The Video Game Committee of the Chicago Nerd Social Club is proud to announce our inaugural event, a video game LAN party.  We will be playing Left 4 Dead 2 on the gaming PCs so choose your side, Survivors or Infected!  If that doesn’t interest you we will also have the Rock Band Studio available on a 120″ projector screen

Now, look left, strafe right, crouch, and then RSVP below.  We do encourage you to arrive on time so we can get you into a game.

When: Sunday, January 17th, 2010 – 4:00pm-7:30pm

Where: Ignite Network 3171 N. Clybourn, Chicago, IL

Cost: $10 for 3 hours, or $4.00 an hour (to be paid onsite to Ignite Network)

Interested in helping to plan future video game events?  Email rachel[at]chicagonerds.com

The official symphony concert tour Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY commemorating the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy is coming to the Rosemont Theater in December.  The music will be performed by the Chicagoland Pops and Festival Choir and as a special treat Nobuo Uematsu will be performing live onstate with the orchestra.

When: December 12, 2009 – 8:00pm

Where: Rosemont Theatre

Tickets: Start at $19

The Chicago Fandom Meetup Mashup is meeting for a night of fun with a cross-section of Chicago fandom including door prize give-aways.   Last month’s event had 81 attendees from many local meetup groups and groups represented this year will include:

The Chicago Horror Meetup – They may just turn you into a zombie! The horror group will be showing you how to do good makeup effects, just in time for Halloween!
The Chicago Boardgames Meetup – Play some fun, fast-paced games.
ChiSciFi.net – Talk about anything and everything Science Fiction & Fantasy related, or pretty much anything geeky at all!
The Chicago Browncoats – Talk about all things in the Joss ‘verse.
The Chicago Boardgames Design Group – Check out some innovative new games that can’t be found anywhere else!
RPG Chicago – Cast some spells, slay some zombies!
The Empire of Chivalry and Steel Meetup – Learn about historical Medieval re-creations.
The AnimeChicago Meetup – All things Anime in Chicago, bringing out the Otaku in you!
The NE Illinois J.R.R. Tolkien/Lord of the Rings Meetup – Celebrate everything Tolkien!

When: Monday, October 5, 2009 – 7:30pm-10:00pm

Where: Mystic Celt – 3443 N. Southport, Chicago, IL

RSVP and More Information: http://www.meetup.com/chicago-sci-fi-fantasy-group/calendar/11264423/