Key City Steampunk: Worlds of Tomorrow
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is already a place where the past refuses to stay dead. So naturally, that's where the Key City Steampunk Convention has set up shop, and this year they…
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TeslaCon Goes to Oz
Gentle reader, I have been informed that TeslaCon, North America's largest immersive SteamPunk convention, has chosen its 2026 theme, and that theme is The Wonderful Land of Oz. November 12-15…
Rogue Makers and Air Pirates: The Only Convention Briefing You Need
The good people at Clockwork Alchemy have declared their 2026 theme and it is, frankly, exactly what the Formula ordered: Rogue Makers & Air Pirates. October 16-18, Redwood City, California…
Someone Applied my Formula to a NES and I Owe Them a High-5
The Formula works on hardware. We have proof. ACEMAGIC took one look at the original 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System, nodded slowly, and stuffed an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370…
Commodore Made a Flip Phone That Blocks the Internet and I Have Feelings
The Commodore Callback 8020 is a flip phone. A FLIP PHONE. With a T9 keypad, a dome LED that glows instead of screaming notifications at you, and SID chiptune ringtones…
The Goggles Do Something Now
Gentlefolk of the Punk-iverse, a moment of your time. You know the goggles. The goggles. The ones glued to every top hat at every convention since 2003, doing precisely nothing…
Gen Z Discovered Analog and Now I Feel Personally Attacked
So apparently Gen Z is buying Polaroid cameras, carrying MP3 players, and purchasing physical CDs in 2026 because they want to, quote, “slow down” and “own their media.” I need…
The 1893 Expedition to Wonderland Just Closed Its Time Portals
The Chicago Steampunk Exposition 2026 wrapped up today at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, and if you were not there, I cannot help you. The theme was “Adventures in Wonderland” (technically…
They Put an Apple II in a Keyboard and I Am Not Okay
Apple turns 50 this year, and instead of doing anything reasonable like throwing a party or minting commemorative coins, the universe decided to let 8BitDo apply the Omega7Red Formulae to…
Teapot Racing Is a Legitimate Sport and I Won’t Hear Otherwise
Three days. Three locations. One Gulf Coast city with more Victorian ironwork per square foot than any place has a right to. The 4th Annual Galveston Steampunk Festival wrapped June…