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Justin Dean

Once the boy known as Justin Dean stumbled on the word Ludologist and has been in love from that point on. He uses his ability to take game mentality into the real life, and turns it into self-help. Other superpowers include Minor Acute Air Pressure Senses, Cooking, and all things Gentlemanly. Follow him on Twitter @Justin_Dean or ask him a question @justin.pixelatedgeek.com
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Level Up: Why I am Doing This.

I made something. You should go buy it. Let me tell you why.  Many ask me what I plan to do with the money. I want to make my dreams happen, travel to more places, try some new foods, not worry about bills, but — most importantly — I want to make the world more

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Something I learned from Day[9]

If you are a hardcore or semi-hardcore (Where is the line?) player of Starcraft then you might know the name of Day[9]. Day[9] was introduced to me as a dynamic commentator of StarCraft mixing equal parts comedy and strategic insight. If there was a nerd that I wanted to be my CO it might be

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Level Up: Let’s talk about Sex

Perked your little ears up now didn’t I? I’ve been thinking a lot about sex recently, mostly because I am a male and that is mostly what we think about. I had other reasons for thinking about sex not just from a reproductive or carnal sense, but from a intellectual level. Hot right? I was

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Level Up: A Lesson in Failing

Veteran. Hard Core. Legendary. Epic. These are all difficulties that we ratchet up to challenge ourselves in game, but in real life we wuss out to the challenge of increasing the chance of failure. We wuss out hard. Failure will happen to you just like death and taxes. I know most self-help gurus won’t tell

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Time is On My Side!

Most people feel that time is this celestial jerk that is bearing down on them stomping out any fun that they have with a giant Galactus foot keeping your demise punctual and painful. We are always racing against time, but there are some plusses to having a time limit that we take for granted. I

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Geek Style: The Thesis

It’s an early geeky morning, which roughly means noon, or one-ish in the afternoon. You stumble over to your closet, after no shower, and throw on…the Doctor Who t-shirt sounds good with…the pants you wore yesterday. Good to go. This is a problem we as a culture need to counteract. I have no problem with

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Level Up: V-Day Blues.

While Blue Valentine may be an Oscar-nominated movie, it is a real life occurance for most of us geeks. We would all like to sit back and be told that it doesn’t really matter if you have a significant other or not on a day like Valentine’s. Frankly, it doesn’t help. Maybe, some honest truth

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Geek Counseling: Movie Night

Geek Counseling is public service for any and all geeks. Pull up a chair and have our Geek Counselor, Justin, help you with your geek issues. Have a question you’d like to ask? Ask away by sending an email to justin@pixelatedgeek.com. All submissions will remain anonymous. ======== Hey Justin, I have a date coming up for Valentine’s

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Geek Counseling: All is Fair in Love and Zombies

hey Justin I remember you guys covering HVZ a couple whiles ago here at -college- we are doing it up again. WoooohoO! The “Problem” is that a girl that my squad runs with is everything I want in a relationship. How do I ask her to hang out during these Zombie attacks? -bleedingheart

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