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PHOTOS: Nerds Rejoice! Gay Gaymer Convention will Return in 2014

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Following the huge success of this summer’s Gaymer Connect conference in San Francisco, organizers have embraced the same savvy strategy as game developers: start work on a sequel.

GaymerX2 will return to SF in July of 2014, bigger and better and nerdier than ever. They’re moving out of Japantown and into a bigger hotel in SoMa (epicenter of the city’s dwindling leather bars, FYI).

A nicer venue, better food, and more speakers await attendees. And that’s not all: they’ll also host a wedding. You might’ve seen the adorable bears who got engaged during a panel talk at the first con. Well, they’ll be getting hitched at GaymerX2. (In addition, one assumes, to a more private ceremony with family.)

As for us, we’re mostly looking forward to expended cosplaying opportunities. How many sexy Nesses will we see this time around?

You can pick up badges and book your hotel rooms today — or start planning your couch-surfing now. See you there!

Click through below for some of our favorite cosplayer pics from the first con.

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Here’s Dante. Perhaps you’ve heard of his inferno? Anyway, he and his lovely friend are melting our hearts.

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This cosplay is super-effective (at tenting our pants). Get ready to perform Volt Tackle!

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The team from So Much Drama Studios shows off their new RuPaul game, Dragopolis.

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Jade and Riddick battle over whose universe is more dystopian.

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Sexy Amateratsu and Chibiterasu perform for the judges at the Cosplay masquerade. Apparently baring your skin works, because he later won “Best Queer Cosplay.” (Note the rainbow streamers.)

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The new Doctor brought his dancing shoes. The Saturday night dance featured hours and hours of giddy chiptunes.

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There were a bunch of sexy Links at the conference. How many, exactly? Well, that’s a secret to everybody.

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We choose all of you! This lucky trainer nabbed a lovely Chansey, Bulbasaur and Pansage.

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Ness seems to be enjoying a bit of a renaissance lately, with the re-release of Earthbound. There were at least three sexy Nesses roaming the hotel.

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Just bros being bros.

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Wife-and-Husband VO artists Ellen McLain (Portal, Pacific Rim) and John Patrick Lowrie (Team Fortress 2) greet the nerds. Ellen’s currently shooting an indie film about a dad and his gay son called Winning Dad, and John has a new book out called Dancing with Eternity.

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GaymerX organizers Matt Conn and Kayce Brown welcome the crowd.

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Pandora Boxx menaces the crowd with a performance of White Rabbit.

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Queer nerds traveled across the country to come together for one big group hug.

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Here’s Kayce and Matt, surrounded by the party that they made possible. Now, how to top it next year?

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