Second Level Wizards » Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com Nerdy events, done right! Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:46:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “20 Minutes of Oxygen” Video as premiered @ Cthulhupalooza II http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/19/20-minutes-of-oxygen-video-as-premiered-cthulhupalooza-ii/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/19/20-minutes-of-oxygen-video-as-premiered-cthulhupalooza-ii/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:46:55 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=246 This music video for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets’ song “20 Minutes of Oxygen” was written, directed and cut by Mike Jackson of Steam-Powered Films. It was made possible by the kind donations of fans like you and with the help of Kerberos Productions. It premiered at Cthulhupalooza II: Son of Cthulhupalooza. We present it now for you to enjoy! Please share this with your friends and get the word out about our little indie Cthulhu band!

You can purchase the song and the rest of Spaceship Zero: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on iTunes, amazon, or eBay.

20 Minutes of Oxygen – The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets from Mike Jackson on Vimeo.

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]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/17/advance-ticket-sales-for-cthulhupalooza-end-soon/feed/ 0 Schedule for Cthulhupalooza Released http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/16/schedule-for-cthulhupalooza-released/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/16/schedule-for-cthulhupalooza-released/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:25:25 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=236 Friday February 18 @ The Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver

6:30 Doors open, Miskatonic Bake Sale begins
715 Short Films block 1
800 Bake Sale Awards Ceremony
820 Little Miss Risk Burlesque First Performance
840 Short Films Block 2
900 SCYTHIA Folk Metal Live Performance
940 Little Miss Risk Burlesque Second Performance
10:00 Short Films Block 3 (including announcement of winner for Thickets fan video contest)
10:25 premiere of “20 Minutes of Oxygen” video
1030 THE DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE THICKETS

Please note again that Auroch, due to unforeseen circumstances will not be able to perform Friday.

Visit www.cthulhupalooza.com for more details

]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/16/schedule-for-cthulhupalooza-released/feed/ 0 Cthulhupalooza Sponsor Profile: Drexoll Games http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/15/cthulhupalooza-sponsor-profile-drexoll-games/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/15/cthulhupalooza-sponsor-profile-drexoll-games/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:38:48 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=233 Serving Vancouver since 2002, and Coquitlam since 2006, Drexoll Games specializes in non-electronic games for all ages and interests. They stock over 500, plus collectible card games, collectible figure wizkids games, roleplaying, and classics like chess, GO boards, and backgammon board games. You can find Drexoll in Kitsilano at 2860 West 4th (near MacDonald) and in Coquitlam at 107B – 2748 Lougheed Hwy.

Thanks, Drexoll, for supporting Cthulhupalooza and other nerdy events in the GVRD!

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]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/14/have-you-seen-this-great-old-one/feed/ 0 Vendor Tables @ Cthulhupalooza http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/10/vendor-tables-cthulhupalooza/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/10/vendor-tables-cthulhupalooza/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:45:23 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=224

Cthulhupalooza II will have an area during the entire event dedicated to vendors of eldritch merchandise, including our sponsor Strange Aeons creator Uncle Mike’s Worldwide.

We still have a couple tables that are available. If you or your company is interested in selling merchandise to the teeming masses at Cthulhupalooza please contact info@secondlevelwizards.com for more information. Naturally the more Lovecraft-related the better, but anything nerdy will fit in!

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Due to constraints in time and space (we’re not Yog-Sothoth after all), entrants to the Miskatonic Middle School Bake Sale will be limited to ten persons. So fill out your registration form now and ensure you get your goods in before all the slots fill up! Don’t forget, participants in the bake sale get FREE ADMISSION to Cthulhupalooza II and every contestant will walk away with a prize package full of goodies from our glorious sponsors such as Drexoll Games and Strategies Hobbies, just to name a couple.

http://cthulhupalooza.protoncharging.com/bake-sale-entry/

Join the Facebook Event HERE

]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/03/bake-sale-spots-filling-up/feed/ 0 Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Celebrates Cthulhupalooza with Bloody Betty http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/01/dr-sketchys-anti-art-school-celebrates-cthulhupalooza-with-bloody-betty/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/01/dr-sketchys-anti-art-school-celebrates-cthulhupalooza-with-bloody-betty/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:34:33 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=213 sketchyYou haven’t heard about Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School? Part art class, part cabaret, the monthly Dr Sketchy brings you 3 hours with Vancouver’s dazzling and bizarre burlesque personalities. Sunday Feb 13 the notorious Bloody Betty will be posing based on Cthulhupalooza and the music of The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, with Thickets front man Toren Atkinson will no doubt be in attendance. Join us at the Wallflower (2420 Main St), lose 1d20 Sanity Points and a chance to win free tickets to Cthulhupalooza II!

**Click here to join the Facebook event**

]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/02/01/dr-sketchys-anti-art-school-celebrates-cthulhupalooza-with-bloody-betty/feed/ 0 Miskatonic Bake Sale is an Arkham Horror http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/01/30/miskatonic-bake-sale-is-an-arkham-horror/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/01/30/miskatonic-bake-sale-is-an-arkham-horror/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:46:51 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=209 Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, most appropriately for attendees of Cthulhupalooza, the Arkham Horror Board game, out of print from 1987 until 2005. In the game,
gates to other planes open throughout the town. If too many gates open, a powerful alien being will enter, likely destroying the town and possibly threatening the world. The investigators must avoid or fight alien creatures that enter Arkham through the gates, enter the  gates themselves, survive the alien places beyond, return to Arkham, and close the gates.

FFG has graciously provided not only a copy of Arkham Horror but also the expansion King in Yellow. Both will be part of the Grand Prize for the Miskatonic Middle School Bake Sale competition. Register today on cthulhupalooza.com

]]> http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/01/30/miskatonic-bake-sale-is-an-arkham-horror/feed/ 0 Still More Prizes Announced for Miskatonic Middle School Bake Sale http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/01/28/still-more-prizes-announced-for-miskatonic-middle-school-bake-sale/ http://secondlevelwizards.com/2011/01/28/still-more-prizes-announced-for-miskatonic-middle-school-bake-sale/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:41:19 +0000 Toren http://secondlevelwizards.com/?p=204 Two new items have been added to the prize packages for the Miskatonic Middle School Bake Sale competition at Cthulhupalooza II Feb 18 @ The Rickshaw:

1. A chef hat with “The Secret Ingredient is Babies” embroidered on it, donated by EmbroidMe Vancouver

2. The following cook books donated by Kate Walker & Company:

Cupcake Kit: Recipes, Liners, and Decorating Tools for Making the Cutest Cupcakes Ever!
Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Every Celebration

Muffins: Sweet & Savory Comfort Food

Pie Pie Pie: Easy Homemade Favorites
Still more prizes to be announced, so get out your eldritch recipes and fill out your bake sale registration form while we still have spots left. Don’t forget, contestants in the bake sale get free admission to Cthulhupalooza and partial proceeds go to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
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