Infogrames Entertainment, the French parent company of legendary video game maker Atari, is changing its name to Atari to take advantage of the better-known...
May 2009
It hasn’t even been five months since the venerable video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly fell victim to the all-too-common fate shared by so...
From our sister site The Orange County Register’s Blizzard Blog: BlizzCon tickets will be on sale again Saturday at 10 a.m. Last time, tickets went fast...
The Doctor Who announcements keep coming this week: The BBC today revealed that the companion for the forthcoming series of Doctor Who will be Karen Gillan...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vertigo Entertainment is working with the director who owns the rights to the original 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie...
Sci Fi Channel, soon to be known as Syfy, has announced a roster of guest stars for its new flagship series Warehouse 13 that includes Six-y Battlestar...
According to Variety, BBC America will be the U.S. home of the final episodes of Doctor Who to star current leading man David Tennant — not Sci Fi...
It looks like the Blizzard press machine is starting to rev up ahead of BlizzCon. They’ve got Bestiary updates for the long-awaited Diablo III and...
Doctor Who fans have had some time now to get used to the idea of series star David Tennant turning in his keys to the TARDIS next year. But it’s going...
The bad news for D&D Insider subscribers is that the cost is going up. The good news is that there’s still time to renew at the current price and get...
Sci Fi Wire — soon to be SyFy Wire, surely? — has posted a helpful graphical guide to the status of your favorite and not-so-favorite genre shows:...
If it seems like Wizards of the Coast was just holding Worldwide D&D Game Day events to celebrate a Dungeons & Dragons book launch, you’re right...
The Phoenix Convention Center is about to get overrun by strange little creatures you won’t find in any Pokédex. Saturday, May 23, will see video gamers...
Atomic Comics’ stores in Mesa, Chandler, Phoenix and Paradise Valley will discount products June 19-21 in honor of Fathers Day. Discounts will range from...
The trailers looked so good, didn’t they? On May 19, 1999, the Prequel Era officially began as Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace arrived...
Atomic Comics is having a moving sale at its Paradise Valley location, 4537 E. Cactus Road. The sale is going on now through whenever they get moved into their...
Mesa game developer Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment has deployed a bunch of new screenshots from their online roleplaying game Stargate Worlds. The images...
Producer, DJ and half of the duo known as Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse continues to show that he’s just a bit more ahead of the times than the recording...
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO True to the spectrum of good vs. evil that defines most comic books, Free Comic Book Day has its own polar opposite. As The Associated...
In a surprising move, Fox is reportedly planning on picking up Joss Whedon’s ratings-troubled sci-fi drama ‘Dollhouse’ for another season...
Cinematical image According to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily, the role of Thor in the upcoming Marvel Comics film adaptation of the same name...
Capcom has released the PC system requirements for the upcoming Windows version of Street Fighter IV. Minimum OS: Windows XP CPU: Intel Pentium4 2.0GHz or...
Kevin Smith, filmmaker, comic-store owner and slacker icon, is returning to the world of comic books. He has been announced as the writer for a new Green...
As reported by our sister blog at The Orange County Register (via Massively), Blizzard’s next MMO will be an entirely new IP (intellectual property) —...
The Web site for Atomic Comics has posten an interview with Star Trek co-producer Damon Lindelof, who also worked to create Lost with J.J. Abrams and writes...
So being a geek and a dad, I regularly read GeekDad, a blog at Wired.com dedicated to “raising geek generation 2.0.” The editors and many...
The mastermind behind some of Japan’s greatest animated stories is at it again. Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo, based on the Hans Christian Andersen...
While I was off last week, headline on CNN’s Web site caught my eye: “Geek now chic in pop culture.” Welcome to the party, CNN! (Where you...
LucasArts recently dropped a bombshell: The previously unannounced video game Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes is coming to just about every current...
One year ago today, the Wii became a little bit more like its next-gen brethren when it got WiiWare, a download service that offered original programs from...
Chandler is about to get a new comic book and game store. UPDATED May 21: I got this e-mail from the owner of Dave’s Comics, Cards & Games: Greetings...
Star Trek may be king of the box office this week, but the Emperor is taking appropriate steps to make sure we know he is still firmly in control of everything...
News from Nintendo: Nintendo DSiWare takes its first trip into the sports category this week with the cool, camera-enabled Real Soccer 2009. For more of a...
Video games and the Internet have already made huge impacts on modern society and all of our lives. Now it may happen in a new way. Always one of...
Almost for as long as video games have existed, there have been cheat codes. Of the mysterious controller combinations, none are more famous than the Konami...
Ever yearned for the blank anonymity of the Storm Trooper life? Do you want to be a part of the faceless throng responsible for maintaining order in the...
Sony Online Entertainment has thrown open the doors to Free Realms, which the company bills as a “free, family-friendly online video game.” The...
ZACHARY QUINTO AS SPOCK AND CHRIS PINE AS JAMES T. KIRK Star Trek lives. It took 11 tries, but someone finally managed to make a movie that completely captures...
The original cast and creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will reunite 8 p.m. May 22 and 23 at the Mesa Arts Center for Cinematic Titanic, a live touring...
Popular Science magazine’s May issue highlights some geeky getaways, all of them in the United States and one of them right here in the East Valley: The...
Do the Math: Animal Apps, Toppling Towers and Hungry Penguins Fans of the popular Animal Crossing series can enjoy a pair of downloadable-and practical-debuts...
On Sunday, the internet witnessed the release of ‘The Hunt for Gollum.’ It’s not Peter Jackson or even Guillermo del Toro, but if...
Patapon 2 (Sony PSP, $19.99, rated E) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (multiple systems, $29.99-$39.99, rated E10+) New Play Control! Donkey...
Capcom announced today that Bionic Commando, Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 will all be coming to the PC this year. It starts in July with Street...
The first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars may have ended, but you can relive the animation sensation all over again from the beginning starting tonight...
The calendar may not agree, but it is now summer. If a glance at the thermometer isn’t enough to convince you, today’s release of “X-Men...
Talking cars, sci-fi stars and stalwart superheroes are invading local comic shops this Saturday for Free Comic Book Day 2009. Comic books began as a way for...
