According to Doctor Who News, Big Finish Productions has received an extension on its license to produce original Doctor Who audio dramas through December 2015...
July 2012
I’ve been following with great interest the OUYA, an Android-based gaming console that exceeded its Kickstarter funding goal of $950,000 (six-fold)...
The Avengers will be released on Blu-ray and DVD Sept. 25. To promote the release, the post-credits scene of the ultimate villain’s reveal has been...
Electronic Arts announced Tuesday that the BioWare MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic will go free-to-play this November. As Kotaku reports, the game opened...
The Dr. Diabolic Traveling Roadshow & Fun-Time Variety Hour has its second run at the Phoenix Art Museum this Friday, August 3, and this time the not-so...
Hat tip to Dustin
A couple of days ago I posted a list of comic-book heroes that I’d like to see on the big screen and the Brian K. Vaughn story of Y: The Last Man was at the...
Everywhere has cheesy used-car dealership TV ads. (Remember the Loan Arranger and Carlotta Sales, Valley-dwellers?) Anyway, Tatooine is apparently no exception...
Could M be jealous of the company Bond’s been keeping lately? Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest...
Director Peter Jackson put rumors to rest Monday, confirming via a post on Facebook that his two-film adaptation of The Hobbit will expand to become a trilogy
On Saturday I previewed the season premiere of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated with a clip and some stills. The episode airs tonight on Cartoon Network. And...
With gigantic hits like The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises, the summer of 2012 is likely to go down in cinematic history as the...
There's a lot of talk right now that Peter Jackson is actually going to turn his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy. (It was controversial enough when he...
Cartoon Network brings back Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated on Monday. Possibly the most self-referential show on TV right now, with decades of material to...
When I saw the first trailer for The Watch it was still called Neighborhood Watch and I honestly don’t remember it having anything to do with an alien invasion...
Excitement is building for Man of Steel. I recently rewatched the original Superman starring Christopher Reeve, which had long been hailed (until The Avengers...
Todd McFarlane’s original cover artwork for 1990’s The Amazing Spider-Man #328 has sold at auction for more than $657,250, a record for a single...
The BBC is reporting today that actress Mary Tamm, who created the role of the female Time Lord Romana in Doctor Who, has died. She was 62.
Just a few days ago I was neck deep in a sea of nerdiness and geekery at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the world’s largest celebration of everything even...
Welcome back to Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays, and to the third chapter of Speed Cameron’s California Adventure! Did our heroes survive last...
The first Life of Pi trailer has been released by Ang Lee and 20th Century Fox – and it looks incredible! This best-selling book by Yann Martel is...
Before our exclusive presentation of Speed Cameron’s California Adventure continues tomorrow on Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays, revisit the previous...
The local gaming company behind a board game based on one of Arizona's signature legends has passed a key financial hurdle.
The teaser trailer for "Man of Steel," which was attached to "The Dark Knight Rises," is now available online from Yahoo! Movies.
ATTENTION: Pop Culture & Genre Themed Artists! As part of NerdvanaCon on Mesa’s Second Friday in August, Monsterland will be hosting local comic book...
Like the country, the President, the state of Colorado and geek-communities everywhere, my heart goes out to the victims and the families of the Aurora Dark...
Remember that infamous day back in 1991 when “Ninja Rap” was born? So does local artist, genius web-designer and cult cinema connoisseur, Victor Moreno. And do...
On July 23, to promote the next day’s release of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first season on Blu-ray, two episodes from the 1987 season will...
Today’s tragedy in Aurora, Colo., set against a backdrop of such a huge pop-culture event as the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, brought back...
Another in a long list of cinematic sequels that, in its final installment, falls far short of earlier glory.
Very recently Wired magazine’s GeekDad blog — a big inspiration to me and many others at Nerdvana and beyond — underwent a transformation. It...
An auction in Beverly Hills later this month will see some rare Star Wars posters on the block. They were released between 1977 and 1982 and include a nylon...
There was no big Stargate comeback news at Comic-Con as had been hinted -- at least according to the Nerdvana boots we had on the ground, and they covered A...
