If you ask Ben McKenzie what his trade is you'll get a multi-pronged response: performer, writer, and game designer, but all carry large swaths of geeky interests. His "Man in the Lab Coat" persona shares his enthusiasm for science to comedy audiences; he was the head writer for the Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown video game, now available on Playstation VR, and along with Elizabeth Flux he co-hosts a podcast that is effectively a Terry Pratchett book club. The Pratchat podcast is a six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel, one a month, discussing the book with a special guest.Back in May 2018 during a visit to Supanova in Melbourne, Ben was kind enough to chat to us about many things including his path to geekdom, the origins of the Pratchat podcast, how there are more opportunities for geek content than ever before, and what it means to be a "TRUE" fan and how nerdom should be celebrated (a hint: it definitely should include more 'nerd dates'). Plus we find out why the Stegosaurus is the BEST dinosaur, and the reasons are quite compelling.