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2009: Year of the lonely geek

First, Apple decided to end an era of exciting keynotes, childlike expectation and reality distortion fields with a final, lukewarm showing at MacWorld 2009. Then Apple’s own Insomnia festival was relegated to history. Now, it’s the Leipzig Games Convention’s turn to bite the dust.

Natural consequences of an uncertain economy? Perhaps, but the cancellation of these events may have a far more heart-breaking outcome: a devastating blow to the the few opportunities left for true geeks to meet in real life.