In this +5 Post of Pimping:

• GenCon goodness (and e cursing her new job’s training days)
• The lights are out, but somebody’s home!
• Prizes, prizes, prizes!
• DVDs, drunken Zelda adventures, and Power Strip Chewing 101
• Sexy Red Dragons

#1 – If you’re going to GenCon, please drink a White Russian in my honor.  *sniffle*  While you’re there, don’t miss the StupidRanger crew’s session:  Out of the Box Roleplaying.  Not only will you have a blast, you’ll get to meet everybody who is anybody in the RPG blogging scene.  (Except me.  Stupid mandatory job training.  Next year I will be at GenCon!!)

#2 – Speaking of RPG bloggers, the Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome apologizes for an unplanned disappearance of his site.  Technical difficulties.  Don’t worry – the ‘droid will be back!

#3 – RoleplayGateway is having a big celebration for the month of August.  There are trivia games and banner/tshirt design contests and all sorts of prizes are being given away, including a Personal Ad Makeover by yours truly.

You can also win:

• Custom full-color or black and white character sketches, avatars and signatures, flash animations (all courtesy of their arts team).
• A spot as a “featured member” on a future RoleplayGateway podcast!
• Getting to have your work posted as a “featured piece” on the RoleplayGateway blog!
• Getting a free Roleplay Advertisement spot, one of the site’s newest ways to promote your roleplay!
• Getting interviewed by Vexar’s new “Interview with a Roleplayer” series!

#4 – As you all know, I am a HUGE fan of The Guild.  Anyway, if you are too, there are a few things you’re going to want to check out.

• Power Strip Baby is in a Cutest Baby Contest where he can win a $20,000 scholarship.  If you think he’s adorable (and he is!), please check out the details on The Guild’s site and go vote for him.
• Guild Season 1 is available on DVD today for only $20!  Who is going to buy it for me?
• Sandeep Parikh, aka Zaboo, has a new web series called Legend of Neil.  Basically, a guy passes out after drinking and playing Legend of Zelda and wakes up to find that he is stuck in the game.  It is totally NSFW, so please don’t check it out if Big Brother can see your web history.  There are two episodes out so far and it’s pretty hilarious.

#5 – Voting for the ENnies ends August 6th.  Be sure to vote for DungeonMastering.com!

D&D Related

• Dante at StupidRanger reviews the 4e Dungeon Master’s Guide.
• Shelly Mazzanoble of Wizards of the Coast (and Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress fame) is a Dungeon Master.  May the gods help us all.
• John at Gnome Stew had a totally awesome post entitled: What Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog Can Teach You About GMing.
• Dave at Critical Hits would like some tips from GenCon veterans about True Dungeon.  (Note to my GeekBoy – you’d better get over there and comment, dear!)
• Happy blogiversary to Yax and Expy of DungeonMastering.  By the way, YOU (yes, you!) should be sure you’ve voted for DungeonMastering in the ENnies!  When you’re done, check out Things You Ought To Know About Your DM.  (My advice – know his favorite cookie variety and bring them!)
• Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome is working on an index to the 4e PHB, since the existing one, well… sucks.

General Geekery

• Felicia Day of The Guild and Dr. Horrible fame was interviewed at ComicCon by Mahalo Daily.  She’s going to be on an episode of House!  I’m so excited.  Now, if we can just get her on an episode of Big Bang Theory, my life would be complete.
• GeekNews (and GDG Commenter Alan!) pointed out a great tool to see your website as colorblind people do.
• GeekSugar had the neatest little thing – The Hang On Outlet.  It holds the plugs of things you don’t want plugged in, but also don’t want dangling around everywhere.
• Geekologie presents: Geeky Stained Glass and 25 Gesture Rock-Paper-Scissors.   Warning:  The latter will cause you to kill way too much time.
• Get fit and get a piece of Internet History!  Hawty McBloggy points the way to get a Wii Fit that is signed by the Wii Fit Girl!!  Get it now on ebay – before August 1st!
• Phil at ChattyDM just finished a four part series on RPG Blogging.   Trask at Living Dice was nice enough to tack on a 5th installment about SEO.

That’s it for the feedin’ this week!  Hope you’re full of geeky goodness!

D&D Related

• Happy 100th PostDay to GnomeStew!  This blog is really excellent, so if you’re not subscribed to their feed, you are a total loser.  For a taste of the awesome, read about how NPCs are filthy liars.
• The more of Dante of StupidRanger‘s posts I read, the more I realize that he is The Man!  Check out Better Character Development Courtesy of Bruce Willis.  Don’t forget to go to the Stupid Ranger crew’s GenCon events and cheer on StupidRanger as she competes for Queen of the Geeks!
• After reading this post by Dave of Critical Hits, I’m very sad I won’t be at GenCon to take advantage of drunk RPG bloggers.   Then I read this one and realized that I will probably never be awesome enough to DM. Too much pressure!!
• Congrats to Yax at DungeonMastering for being nominated for an Ennie!  Sadly, I will never be uber 1337 enough to get an Ennie, unless my profile writing services get hundreds of geek boys into the arms of geek girls… in which case, maybe I do deserve an award of some sort!
• Chris Sims at Wizards of the Coast gives some insight into the Ecology of the Dragonborn.  Am I the only one who has no desire to play a dragonborn or tiefling?
• The Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome got his hands on a bunch of Against the Giants minis.  Check out his review.
• Phil at Chatty DM asks: What’s your dice fetish? Mine is penguins.

Random Geekery

• A hilarious post at LivingDice about a Gamer’s Pre-Nup.  I thank the various gods that when I marry, it’ll be to a gamer, so we won’t have to worry much about that!
• Hawty McBloggy always finds the best stuff.  Check out the Wii Fit Boy, but warning, it’s YouTube safe but potentially NSFW.   If you require eye cleansing after seeing it, just search YouTube for WiiFit Girl videos and you’ll be all set.  Oh, and why play Guitar Hero when you can play Saxophone Hero?  (They really should make Big Band Hero with sax, trumpet, bass…)
• Geekologie offers a new way to accessorize for a dinner party.
• This XKCD comic totally reminded me of my jetlag problem.
• Courtesy of Neatorama:  The new iPhone? Yep, it blends!  (Warning: Video will make Mac fans very squeamish.)  Maybe you’d rather have a cursed iPhone with a burning hot screen? (Courtesy of Geekologie.)
• Shamus of TwentySided examines the World of Warcraft.  Then OMG!SHOCKING!, receives backlash from diehard WoWCrack addicts.  (BTW, Shamus, I totally agree with all your gripes.  I never did understand eye-less Murlocs or headless boars.)