Zack Snyder, director of 300 and the upcoming Watchmen movie, posted a note on the official movie blog thanking San Diego Comic-Con fans for their support...
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IMAGES COURTESY OF NAMCO BANDAI. Soulcalibur has come a long way since its glory days on the Sega Dreamcast in 1998. Back then, the weapons-based fighting game...
Donna Noble, “the most important woman in the whole wide universe” (Catherine Tate, BBC) Season four of Doctor Who’s rollicking revival comes...
What more can I say? My experience at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con was unforgettable. It was fantastic hanging with fans, seeing famous artists, writers and...
I THINK I’M IN LOVE. NO, I’M DEFINITELY IN LOVE.
While I recover from the convention, please enjoy these wonderful photos.
AN OLD-SCHOOL BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON WITH A FULLY-FUNCTIONAL HELMET. SWEET! Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, it did. Saturday was my...
BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!!! Friday at the San Diego Comic-Con seemed busier than previous days. The long lines and cramped isles made it tough to get around...
SCI FI CHANNEL PHOTOS Doctor Who fans in the U.S. have been patient. Most of us. I know some who have resorted to less-than-legal means to watch the show...
A FULL-SIZE JABBA THE HUTT REPLICA, BUT NO PRINCESS LEIA. THAT’S TOMORROW! It was my second day at the San Diego Comic-Con and I think I’m hitting...
Freema Agyeman, late of Doctor Who where she played world-saving medical student Martha Jones, and Jamie Bamber, of the about-to-wrap reincarnation of...
Last night was preview night at the San Diego Comic-Con, which can only be described as organized madness … and a taste of things to come.
Finally, I’m going to the San Diego Comic-Con. A mecca for fanboys and pop-culture geeks, the convention is one of the biggest events in the world with...
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO/NASA On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the...
E3 was a mixed bag this year. What did we learn? That Microsoft is coming off as a little elitist these days, and Sony a little desperate. And Nintendo ...
If you haven’t seen the new three-act Internet series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly creator Joss Whedon...
DR. MANHATTAN FROM THE WATCHMEN. IMAGES COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. Even though KeL told us about the new Watchmen trailer in his post the other day, I...
KONAMI IMAGE Giant, evil Easter Island heads and enormous bosses with glowing weak spots that scream “shoot me.” They’re all back to menace...
Visitors to Comic-Con International next week in San Diego won’t get much in the way of sneak previews for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie coming next...
Image from TerminatorSalvation.com Finally, the fight we’ve all waited to see! Yahoo has the first teaser trailer up for Terminator Salvation: The Future...
Some Star Wars-themed episodes of popular animated shows have been nominated for the 60th annual Prime Time Emmy Awards: Outstanding Animated Program (for...
IMAGES COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. Visionary director Christopher Nolan delivers another masterpiece with The Dark Knight, a gritty and epic crime story full of...
Science fiction got some props today in the nominations for the 60th annual Prime Time Emmy Awards: Battlestar Galactica nominations (6): Outstanding Writing...
The History Channel series UFO Hunters is sending a crew to the Valley to investigate a March 13, 1997, incident known as the “Phoenix Lights.” On...
Karen Traviss, author of such Star Wars tie-ins as the Republic Commando series and the Legacy of the Force series, will come to Tempe’s Changing Hands...
HIGHLIGHTS FROM NINTENDO’S PRESS CONFERENCE: The sequel to Wii Sports, the ever-popular Wii launch title, Wii Sports Resort adds activities like fencing...
One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles. That means lots of gaming news...
Apple boosted the capabilities and usefulness of the iPhone and iPod touch last Friday with the release of third-party applications. The App Store on iTunes...
See More Wii Music Screenshot at IGN.com One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los...
After seeing their cross-town rival, Marvel, score two sizable hits this summer in The Incredible Hulk ($130 million dollars at the box office) and Iron Man...
One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles. That means lots of gaming news...
TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO Ready for some more geeky podcasts? Thought so. And in case you missed it, don’t forget to check out Part I. Or, you can check out...
CopperCon, the annual Arizona science fiction and fantasy convention hosted by the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society, is coming Aug. 29-31 to Embassy...
LUCASARTS IMAGE Who needs The Clone Wars? Sure, the new CGI Star Wars movie is coming to theaters Aug. 15, but why dwell on the past of the prequel era (again)...
