At the age of 69, Wonder Woman is getting an image makeover yet again — and with it a dramatic new backstory from writer J. Michael Straczynski...
June 2010
Last year the Kindle, Amazon’s platform for electronic books, caused quite a stir when a lawsuit from a blind student ended a pilot program for using the...
While fans of a certain vampire-book-series-turned-film-franchise wait in line for the midnight release of the third installment, fans of a certain (far...
Music fans at England's Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Arts this weekend got a sci-fi surprise when Doctor Who star Matt Smith joined electronic dance...
When it comes to fashion, I'm a little, shall we say, out of my element. But the influence of science fiction on these AP photos from Paris fashion week is...
I so totally called this one. It now looks like Peter Jackson will direct the two-part adaptation of The Hobbit after all. Deadline Hollywood reports that the...
Last year Wizards of the Coast held an exciting contest for D&D fans of old, offering to reunite gaming groups that had disbanded for a free trip to Gen...
A Hong Kong company has created what it calls "the most dangerous laser ever created." Although it certainly looks like a Jedi lightsaber, the Spyder III Pro...
Phoenix’s First Friday ArtWalk will be invaded by elemental superpowers on July 2. Artists and performers representing the four elements will celebrate...
Those awesome angels at the Make A Wish Foundation have done it again. This time, geeks with hearts of gold have summoned the Force to create a backyard...
Ever watch one of Syfy’s Saturday night “original movies” and thought that you could do better? Now’s the time to put your talent where...
It’s time to pick up your toys. You know – Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Bullseye, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Rex, Hamm … They’re all...
Nintendo is no longer the video giant it once was. This much is true. But neither is the game quite over. At the E3 Expo Tuesday in Los Angeles, Nintendo gave...
Peter Mayhew — AKA the Wookiee Chewbacca — will be the guest of honor July 3 for the grand opening of Cunningham’s Indoor Shooting Range at Power...
On Saturday, June 19, hobby game retailers and RPG publishers will team up to bring free quickstart rules and adventure modules to customers as part of Free...
Author and comic book writer Neil Gaiman claims that Valley resident Todd McFarlane owes him money for characters that he says are derived from characters he...
Creators of violent video games, gearing up to defend their sales to minors in an upcoming hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court, are basing much of their case on...
The next incarnation of the “Star Tours” attraction at Disneyland in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studio theme park in Florida will not...
CNN has an interesting look at how the Dungeons & Dragons game has changed through the years, with a recent new edition and organized events intended to...
Capcom’s upcoming title “Dead Rising 2” will appeal to gamers who like stimulating … articles. The sequel to 2006’s survival...
This morning my colleague Gayle Bass, KTAR’s “Click Chick,” reported that Popular Science magazine has partnered with Google to offer their...
In honor of the new movie based on the 1980s television series “The A-Team,” a Mesa salon is offering free mohawk haircuts like that made popular...
AMC has released the first production photo from the set of its upcoming series “The Walking Dead,” which is in production in Atlanta. The show...
Atomic Comics is giving Valley comic book creators a venue to show off their work — and to sell it, too. The Phoenix-area chain of comic stores has a...
Evermore Nevermore, downtown Mesa’s eclectic clothing and collectibles shop, is plumbing the dark recesses of H.P. Lovecraft’s imagination for its...
Olivia Munn, the sexy co-host of G4’s “Attack of the Show” who had a role in “Iron Man 2” and recently landed a sitcom pilot on...
Is the future of Comic-Con getting ensnared in union politics? Labor activists are weighing in on the possibility that the international pop culture convention...
The quintessential Eighties kids adventure movie, “The Goonies” came out 25 years ago today, on June 7, 1985. Where would we be without the hunt...
Apparently, Anakin Skywalker — the Chosen One, he who was born a slave and was ripped away from his mother at an early age before beginning a secret love...
From the Chicago Tribune’s blog The Watcher: When the cult series “Torchwood” finally returns in the summer of 2011, the sci-fi drama will...
“Lord of the Rings Online” will get a major update this fall, and with it the PC roleplaying game will drop subscription fees and shift to a free...
This fall Sony Online Entertainment will launch a free online multiplayer game based on “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” aimed at children and casual gamers. “Clone...
Guillermo del Toro has left “The Hobbit.” Variety reports that the “Hellboy” director has quit the two-part prequel to Peter Jackson’s celebrated “Lord of the...
