It’s not too late. You can still geek out this weekend at CopperCon, the annual Arizona science fiction and fantasy convention at the Embassy Suites...
August 2008
STARWARS.COM It’s the return of The Phantom Menace of the Attack of the Clones of the Revenge of the Sith’s A New Hope so The Empire Strikes Back...
Wired.com has just put up a pretty cool display of some comic book tattoos. As a proud owner of a comic book tat myself, I couldn’t help but be impressed...
ASU IMAGES Today the new Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication officially opened for classes in downtown Phoenix. As a Cronkite School...
Author, songwriter and performer Steven Brust has been added to the guest list for CopperCon, the annual Arizona science fiction and fantasy convention taking...
mmolecule, a forum for fans of MMORPGs, is giving away 200 free beta keys to Stargate Worlds, the upcoming immersive computer game set in the universe of the...
Blizzard has unveiled the opening cinematic for the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for the wildly popular World of Warcraft...
MGM/SCI FI CHANNEL Sci Fi Channel may have canceled the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis — the company announced it would end after its current...
It’s our anniversary! You did remember … didn’t you? Today marks one year since we launched Nerdvana, our mission to bring you the latest and...
IMAGES COURTESY OF BETHESDA GAME STUDIOS. Bethesda Softworks, the developer of Fallout 3, has announced the post-apocalyptic action RPG will hit U.S. stores on...
IMAGES COURTESY OF LUCASARTS The demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released this morning on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. I’ve played...
Bioware/LucasArts/Wizards of the Coast images Knights of the Old Republic from BioWare and LucasArts was one of the best games made for the original Xbox. It...
SCI FI CHANNEL PHOTO According to the always well-informed fan site GateWorld, Stargate Atlantis will end its run on Sci Fi Channel after the current season...
IMAGE COURTESY OF CAPCOM Capcom has released a new trailer for the highly anticipated Resident Evil 5. The third-person survival/horror action game is set to...
A blogger for John McCain’s presidential campaign recently took some shots at a liberal blog raising the possibility that McCain stole one of his POW...
Nintendo Arizona Mills mall in Tempe will host demos of Nintendo’s popular and hard-to-find Wii Fit game and Balance Board accessory 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m...
Twentieth Century Fox is trying to stop Warner Bros. from releasing the Watchmen. In a lawsuit, Fox says it acquired the motion pictures rights to the graphic...
Image: 2K Games Bioshock, the massive hit FPS for Xbox 360, will hit shelves for PlayStation 3 Oct. 21. Largely inspired by Ayn Rand’s classic novel Atlas...
Images courtesy of Capcom Capcom has unveiled pics of three robotic bosses from Mega Man 9, a retro-themed title that hits Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and...
IMAGES COURTESY OF MARVEL COMICS One of the coolest and ultra-violent comic books on the shelves these days is Kick-Ass, written by Mark Millar with art by...
ARE YOU READY FOR AKUMA? YOU BETTER BE. IMAGE COURTESY OF CAPCOM. Capcom has announced their will be a new opponent for the arcade version of Street Fighter IV...
Gen Con, the annual convention of fantasy gaming companies and enthusiasts, is going on this weekend in Indianapolis. Last year's buzz was centered around the...
Have you got a little of the Cap’n in ya? Do you want to? Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online is offering up some right fine booty, ye bilge...
Warner Bros. Bad news for Muggles: Sci Fi Wire and The Associated Press are reporting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which had been set to open...
Fans of Batman and video games will be pleased to hear a new title is on the way. Even better, it’s going to be a dark, gritty, third-person...
Images courtesy of Cryptic Studios Star Trek Online still doesn’t have a launch date even after securing a new developer, but a Trek convention this...
The Associated Press is reporting that scientists at the University of California, Berkeley are closer to developing a true invisibility cloak (pictured behind...
The best games are the ones that create their own believable set of physics, or that adhere so strictly to the rules of our own world that they are 100 percent...
The Clone Wars movie lacks the gaping plot holes of the live-action prequels and is 98 minutes of lighthearted action-adventure fun.
Lucasfilm photo How’s that for irony? I swore I’d never go to see this movie. But as this post goes live I’ll be buying drinks and popcorn at...
Here’s a roundup of nerdy happenings over the last week or so … >> After Battlestar Galactica ends its run in 2009, fans won’t have to...
He’s been called the Stanley Kubrick of our generation. His movies are artistic, dark and extremely complex. Just watch Requiem for a Dream or The...
No, it’s not a regime change in the world’s most populous nation, but something we’ve waited for almost as long. The first single from Guns...
The blogosphere is abuzz that the Phoenix lander has discovered something much more significant than last week’s confirmation of water on the Martian...
Yet another exclusive movie poster given away at the San Diego Comic-Con. This one is for Terminator Salvation, set to hit theaters on May 22, 2009. Check it...
Zack Snyder, director of 300 and the upcoming Watchmen movie, posted a note on the official movie blog thanking San Diego Comic-Con fans for their support...
IMAGES COURTESY OF NAMCO BANDAI. Soulcalibur has come a long way since its glory days on the Sega Dreamcast in 1998. Back then, the weapons-based fighting game...
Donna Noble, “the most important woman in the whole wide universe” (Catherine Tate, BBC) Season four of Doctor Who’s rollicking revival comes...