Here’s a peek at a promotional poster for McDonald’s Happy Meal toys that tie in with the upcoming film Star Wars: The Clone Wars: PHOTO VIA...
PHOTO BY STEVE SCHOFIELD Photographer Steve Schofield’s Land of the Free gallery offers a glimpse at British fans of sci-fi, fantasy and Westerns showing...
IGN has the exclusive trailer for Mega Man 9, soon to be released on Wii Ware, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network: [kml_flashembed movie="" width="433"...
The top post in the Pegasus Galaxy is starting to feel a lot like the Defense Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts: cursed. The fifth season of Stargate...
IMAGES COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. If you’re psyched for The Dark Knight (July 18) and you want to see Batman like you’ve never seen him before, check...
IMAGES COURTESY OF ELECTRONIC ARTS It’s hard to distinguish yourself in a gaming market that’s saturated with military shooters, and while...
ABOVE: Replicas of the Federation starships Enterprise and Voyager hang from the ceiling at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience, just before...
There are some things you just can’t kill. Take Futurama, for example. The animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening ended years ago, but...
“New” words you’ll find in the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary: fanboy (a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee of...
TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO Podcasts are a great way for busy geeks to stay on top of their obsessions when they’re stuck in traffic (or a cubicle). A good...
If you caught Albert Ching’s June 20 Tribune story “More men seeking sneakers for shoe collections,” you know that acquiring massive piles of...
LUCASFILM/STARWARS.COM The New York Times reports that Toys “R” Us stores are now displaying clocks counting down to July 26, when many will open...
Blizzard continues to make this a banner year for video game fans. The company has announced that Diablo III is in the works. The latest game in the Diablo...
Is the Xbox 360 headed for a $50 price drop? That’s what online reports suggest, citing “leaked” advertisements showing a $300 20GB unit...
(BBC IMAGE) Doctor Who isn’t on tonight — it’s the Fourth of July, and Sci Fi is airing a Twilight Zone marathon. (Because, really, what says...
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Your favorite DC Comics superheroes are now on iTunes.
Do you hear that jingle-jangle sound? No, it’s not those shiny coins from Super Mario Bros. or the pretty rupees from The Legend of Zelda –...
Image courtesy of Marvel Comics Famed comic book artist Michael Turner recently passed away after a struggle with cancer. Turner broke into comics in the late...
LUCASFILM IMAGE As The Clone Wars draws ever nearer, The New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff profiles George Lucas — who is now apparently “Free to...
According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power, Mega Man 9 will soon be coming to Wii Ware, bringing a dose of retro 8-bit style to a brand new game in the...
“SG-1, you have a go.” With those five simple words, Gen. George Hammond sent the heroes of Stargate SG-1 through a portal to adventure every week...
IMAGES COURTESY OF SEGA Comic-book video games have always left something to be desired. That’s why in 2005 we were all happily surprised by Radical...
The Spanish parliament has voted to extend some human rights to apes. Yes, apes. As reported by Reuters, the resolution pledges Spain’s commitment to the...
LUCAS BOOKS IMAGES If you’re like me and the most recent incarnations of Star Wars seem a bit cartoony for your taste (not that there’s anything...
Board members of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are seen during a vote in Paris, Thursday, June 26, 2008. The Internet’s...
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Put this one down in the “con” column when Big Brother offers to LoJack you for your own protection: Apparently, radio...
FOX PHOTOS Joss Whedon is a busy boy. Dollhouse starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer alumna Eliza Dushku (pictured, left) is shaping up for Fox and now comes a...
FOX If you haven’t yet seen the TV hotness that is Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and want to catch up, Fox has a lineup just for you...
STUDIO PHOTOS OWNED BY THE BBC Always the wanderer, the last surviving Time Lord known as the Doctor (David Tennant, above with Kylie Minogue) has traveled...
In the spirit of Free RPG Day this Saturday (June 21), Nerdvana has a gift for readers: The first person to e-mail us by midnight Friday, June 20, with the...
LUCASFILM Can somebody please explain how Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope makes the American Film Institute’s top-10 lists of the best genre...
SOLID SNAKE AKA OLD SNAKE FROM MGS4. ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF KONAMI. Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is not just a video game...
Who says nothing good comes free? First we had Free Comic Book Day, then D&D Game Day, and now Free RPG Day is fast approaching.
The CW’s Smallville has lost two of its biggest stars going into season eight — Michael Rosembaum as Lex Luthor and Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang...
