Nintendo is dropping the price of its venerable DS Lite portable system to $99.99 in the United States and repackaging six DS games starring Mario in red boxes.
May 2011
Adam "Pi" Burch recently presented "Beyond Dungeons & Dragons: Pen-and-paper RPG's for everyone!" at Ignite Phoenix #10.
All in all, Phoenix Comicon has been an undeniable success. They even moved it to the larger convention center this year and they still had to stagger people...
My old amigo Tony Blei of Tony Blei Photography has captured some great images of Phoenix Comicon -- and he set them to music of his own composition.
Phoenix Comicon is in full swing this weekend! Rather than tell you about it, I’m just gonna show you. Enjoy the pictures by Nerdvana contributor Pax...
The closest LEGOLAND is far, far away, but soon you can get a taste of brick paradise here in the Valley -- Jedi-style.
Wednesday the world celebrates Geek Pride Day. It’s a great run-up to the weekend fandemonium that is Phoenix Comicon. Here’s how the St...
Not even a year after his first show in a decade in Arizona outside of the State Fair, “Weird Al” Yankovic is coming back for more. The pop-culture...
Videos of people playing the Doctor Who theme music with Tesla coils aren’t that uncommon. Videos of Mythbusters’ Adam Savage cage-dancing two...
In a world ...
With the first full trailer for "Torchwood: Miracle Day," the upcoming Starz relaunch of the Doctor Who spinoff, we are starting to piece together just how the...
Phoenix Comicon starts Thursday, and I've got a couple pairs of full-event passes to give away!
Bruce Boxleitner, coming to town for this weekend's Phoenix Comicon, spent some time recently talking about his body of sci-fi work with Nerdvana.
Our little blog has been honored by the Arizona Press Club with a first-place award in the “Best Features Blog” category!
A former online media student of mine who has continued his class blog about all things Disney long after the assignment ended recently got in on the soft...
“Iridescent” from the Linkin Park album “A Thousand Suns” will be featured in the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack:...
Whether you believe that Saturday begins the end of days or not, May 21 will indeed be a day of horror. That’s because FearCON IV, the fourth annual...
Paramount Pictures announced Friday that they’re moving up the release date of Transformers: Dark of the Moon by two days, to June 29. Instead of a...
Johnny Depp once again brings our favorite savvy pirate to the big screen...but is it too much of a good thing?
I’m going to Disneyland the first week in June and can’t wait to check out the revamped Star Tours ride. And by check out I mean completely obsess...
There’s a new trailer out for Voyage Trekkers, the web comedy series I told you about last month that’s coming this summer to skewer your favorite...
'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' hits theaters this Friday with all the Blackbeard, zombie and mermaid action you could hope for. This featurette...
ABC may have earned the wrath of some sci-fi fans by canceling V (just as it was getting good, I might add), but it keeps some dignity by renewing geek icon...
This Saturday, May 21, Scottsdale begins hosting a new art exhibit that celebrates the Golden Age of comics. Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of...
Sony has begun restoring PlayStation Network service in the U.S. and Europe this weekend nearly a month after a sophisticated hacker attack that affected more...
Pirate adventure behind us, this Saturday’s Doctor Who is the one many of us fans have been waiting for since before the series was resurrected in 2005...
What a week for genre TV fans.
HeatSync Labs is one step closer to having a new home. Board members for the experimental nonprofit for engineers and artists, currently based out of Gangplank...
HeatSync Labs on Sunday will hold an event called Craft for Japan to solder kimono lanterns, knit scarves and fold cranes to offer light, warmth and hope to...
Can music soothe the savage beast?
This was magical indeed for Chandler mouseketeers — that’s when the long-awaited Disney Store opened at Chandler Fashion Center. Click here or on...
If these giant robots aren’t your cup of motor oil, then check out the trailer for Real Steel, an October release starring Hugh Jackman and Evangeline...
Check out new publicity shots of Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Shockwave from Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which opens July 1: Follow Nerdvana on Facebook...
A proposal that would move HeatSync Labs to a vacant storefront at 140 W. Main St. in downtown Mesa goes up before the hackerspace’s board of directors...
Tonight marks the second season finale, and series finale, of 'Stargate Universe' on Syfy. With the iris closing, perhaps for good, on tales of Stargate...
It’s the day you’ve been waiting for: Free Comic Book Day! Sketch out your haul with my guide to what local shops have planned and what the roster...
A few months back the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., turned to gamers for help in choosing the video games to be featured in the Art of...
I'll say one thing for George Lucas: He doesn't do things halfway. The long-awaited Blu-ray release of 'Star Wars: The Complete Saga' -- all six movies...
Here’s the epic new theatrical trailer for Jason Momoa’s Conan the Barbarian, bringing the gritty Cimmerian swords and sorcery of Robert E. Howard...
Is your sci-fi sense tingling? It's not just Free Comic Book Day on Saturday -- the entire weekend is a nexus of genre activity with Arizona’s science fiction...
'Mario Kart Wii' and the Wii Wheel now come bundled with the $149.99 system; 'Wii Sports' available for purchase separately for the first time as part of a $19...
Yo ho ho! With the dramatic two-part season premiere behind us, Doctor Who can finally give us a lighthearted adventure on the high seas. Or can it? Not-so...
It’s a toon reunion of sorts when Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated returns for the second half of its first season tonight on Cartoon Network. Coming...
Most-read Nerdvana stories from the last month.
