Weeeeeeee!

So not only am I still making lots of handmade geeky soap (GEEKSOAP! See my previous post(s) for more info and go check out my geeky soap store here.) but I’m back in WoW! You all knew I couldn’t stay away that long, right? I blame my lovely guildmade Alyxx for it – she kept telling me how much I was missed on Facebook ;) Amoothyst is a little behind in the gear department since I haven’t been around since the WotLK Naxx was THE big end-game raid, but I’m loving randoms and badge gathering and so Amoo is already in full Tier 9, lol. Good luck getting me into Tier 10 without having more time to get into some bigger raids, though – currently I get bits and pieces of time to play here and there which works well for gathering Emblems of Triumph in randoms, but being back towards the east coast now means my beloved guild raids too late for me and/or I’m struggling to find consistent time for raiding that fits with my busy work schedule. But that’s ok – gear was never THE big thing for me in WoW. I enjoy a lot of other things, too, such as exploring and achievements, and am just happy to be messing around again in-game.  So be sure to say hi! I doubt I’ll do much on alts until after Cata comes out so you’ll probably just find me on Amoothyst for now.

GEEKY SOAP! So I’m still plugging away with my successful small business handcrafting geeky and gamer themed soap over at geeksoap.net and prepping for Gen Con Indy in less than a month. (August 5- 8, 2010!) If you’re going to Gen Con, be sure to stop by booth 2732 and see me! My most recent new soap is WoW themed in honor of coming back to the game yet again – the Soapstone! Read more about the adventure of making it over on my craft blog.

See you in-game and/or at Gen Con! <3

As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s been somewhat quiet around here on my gaming blog. Partly because I don’t currently have any subscriptions running, but mostly because I’ve been busy with my RL small business of making geeky geek soap… GEEKSOAP! I’ve just been too busy making geek soap for the nerdy masses over at http://www.geeksoap.net to keep gaming subscriptions active. Literally, I’ve been swamped with orders and my entire house has turned into a soap studio. It’s fantastic! I love creating geeky soap. :) Let’s see… combining my geek side and my creative side? EPIC WIN!

So what are my newest soaps? The Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP line… 100% solid handmade soap made from all natural ingredients in the shape of retro game cartridges. So far I have an 8-bit, 16-bit, and 64-bit soap version (as well as a Handheld variety) and coming later this weekend or early next week are parody replica soaps in the shape of old school Atari 2600 rom cartridges and 16-bit SGenesis carts. My Game Cartridge geek soaps have been plastered all over the Internet this past week and featured and re-featured in more places than I can keep count of.  I’ve given two phone interviews (with a third scheduled) and just sent off a big batch of soap to the UK to be in a magazine photoshoot. It’s been amazing! In August my husband and I will be manning a small table in the Art Gallery of GEN CON – the biggest and best 4 days of gaming! We only have a small table, but based on GEEKSOAP’s popularity at shows when people see these soaps in person, we don’t need much space to do well: the soaps sell themselves and we’ll have lots of stock to keep the table full of geek soap goodness over the 4 days.

Another popular soap of mine that was featured in a bazillion places about a month ago is my D20 Soap on a Rope geek soap. Is this seriously cool or what? You can play a little D&D in the shower and roll critical hits against bad body odor at the same time! Your party members will thank you. And if you love the sweet little flat-bottomed dice bag you see pictured with my soap in the photo, you can snag one over at Dragon Chow Dice Bags by my friend @GeekyLyndsay - she makes amazing dice bags that are incredibly cute and practical in a wide variety of fun fabrics to suit anyone’s taste, and/or coordinate with any dice set. Want to see more pics? Head over to my portfolio. This mold (like the Game Cartridge soaps) was all designed and created by me, so you can be sure it’s 100% original, too.

Both Lucas and I are itching to get back into some gaming, but I’m just not sure what yet. I’d love to spend my upcoming summer break making soap and gaming (bliss!) but I need suggestions… as I’ve mentioned before after playing the STO beta, I don’t know if linear is the way I want to go. SWG is (has been for awhile) dying and as much as I love the open-endedness, I need more action and adventure in a new environment. I’ve played WoW foreeeeeeeeeeever, and while I do end up going back often, I really want something new. I don’t see myself going back to Aion, but perhaps I’ll get back into EVE for a bit while I search for that something new. Who knows.  Until then, it’ll probably continue to be quiet here while I make geeky soap. You can stay up with what’s going on by following me on Twitter @geeksoap and my blog over at thepinktoque.com – where I update about my crafty geek endeavors and release new geek soap designs for GEEKSOAP.  Want to fan Pink Toque / GEEKSOAP on Facebook? Check out the fan page here – Twitter and FB fans are the first to know about upcoming sales, giveaways & contests, and new soap designs as they are released. I love to give away geeky soap to readers & followers regularly :)

That’s about it for the gaming blog today – hope to see you on Twitter or over at geeksoap.net soon! <3

You read that right. I officially have no gaming accounts active right now because I’ve been too busy making geek soap. Wanna see? Check out all of my geeky soap over on my portfolio :)

GEEKSOAP™ is a line of soap for geeks that I designed and created – the geeky theme includes  a variety of sci-fi, gaming, fantasy, and other computer nerdiness. You’re going to love them :) Be sure to follow my tweets if you want to keep up with me while I’m not gaming @pinktoque. Want GEEKSOAP specific tweets only? Follow @geeksoap. The GEEKSOAP line of geeky soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net – ENJOY!

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There’s not much else to say here, this article is full of awesome and win. So much so that it hurts. You must read.

Indiana Professor Grades in Gamer Rewards

Not only is the professor from Indiana University, where I graduated from in 2002, but… the whole concept is just epic! I LOVE the idea of 1. a Game Politics class and 2. that students are graded in an unconventional way that totally and completely fits the course. As a teacher, I salute this professor wholeheartedly. SO. AMAZING.

I read the summary of the article from GeekSugar out loud to Lucas, who voiced a fake conversation between two college students that probably has taken place down at IU this year:

“What are you doing this weekend?”
“Oh nothing much, just grinding an A for my Game Politics class…”

Have I mentioned yet that this is full of awesome and win? Kudos, Lee Sheldon.

See what I did there? Look what my husband got me to try with him over my Christmas holiday…

Pinktoque in Eve

Eve Online. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and Happy New Year. See you in space!