You didn’t travel down to Atlanta for Dragon*Con. Steampunk World’s Fair is months away. You’ve already raided Delicious Boutique for their latest Victorian fashions. What’s a Philly steampunk fan to do to satisfy their craving for all things brass and steam? Well, the answer is Dorian’s Parlor.

I know we’ve mentioned this incredibly cool event once before, but I wanted to remind all my fellow steampunkers that Dorian’s Parlor is a recurring monthly party, and that the date for September is this Saturday, September 11th!

The musical acts for the September event include The Gypsy Nomads and This Way to The Egress. There will be a fashion show featuring the designs of Renee Masoomian, and DJ Commodore Creazil will be spinning. There will also be belly dancing by Ak’ana and a performance by the White Elephant Burlesque Society. G.D. Falksen is the emcee, and Hugh Casey will be doing portrait photography.

What are you waiting for? Grab your goggles!

Dorian’s Parlor @ The Doubletree Hotel
237 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, September 11th, 8 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Tickets: $20 (includes admission, drink ticket, and Hors D’oeuvres)
www.doriansparlor.com

For those of you who fear crowds and hate the outdoors, the National Constitution Center is hosting a webcast of the upcoming 2010 Liberty Medal ceremony on 6ABC’s official website. This is kind of a big deal, as the NCC has never webcast the ceremony over the Internets before.

Unfamiliar with what’s going on? Bill Clinton is awarding Michael Sheen, who in a stunning turn of events will be played by Tony Blair, the 2010 Liberty Medal.

Why? Blair’s been working hard to advance peace in Northern Ireland and since leaving his role in the government, has “continued to facilitate productive dialogue between diverse groups, as Quartet Representative to the Middle East for the United Nations and through the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.” Good guy, that Blair.

The webcast starts at 7pm. For more info, hit up the Constitution Center’s official website.

2010 Liberty Medal Ceremony
Monday, September 13th, 2010, 7pm
www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal

Devil, which opens Friday, September 17th, has been getting a really bad rap recently, just because of a certain name on a certain trailer title card.

So for those of you who haven’t done your homework, let me set the record straight. Even if you have some doubts about this film, I definitely wouldn’t write it off. The plot synopsis goes something like this:

Set in an office building, the film follows five strangers who become trapped in an elevator and, after several terrifying and inexplicable events occur, begin to turn against each other as they come to suspect that one of them is, in fact, the Devil.

While the film is based on a short story by M. Night Shyamalan, the film is actually scribed by Brian Nelson who wrote Hard Candy and the screenplay for 30 Days of Night. I loved Hard Candy, it was a very dark and edgy film that made Ellen Page’s career and got her noticed by Hollywood.

For direction we have the Dowdle Brothers: Drew, who was a writer and producer on Quarantine and John Eric, who also co-wrote and directed Quarantine. Say what you will about American remakes, but the Quarantine and REC debate is probably one of the hottest in zombie fandom, probably because of how good of a job the Dowdle Brothers did on translating the film for American audiences, genuinely keeping true to the spirit of the Spanish original.

Also of note is Devil is the beginning of The Night Chronicles Trilogy, three horror films based on ideas by Shyamalan that deal with the supernatural; with the next, Twelve Strangers, circling around a jury discussing a case that deals with the supernatural. The third and final film is rumored to be cannibalized from ideas from an unfinished Unbreakable 2 script.

We are giving away 30 passes to an advance screening of Devil and I want people to check this film out and give it a fair chance. The screening will be held Thursday, September 16 at 11:59pm at the AMC in Cherry Hill. To win a pass, simply comment with your favorite urban legend and why.

The deadline is Friday since these will be going out by snail mail so be ready to send me your address ASAP so I can send these out on Saturday morning in time for the screening. Good Luck!

Check out the trailer after the jump!

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This Monday, September 13th, our girl Shmitten Kitten is hosting a Monday Movie night at The Trocadero. The film? Wayne’s World.

Along with the movie, there’s a dance party. DJ Goy Toy will be spinning before AND after the flick. And in traditional Monday Movie fashion, $3 gets you in and scores you a drink and a bag of popcorn.

Shmitten Kitten has a Facebook event up and you can RSVP here. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll awkwardly check out all the girls who blog for Shmitten Kitten. Go.

Shmitten Kitten Presents: Wayne’s World @ the Troc
Monday, September 13th, 2010
6:30pm – 11:00pm
shmittenkitten.com

We’ve got an event planned that is going to be down right fierce.

… did you see what I did there?

We’ve teamed up with CeX and Focus Attack to bring you all an epic Street Fighter IV tournament, taking place right at Steaks on South. That’s right, the cheesesteak joint. They’ve got an upstairs, and it will be lined with monitors, gaming consoles, and combo-slinging gamers come Thursday, September 23rd.

