I don’t have complete analytics for 2010, which is a shame, but here are some of the most popular stories on Nerdvana over the last six months, in no...
2010
If you’re still looking for the perfect desk calendar to see you through the year, try this: a printable papercraft dodecahedron calendar that’s...
Congratulations to Star Wars guru and Nerdvana contributor Dustin Diehl on one year of blogging at Pop Goes the Culture! When he was starting out on the path...
A website devoted to saving the troubled Stargate online games Resistance and Worlds has published a two-part interview with creative director and studio head...
While I’m away, enjoy this dip into the archives — May 2010, to be exact — for a great activity to spark kids’ imaginations! The makers...
I’ve only seen this trailer a few times, and each time it completely throws me. Maybe it’s the presentation. I mean, I know it was, like, forever...
If you’ve ever received a gift from someone who bought for you online with the best of intentions, and then you tried to return it, you’ll...
In a piece for Sunday’s East Valley Tribune, reporter Nicole Klauss profiled Evil Controllers, a Tempe company that modifies video game equipment. As...
An impressive cast led by Nicole Kidman makes 'Rabbit Hole' a deeply immersive and intimate movie.
Here’s the trailer for Doctor Who’s upcoming sixth season that was shown on Saturday at the end of the Christmas special: Will we in the States get...
Want to win a Doctor Who screening party for 50 in your town, and a copy of every episode of the sci-fi drama that is currently available on DVD in the United...
Were you naughty or nice? Did it matter? Use the comment box to share your best — and worst — holiday loot. (And when you’ve done that...
If you act now, you can watch all three episodes of the BBC’s Sherlock for free on the website of Eight Arizona PBS. The episodes are listed as available...
I’m going into a phase of light posting, if any, until after New Year’s, but I’ve lined up a few classics that will go out over the next week...
Dominic Antonelli, the pilot for the space shuttle Atlantis in the STS-132 mission, will appear noon to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, at the Arizona Museum for Youth...
Team Unicorn, via Geekosystem
Dungeons & Dragons will enter the realm of multiplatform downloadable video games when Daggerdale debuts this spring. The game from Bedlam and Atari will...
'True Grit' is a quality film and a testament to good writing, good directing and good acting.
Christopher Nolan employs inception...on Santa!
A long-teased American version of the BBC’s streaming iPlayer on-demand service will be designed specifically for Apple’s iPad, according to a...
Arizona Eight PBS, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011, kicks off the year with new episodes of a documentary series that goes behind the scenes...
It’s not news, but it’s worth a reminder that this year will be the first time American viewers can watch the annual Doctor Who Christmas special...
Now you’ve done it. You waited too long and you still have nerdy friends or relatives on your list to shop for. But you’re out of ideas. Never fear...
'TRON: Legacy', 'The King's Speech' and 'The Fighter' bring four-star movie goodness to theatres this week.
Telltale Games announced Monday that the long-awaited Back to the Future video game arrives on PC and Mac platforms this Wednesday (PlayStation 3 and iPad...
Meet the Elf on the Shelf. And forever kiss the thought of peaceful sleep goodbye as every nightmare you ever had about living dolls comes back to you in one...
Nerdvana presents … Gifts for the Geeky! Dungeons & Dragons: The Red Box For the nostalgic geek, nothing takes them back more than that delightful...
The Matrix can keep its red pills and blue pills and its bullet time. The Grid is back. TRON: Legacy expands on the electronic world introduced in...
If the game-changing ending to the first book in the New Jedi Order series didn’t screw up the little Star Wars fan still living within you, this clip...
For those with more specialized tastes, the search for holiday gift ideas becomes a bit narrower. But what do you get the fanboy or girl who has everything?
The Star Wars roleplaying game license, abandoned earlier this year by Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast imprint, appears to have a taker. But we don't know who it...
Mesa has a new comic book store — and coffee shop. According to the Downtown Mesa Association, Gotham City Comics opened Wednesday at 46 W. Main St...
