Welcome to GeekSpy!
GeekSpy is a salute to web and gaming culture as it was at the turn of the millenium, capturing the humour and style of the GameSpy and ForumPlanet network in the early 2000's.
Play a game, read some news, enjoy some comics, or get in touch with some old contacts.
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Today's gaming news feed from around the web!
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arcade
Play a round of YARN, an in-browser remake of GameSpy's classic storytelling game with friends.
Visit the Arcade
icons
GeekSpy is now the remaining online repository of ForumPlanet's old user icon collection, drawn by Gabe of Penny Arcade. Created in the year 2000, they are limited by the technology of the time.
These classy characters have since been enhanced with upsized versions that look nicer on modern screens.
This was done using upscaling algorithms with some manual clean-up, as Gabe no longer has the original art - we checked!
View the Collection
forums
The GeekSpy Forums launched in 2012 with three retro looks - recreating the GameSpy, 3D Action Planet, and Planet Black & White ForumPlanet skins.
Built on phpBB, the forums were archived in 2023.
.net
GeekSpy.net has been inspired by GameSpy's early 2000's design language, harkening back to a time when social media wasn't mainstream, 200ms pings were okay, and llamas roamed freely across the web.
The site contains a few turn-of-the-millenium web anachronisms, along with some modern twists for current technology.
- Cyrris
GeekSpy will remain online for as long as I find myself dabbling in code. If you'd like to get in touch, you can email me on my username @ this domain.