Local DJs Fatboymonster and Jayvert will be spinning beats through out the night, throwing in some classic gaming riffs into traditional dance tunes. You may have caught them at our events at North Bowl, or helping hipsters tear up the dance floor at PYT with their sick mixes.

Prizes? You bet. Focus Attack is giving away some SERIOUS swag at the event for you top gamers.

Grand Prize:

• MadCatz Super Street Fighter 4 Tournament Edition Joystick S for Playstation 3

Runner Up Prizes:

• One (1) copy of Udon’s Art of Capcom II
• One (1) copy of Udon’s SF20 Art of Street Fighter Book
• One (1) voucher for 6 Sanwa or Seimitsu replacement buttons & balltop (w/choice of colors)
• Two ($25) Focus Attack Gift Certificates

We’ll also have some Microsoft Points cards, store vouchers from CeX, and some other misc swag to dish out to winners, runners up, or folks that show off some sort of exceptional skill. Our friends PopChips will be also be stopping by the party, dishing out free snacks for you hungry gamers.

Doors open at 7pm, so you can grab a bite to eat from our gracious hosts, and the tournament kicks off at 7:30pm sharp. We’ve created a Facebook event page, for those of you who need reminders. You can check that out, here.

Street Fighter IV Competition @ Steaks on South
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
7pm, Doors. 7:30pm, Tournament Starts

Chipocrite Tearing It Up @ 8static

This Saturday, a bunch of New York City chiptures have the honor of performing alongside Philadelphia’s own 8-bit rockstar, the ever-awesome Chipocrite, at this month’s 8static at Studio 34.

Artists include noteNdo, Knife City, and Graffiti Monsters, with visuals provided by Rosa Menkman.

As always, there will be a pre-show event at Studio 34. Usually the 8static crew whips together some sort of fun workshop or chiptuning tutorial. Keep an eye on their official website and/or Twitter feed for updates.

8static @ Studio 24
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
www.8static.com

As I sat in the theater waiting for Machete to spool out before me, I have to admit I was a little scared. Would this film not only live up to one of the greatest trailers ever, but 3 years of fan anticipation on top of that?

Yeah, sitting there with a theater full of Geekadelphians, I really didn’t want this film to suck.

Within 10 minutes those fears were washed away with the blood of over a dozen headless Mexican drug lords. The audience was shouting at the screen and clapping away; Machete IS that film from the trailer and makes no apologies about it.

The first act of the film, in which we are reintroduced to our favorite double crossed “God Damn Mexican Federale,” the film is sporting the same deteriorated look of Grindhouse as almost a wink and a nod to fans, letting you know you you’re in good hands from here on out.

Robert Rodriguez delivers in spades on all the promises of his over the top larger than life trailer, and amazingly at times even outdoes himself. While the plot of the film remains the same from the trailer, there are still points where while Rodriguez doesn’t fail to surprise us. Sure, we have seen about 60% of the money shots in the film, but given their context they are just that much better.

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The Too Many Games convention is almost here, bringing with it some fun competitions, awesome musical guests, and an epic sale of sweet gaming swag. It’s the 10th convention in a row, and it hits Sunday, September 19th, at the Crowne Plaza Reading Hotel in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

This year, Too Many Games is sponsored, in part, by NYKO. The 3rd party peripheral manufacturer is hosting a gaming tournament… involving The Conduit. Strange choice for a title, but meh. You kids have fun.

They’ve also got some outstanding musical guests lined up, including Geekadelphia favorites Animal Style and Chipocrite. Other guests include Ro-bear, X-Hunters, and JJ Demon.

For updates on the go, you can follow Too Many Games on Twitter. For more info on the convention, visit Too Many Games’ official website. Happy conning.

Too Many Games
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
www.toomanygames.com

It wouldn’t be a new week without another episode of Cinedork… and now we are on iTunes! You can subscribe here.

In case you didn’t know, at Cinedork we do three weekly podcasts: one for weekly entertainment news, one focusing on DVD releases that came out that week and one focusing on the week’s music offerings as well. Now since we are in the iTunes store, you can easily subscribe and download the podcasts you are interested in for that particular week.

This week for the DVD podcast, since Survival of the Dead just came out, we discuss not only that film, but George Romero in depth as a director as well. For our entertainment-cast, it’s more about Piranha 3D and what that film has to say about us as a generation. We also talk a bit about Miyazaki and his rumored sequel. For this week in music, we are joined by a special guest Rob from Brave New Worlds to reminisce about our favorite tapes from back in the day.

So subscribe here in iTunes and get some dorky goodness!