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Syfy has canceled Stargate Universe. The last half of the second season will air in the spring. But what’s the point?
The organizers of Phoenix Comicon announced Thursday that cross-generational Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy will attend the convention on May 28. The Saturday...
Still shopping? What’s wrong with you? Never fear! We’ve compiled some suggestions for the naughty nerds at the bottom of your holiday shopping...
Feel like Christmas is approaching at light speed? Don't know what to get that special nerd in your life? Well here are some of the hottest gifts of 2010, for...
When Phoenix Comicon made its move last year from Mesa to downtown Phoenix, the East Valley might have felt left out in the cold when it comes to fandom. But...
Fans are in for a treat: Savage Opress ushers in a whole new 'Clone Wars' experience.
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This weekend at the movies: The Dawn Treader sets sail and Jim Carrey falls for Phillip Morris.
The new World of Warcraft expansion, “Cataclysm,” has become the fastest-selling PC game of all time. More than a third of WoW subscribers picked...
If you missed his recent writers workshop and book signing at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Michael Stackpole will sign At the Queen’s Command, the...
Nerdvana friend-of-the-blog and supporter Jonathan Simon today celebrates six months of covering geek culture in Arizona on his blog Lightning Octopus. Every...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first blockbuster adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved children’s fantasy series, was a...
A group of Tucson ghost hunters will investigate reports of a haunting at Evermore Nevermore in Mesa at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The store came to the attention of...
Downtown Mesa’s monthly Second Friday block party will feature more than 80 artisans amid live performances, food, prizes and shopping — among...
The Alien Warrior, a costumed stand-up comedian who appeared in 2008’s sixth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, is scheduled to appear in a free...
As has been long rumored, former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy (pictured) has been officially confirmed to have secured the role of wizard Radagast the Brown...
If you're a Cox Communications digital cable customer and you haven't already, you soon will be visited by the upgrade fairy. This means that the display on...
Atomic Comics will host Eisner Award-winning comic book writer and artist Brian Michael Bendis for an exclusive writing seminar, Q&A session and...
It’s never too early to be thinking about Free Comic Book Day. The 2011 incarnation of the annual event isn’t until May 7 — as always, the first Saturday in...
Aside from the lightsaber and phaser, few sci-fi implements are as iconic as the sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who. Now, engineers have taken the first step...
Michael A. Stackpole will be putting on a free writing workshop “How to Write a Knockout Novel” at 2 pm this Saturday, December 4th at the Poisoned...
Tom Wilson, who played quintessential bully Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy, brings his stand-up comedy act to the Tempe Improv on Friday and...
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The Arizona Science Center and ASU's BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science are teaming up to bring bestselling author Lucy Hawking -- daughter of...
Arizona State University in Tempe on Saturday is hosting the state championship tournament of the Arizona FIRST LEGO League, a global robotics program for ages...
Fans of science fiction said goodbye to two icons this weekend. First, actor Leslie Nielsen, who started out with “serious” roles like the...
Syfy's "Warehouse 13" gets the comic-book treatment, and "Jericho" finds a new publisher.
Will the Academy finally be wild about Harry? The Los Angeles Times recently explored the chances of Oscar honors for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part...
Poor Darth Vader. Nobody wants him. The helmet, mask, shoulder armor and shin guards worn by David Prowse as the Dark Lord of the Sith in The Empire Strikes...
Whether you're looking for action (Faster) or romance (Love and Other Drugs), family-friendly (Tangled) or musical (Burlesque), there's a movie for everyone...
Talk about Cowboys & Aliens! Travis Walton, the man whose story of alien abduction in Arizona’s White Mountains is told in the 1993 movie Fire in the...
The online action game Stargate Resistance will be shut down in January as a result of the recent expiration of a license to produce video games based on MGM...
The International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival next year will change dates and venue to become part of the Phoenix Film Festival. “We are thrilled...
