators, game designers, quantum physicists, demi-gods, bridge trolls, ...

Through our contacts at JohnCon, we are able to bring you some new and updated information about the upcoming JohnCon 2010 anime and gaming convention at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Vendor Tables Vendor and artist tables will be offered free of charge. They will be located around the walls in the Glass Pavilion. Electrical outlets will be available for use by vendors and artists. ...

JohnCon 2010 will take place on Friday, April 16th through Sunday, April 18th at Johns Hopkins University. BaltimoreGamer has obtained exclusive details from the event staff about the events and guests. Below is all the information currently available. Events and Activities: Video game room (hours TBA) 24-hour tabletop gaming 24-hour Anime room 24-hour movie screenings Magic: The Gathering tournament LARP ( ...