Welcome back to Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays! In the spirit of Joe Arpaio & The Agents of F.L.A.G. Day, Amazing Arizona Comics presents the...
Capcom recently dropped a brand new trailer to the YouTube masses for their upcoming game Resident Evil 6 (caution: does feature a few grisly zombies and...
Sunday was the final day of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, the last day of the world’s largest four and a half day geek-event. The final day of the fan festival...
If a frozen Walt Disney returns to claim his empire (now including Marvel Comics), will he get a break on his taxes? Will he get to use the same Social...
After two days in a row of missed programming events due to long lines, I decided that Saturday I would beat the Con by arriving hours early to secure a spot...
Just because the Comic-Con craziness in San Diego will be over next week doesn’t mean the geeky fun has to stop here at home. Next Saturday, July 21...
The crowd is getting bigger and bigger as the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con went into its second full day on Friday the 13th; and it’s getting even more...
Thursday was the first full day of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, but the size of the crowd out on this weekday made it seem more like a Saturday event.
I’m not opposed to prehistoric sit-com style humor, in fact I love The Flintstones (the cartoon that is – not the John Goodman films), but the new movie Ice...
By the fires of Gre’Thor, I challenge you to watch the whole thing.
Yes, that’s a FOX logo in the corner. Shocked?
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 is on, like the proverbial barrel-tossing monkey! Passes started being given out at 3 p.m. Wednesday, but as I drove past the...
Nerdvana will be covering the big 2012 show from the San Diego Convention Center starting on Preview Night on July 11 through the last hour of closing day on...
The psychology of costumed crusaders in comic-books has been the subject of discussion by fans, artists, writers and mental health professionals for decades;...
Welcome back to Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays, and to the second chapter of Speed Cameron’s California Adventure! What peril lurks on Dead...
Batman always seems to be at the forefront of discussions regarding the psychological instability of superheroes; and with the upcoming release of the new...
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Before our exclusive presentation of Speed Cameron’s California Adventure continues tomorrow on Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays, revisit Part...
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Gamers awaiting Aliens: Colonial Marines have been patient, to say the least, in waiting for the first-person shooter for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U...
Tim Hacker, EVT I remember when Space Camp was every kid’s dream. With the manned space program effectively out of commission, has this been replaced...
Jason P. Skoda writes for The Ahwatukee Foothills News (a sister publication of Nerdvana host The East Valley Tribune) about Spawn comics creator Todd...
June Gloom. Juan Hit Wonder. Rolando Blackout. El Nino. Hash Tag. They are — the Californauts? Find out how Speed Cameron met them in “Speed Cameron’s...
Oliver Stone’s film directing career has been as inconsistent as the mash-up blend of cinematic styles he incorporates into many of his movies. He often lacks...
Square Enix has finally relented (a little bit) and promised a re-release of Final Fantasy VII, the PlayStation RPG that swept the world — but only for...
The Legend of Zelda, 1987's 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System adventure that introduced us to Hyrule, Link and the Triforce, was released today on Nintendo's...
What could be better on the 4th of July than seeing the new Amazing Spider-Man movie at the Cine Capri theatre at Harkins Tempe Marketplace…? How about...
Presented here for the first time, in honor of America's birthday and Nerdvana’s Webcomics Wednesdays, is the lost cover of "Joe Arpaio and the Agents of F.L.A...
Thursday’s new episode of "TRON: Uprising" will feature the voice talents of Olivia Wilde, who played the refugee program Quorra in the CGI-enhanced flesh in...
For my entire life up to 2002, I impatiently awaited the time when I could see my favorite hero, Spider-Man, up on the silver-screen. I’ll never forget the...
The first-ever NerdvanaCon, in conjunction with downtown Mesa’s August Second Friday block party, is shaping up to be an adventure for the ages as we...
It was announced last month that the former owners of The Royale Cinema, Andrea Beesley (the Midnite Movie Mamacita) and Jeremiah Wilkerson, were continuing...
