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Glu Mobile quietly pulls GameSpy Open off the table
This evening, just two months after Glu Mobile acquired GameSpy Technology from IGN, they have sent an email to participants of their GameSpy Open program informing them that it will be shuttered on...
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NBC Universal shows lack of class in cancelling G4’s best pop-culture shows
Adam Stotsky was brought in earlier this year to serve as the General Manager of G4 at NBC Universal. It seems they might have wanted to make sure they had someone that understood the point of G4 as...
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San Diego manages to lock in Comic-Con thru 2016
Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today that San Diego had managed to keep Comic-Con International's annual mega-con from wandering North to Los Angeles or Anaheim (both of whom had lobbied strongly for...
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Disney buys LucasFilm, new Star Wars movie planned for 2015
The Walt Disney Company today announced that it will be acquiring Lucasfilm for more than $4 billion in cash and stock. The deal includes initial plans for Star Wars: Episode VII with a target of a...
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Air New Zealand and Middle Earth team up for the best air safety video
It's been a long time since I had a good time during an airline safety briefing or video (how long has it been since Southwest Airlines was still that plucky upstart that tried to entertain...
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Convolution brings the best of sci-fi and fantasy to the Hyatt Regency SFO
This weekend sees the Bay Area’s newest science fiction and fantasy convention’s inauguration at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame. Convolution: The next step will be a gathering...
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome is green lit for web and TV
Way back at the beginning of 2012 at WonderCon, there was a trailer shown during the Battlestar Galactica panel for a proposed prequel to the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. Note that this...
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Michael Arndt tapped to pen Star Wars: Episode VII
In only a few weeks there are few fans in the galaxy that haven’t heard of Disney’s acquisition of all things Lucas, including the Star Wars franchise. As part of the original announcement of the 4...
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Creation Entertainment beams some of the best of Star Trek into San Francisco...
This past weekend saw the 25th anniversary celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation held over three days at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis. It was an intimate setting, spanning several of the...
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Discovering a children’s wonderland at the Dickens Christmas Fair (Photos)
This weekend heralded the beginning of the annual Dickens Christmas Fair, which runs each Saturday and Sunday until December 23rd. A Bay Area tradition for more than four decades where each day of the...
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Larry Hagman, star of Dallas, dies at 81
Larry Hagman, the star who for a whole generation of television viewers will forever be remembered as J.R. Ewing of the long running series, Dallas, passed away today from complications from his...
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Clive Downie named CEO of ngmoco as founders tap out
DeNA Inc., a global internet company and worldwide mobile social games leader, today announced Clive Downie as CEO, of ngmoco, inc. The former CEO Neil Young and Chief Creative Officer Bob Stevenson...
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MomoCon celebrates winter with cosplay on ice (Photos)
MomoCon, one of Atlanta's premiere annual popular culture conventions each Spring is joining in celebrating the holiday season with their Cosplayers on Ice gathering and photoshoot for the third year...
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Vallejo man killed in hit and run given tribute at the Dickens Christmas Fair...
Late last week, a large portion of the Bay Area historical re-enactment community was crushed by the news of the hit and run death of one of their own. Thomas Willey, a 64 year old resident of...
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Eisner Award winning comic and television writer Peter David suffers stroke...
Peter Allen David this morning posted on his website that he had suffered a stroke, but is currently recovering. Peter himself apparently posted the following to his site:We were on vacation in...
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After 26 years, the Central Coast Renaissance Faire changes their venue
For 26 years, California’s Central Coast Renaissance Festival has been held at the El Chorro Regional Park in San Luis Obispo each July. Producers have announced however, that after many years of...
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The Thunderbirds are returning to TV on CITV for 2015
ITV Studios and New Zealand based Pukeko Pictures, in collaboration with world-famous Weta Workshop (Avatar, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) are to co-produce “Thunderbirds are Go!” major new...
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Fans of Anime, Science Fiction, and Gamers are coming together at MomoCon 2013
This weekend, from Friday, March 8th through Sunday, March 10th, the Hilton Atlanta Hotel will play host to the 9th annual MomoCon – a pop-culture celebration for fans of Japanese Anime, American...
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Geeks are coming together at the Sacramento Scottish Rite this Saturday
This Saturday will mark the first workshop to be held by the Nerd Institute, with a range of panels, fan groups, and vendors. Attendees will learn to create hard and soft costumes, props, and...
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ComiXology launches Submit publishing platform for comic creators
As the move from the big publishers to small publisher to self-publishing continues, comiXology has today released Submit – and online publishing tool which will allow comic creators to upload their...
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