Welcome to the Brand New Geekscape.net!
Welcome to the brand new Geekscape.net. If those words sound familiar… it’s probably because you’ve been with us for a while now. If I’m correct (and I’m often not), this is the third incarnation of our beloved community website. It might even be the fourth. As far as our forums go… do we count this as our sixth? Am I missing something? I have pictures, designs and screen grabs of the old Geekscape offerings stored on my computer right next to memories of ex-girlfriends, old pets and photos of me in front of posters I once had in my college dorm room.
If you’ve been with us through it all, I hope that you are also storing those old memories and digital keepsakes in a similarly fond place. The regulars among us can go back and forth about the number of times we’ve done this before but for me there’s only one answer:
This has always been the only time.
Geekscape was never just a website to me (or a podcast or a forum). It’s always been a vibrant community that fed those things and not the other way around. I started it with nothing and it has grown into something with great tangible value, not just for me, but for you as well. Along the way, we picked up Vijay, then Gilmore, my producer Georg, Ben Dunn, Brent Moore, Martin Scherer, Ian Kerner, Big Yanks, Hiro Protagonist, Jiminy, Zack Haddad, William Bibbiani, Nar Williams. I’ll stop there because I’ll end up falling way short of everyone who has made Geekscape what it is today.
Websites can be measured in iterations, but communities and the language that they share are fluid things that evolve over time. If you look at Geekscape, I think that you’ll agree that this really is the only way to look at what we’ve built together. And we should all be proud of that. Look at the other news and review resources around the web. How many of them have generated roommates, wedding parties, romantic relationships, life long friendships and genuine interpersonal attachments? A few. But not too many.
So let’s talk a little about THIS current form of Geekscape.net. This most recent site was built for one thing above all else: permanence. I have to thank a few people for helping bring it together: my Geekscape business partner Georg Kallert, our incredibly diligent and talented coder Jarrett Gossett, our main designer Jarrod Ballou, Ivan Kander for supplying supplemental designs, Martin Scherer for technical guidance from the old site, Brian Gilmore, Brent Moore and William Bibbiani for notes and advice and YOU for creating the demand. The old site was inherently flawed and THIS site will allow us to do many things better and more permanently. It will grow and adjust with us as we also grow and adjust. I’m pretty excited to see it here.
As you should know by now, this is a growing process. Because you’re a part of it, let us know what you’d like to see. Post it on the forums or e-mail it to one of us. We have a pretty efficient bug and suggestions tracking system so if something breaks, don’t be quiet about it. We’re only here because of you and FOR you so help us make everything just a little nicer. Go and discover what we’ve got here. Click on everything. Read everything. Comment on everything. Submit some news. Talk on the forums. Update your profile. And most of all, make some new friends, say hi to some old ones and express yourself. There’ll be more and more Geekscape episodes, merch, written content and news as the days go on.
In closing, thanks for being a part of it. Geekscape is one of the most rewarding things that I’ve ever done and I will continue it in some way for as long as I am able. After that, I’m pretty confident that many of you will carry it further. In a pretty major fashion, you already do and your devotion has gotten us this far. Now let’s go and enjoy the newest offering from the same old Geekscape that you’ve always called home!
