Wizard Magazine Office Tour Video (2008) - YouTube

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So there is this podcast tracing the history of Wizard: The Guide to Comics magazine and the nerd empire it built, and they got ahold of a video tour of the office. Behold, my first job out of college:

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I had forgotten about this and I am mostly astonished they were able to produce video for the website, because for a bunch of nerds, the company had no grasp of how to engage online whatsoever

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My thoughts while I watched this, in order:

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1) I'm having war flashbacks

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2) My hair was so bad

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3) I still have those swords

VeGGies
LOST FOOTAGE OF BABY JAINA

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I can't believe you murdered your coworker

batman
WIZARD

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bikini leia in the office window...... the cringe..... rip.......

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...todd...

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why i otter
: lmao do you remember him very well?

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sure do! did I ever tell you he was at verizon for a while?

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batman
: ehhh, I am obviously biased, but it was not at all a slobbery dudebro place

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We put up pretty much all the nerd swag companies sent us

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why i otter
: Ohhh yeah I do vaguely recall that! What was he like there?

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VeGGies
: he actually did get fired later soooo

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as weird as ever

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idk if he knew me or not

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It's weird because in shallow interactions he comes off as a super regular non nerd dude

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But then you talk to him a second time or whatever

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I remember him being so jerky to me over a freelance assignment once

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and you were like lol don't listen to him

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Yeah lmao