BBC America has shared a sneak peek at the Doctor Who Christmas special, entitled simply “A Christmas Carol,” which it will broadcast at 9 p.m...
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' delivers the perfect set-up for Part 2 while Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' takes audiences on a triumphantly gut...
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" isn’t your kids’ Harry Potter movie. Well, it is, but your kids aren’t children any more.
The Arizona Mills mall in Tempe will play host to Nintendo’s national Holiday Mall Experience, Monday, Nov. 22, and running through Dec. 19. In between...
Fans of Star Wars and Phoenix Coyotes hockey are in for a treat Nov. 27 when Jobing.com Arena hosts a special Star Wars: The Clone Wars theme night for a game...
Nintendo announced Thursday that playable demos would come to its WiiWare game download service starting Nov. 22. The first lineup includes demos of BIT.TRIP...
Looking for something magical to do this weekend that doesn’t involve a certain boy wizard? I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that the...
'Star Trek' fans are getting the chance to redesign science fiction’s most iconic space vessel. CBS and Intel are working with 'Star Trek Online' developer...
More than a dozen local comic book artists will celebrate the Red Hulk’s addition to the Avengers fold Wednesday at Atomic Comics’ four Valley...
American Idol season 4 winner Carrie Underwoodhas recorded the end title song for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, opening in theaters...
Courthouse News Service reports on a lawsuit by 10 major movie studios against a Queen Creek man who edits films to remove “objectionable” scenes...
We’ve been hearing a lot about UltraLuxe, a new luxury theater opening Friday in Scottsdale. Now you’ll have a chance to check it out for yourself...
Adam Beechen is a comic book and television writer whose credits include DC’s miniseries Batman Beyond, a futuristic take on the Dark Knight based on the...
'Unstoppable' delivers the action...it's like 'Speed' on crack.
South Park fans can rest easy — at last Cthulhu has been banished and all of the secrets of Mysterion — aka Kenny — have been revealed. The...
What if somebody made a fake trailer for a nonexistent movie based on the 1990s Nicktoon Doug? It would be pretty awesome, and look something like this: Via...
Evermore Nevermore recently celebrated its first anniversary in downtown Mesa, right between Queen's Pizzeria and History by George. To mark the occasion, the...
The first crop of guests for Phoenix Comicon 2011 have been announced. Taking place over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-29, they include Marvel Comics legend...
Rachel McAdams shines in this cute comedy, but unfortunately, 'Morning Glory' leaves Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford behind.
Nintendo has filed a request with the federal Patent and Trademark Office to protect the expression “It’s on like Donkey Kong” — all...
A Maricopa County Superior Court ruling has ended a bitter dispute over control of a Mesa video game company’s assets, effectively giving the online...
Shoppers at Tempe Marketplace tonight can catch a glimpse of the Black Beauty, the actual car driven by Green Hornet star Seth Rogen in the upcoming film based...
The “future urban folk art sculpture” work of Elvis Knievel will dominate Evermore Nevermore’s offerings at this month’s Second Friday...
From political drama to road trip comedy to 3D animated fare, this weekend has a little something for everyone.
A University of Arizona researcher says 3-D projections like the Princess Leia and Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine holograms from the Star Wars film saga are...
A federal judge has blocked a new Massachusetts law that bars sexually explicit images from being shared via text message and the Internet, saying it’s...
This is probably the most amazing sci-fi jack-o’-lantern you’ll ever see. Ever.
Via io9
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Have any other longtime Phoenix residents noticed the Klingon Empire-inspired logo (and Star Trek movie title typeface) used by Atwood European, an auto shop...
The U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments Tuesday about a federal court’s decision to throw out California’s ban on the sale and rental of...
Via SF Signal
It’s no mystery what’s behind Google’s latest timely doodle — just a Mystery Machine. “Jinkies” I thought to myself while...
More than 73 works of art commissioned by NASA to capture more than 50 years of space exploration are on display now through late January at Mesa’s...