PENNY ARCADE Today is the release date for the new Dungeons & Dragons game, and Saturday game stores worldwide will quake with the rolling of 20-sided dice...
PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. Warner Bros. has created a new website to promote Batman: Gotham Knight, the direct-to-DVD (and Blu-ray) anime. According to the...
A STREET FIGHTER IV SCREENSHOT SHOWS M. BISON AND RYU SCRAPPING IT OUT. ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF CAPCOM. We all knew it was coming (or at least hoped), but...
Whatever you play, there will be something for you at Phoenix Con Games June 12-15 at the Mesa Convention Center: board games, card games, miniatures...
The adventures of Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture, his clueless clone sons Hank and Dean, superspy stud Brock Samson and their necromancer neighbor...
With the latest versions of the Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks out next Friday, the dungeon masters at Wizards of the Coast have planned nationwide demos on...
Once again scientists hasten the demise of mankind’s dominion over the Earth. CNN is reporting that scientists “have trained a group of monkeys to...
Comedian Harvey Korman, a fixture on The Carol Burnett Show who played the celestial chef Gormaanda in the apocryphal 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, has...
Daniel Floyd of the Savannah College of Art and Design put together this stimulating presentation on the role of sex in gaming’s history and its future...
"AVH." "Transmorphers." "Monster." I discovered these doppelgängers while surfing Netflix recently. They popped up as recommendations in "Sci-Fi & Fantasy"...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO (LEFT) AND PETER JACKSON (RIGHT) ANSWER FANS’ QUESTIONS. The live Internet chat “An Unexpected Party” between The Hobbit...
Welcome to Geek in Review, a look back at the last seven days or so in the work of all things geeky. This week we had the release of the long-awaited fourth...
IMAGES COURTESY OF NINTENDO AND IGN The Wii Fit hit stores yesterday in Nintendo’s attempt to help us all lose some weight, get fit and have fun. After...
Windows XP holdouts were blinded by a ray of hope with the release of Service Pack 3, a major update consisting of existing patches with a few enhancements...
Grab your +2 holy avenger sword and dust off that old Crown Royal bag stuffed with your hidden polyhedral dice: The fourth edition of the Dungeons &...
Now, this one is a little tricky … To pwn: to wipe the floor with your opposition, usually in a multiplayer PC or next-gen console game. The legends...
IMAGE COURTESY OF WETA It’s called “An Unexpected Party” and we’re all invited. The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro and producer...
My teenage son came home from school yesterday with a lava lamp. Yes, a lava lamp. No, he wasn’t reeking of patchouli. He made it himself. His science...
The Associated Press is reporting that in Wales “A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a...
Last weekend USA Network cracked the whip in anticipation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by showing all three previous films. This...
IMAGES COURTESY OF MARVEL COMICS Marvel fans rejoice! There are more super-hero movies coming our way in the next few years, including Iron Man 2 and the long...
LOSTWINDS IMAGE COURTESY OF NINTENDO Nintendo has launched its new version of Wii Ware, turning the download station for Wii features into an online outlet for...
The trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe is now online: [kml_flashembed movie="" width="433" height="360" wmode="transparent" /] The movie, starring...
BIG DADDY FROM TAKE-TWO’S BIOSHOCK It’s official. Take-Two’s critically acclaimed video game BioShock is being adapted into a live-action...
Go to Toys “R” Us online now through May 17 and you can help choose the Star Wars scene that will be turned into a Toys “R” Us...
The Clone Wars. It’s almost upon us (Aug. 15). And I find myself not really caring anymore. The poster is cool, right? And a new trailer debuted this...
Monday (May 12) you can catch the trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe online. The movie, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as former FBI...
NBC UNIVERSAL PHOTOS Here’s a roundup of the sci-fi offerings on TV Friday (5/9): Doctor Who The Doctor (David Tennant) takes Donna (comedian Catherine...
LUCASFILM It’s an Indy film festival! Indiana Jones, that is. See Indy run. See Indy jump. See Indy find the Ark of the Covenant and Holy Grail and kick Nazi...
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KIRCHHOFER/TRIBUNE After tapping comic books for creative ideas with box office success, Hollywood has turned its attention to...
If your Wii was flashing blue yesterday, as mine was, then you should know it’s not your friends leaving you a message or sending you their Mii avatar...
Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro that rules the Dungeons & Dragons universe, is sponsoring a Photoshop contest seeking promotional art by fans...
