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The new Geekbox.com has finally arrived

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

We’ve been hyping this baby up for some time, now here it is. The all new, all revamped, all bad-ass Geekbox.com is up for your viewing and shopping pleasure. Complete with a whole slew of new features for our beloved fans, customers, and those just taking a look.

Customize your Geekbox and purchase it online

Creating you Geekbox has never been easier! Now you can fully configure and customize your Geekbox down to the finest details with our system configurator. What’s more, you can purchase it securely with any major credit card right from our website and we’ll ship it to you lickity’ split.

Join the community discussion

Geekbox fans and customers are a family of sorts. We’ve always wanted to encourage a wider and more tight knit community of Geekboxers to thrive, help one another and chat about their systems. Now with our powerful Discussion Forums we have done just that. Take a look, get some help, show off your Geekbox, or just chat it up for fun. Register today!

Our all-new support center

This one, we’re really excited about. We’ve implemented a powerful central hub for all things Geekbox support. Our customers can log in to create and submit trouble tickets, access our vast Geekbox knowledge base, run through troubleshooters for the most common computer issues, access driver downloads and manuals instantly, and or even chat live with our Sales/Support reps at any time during our business hours.

Live support chat

At the bottom of every page on our site you’ll now see a button to launch a support chat and talk live with one of our friendly Geekbox staff at any time during our business hours. Just look for the icon that says “Live Support Online” to be connected instantly. Staff not online right now? Leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as humanly possible. All information sent via our Live Support system is 256bit AES encrypted to protect your personal information.

So there you have it. The new Geekbox.com. We hope you like it, this baby has been our labor of love for quite some time. Please take some time to read up more about us and if you like what we do, tell your friends about us.

Big thanks to all you Geekboxers out there who made this all possible. This is all for you, because without you … we’d just be a couple of geeks playing with our toys.

GEEX Returns in July! Geekbox Sponsors!

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

The Gaming & Electronics Expo Center
Where is GEEX taking place?
GEEX is taking place at the South Towne Expo Center, 9575 South State Street in Sandy, Utah. We will be in the hall at the south end of the center. Parking is FREE and with the TRAX station right behind the center that will make easy access for commuters. View a map to the venue.

How much will GEEX cost?
General admission tickets can be purchased at the door or online for $10 per day. Students and military personnel can receive a $5 per day discount (must show valid ID). Children 10 and under are no charge.

COSPLAY
Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Are you SO in love with a video game or anime that you enjoy dressing up as the characters? Did you like playing cowboys and indians as a child? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then checkout the first GEEX cosplay contest. This is sure to be one of the highlights of the show that you can’t miss!

Game-In-A-Day
Like to try your hand at making a small game? Participants work in teams to create a small game or game demo based on a theme. Awards and prizes are given for the best results.