Star Wars Maybe
/A co-worker showed me this video at work the other day. After which I felt that the rest of you should suffer as I have.
Denver Comic Con - Pictures
/Denver Comic Con has come to an end. In the next few days expect a write up and a podcast on the inaugural even for Denver, but in the mean time I give you the pictures that we managed to take. You can see some of them in the below slide show, and the rest in the gallery here.
Denver Comic Con - It Has Come (Almost)
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It has come. Tomorrow the first ever Denver Comic Con starts. At 6:00 PM MT the geeks will descend upon the Colorado Convention center to see stars, play games, and spend money that was meant for bills and rent. So what is there really all to see? Well no promises on filling it all here, but I will try.
1) Gaming (of course this is first, this is a video game blog afterall).
Colorado Cutthroat Connection (C3) will have tournaments on site. There will also be card games such as Magic and Pokemon. And for you HeroClix fans check out page 14 of the program to see the schedule for game times.
2) Guests
For their first year Denver Comic Con has done a great job at getting top notch guests. They have Colin Ferguson (Jack Carter - Eureka), James Marsters (Spike - Buffy), Billy West (Fry, Farnsworth, Zoidberg - Futurama), and Aaron Douglas (Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol - Battlestar Galactica). This is only a VERY small list and does not include the super impressive list of comic book artists and voice actors.
3) Events
Costume contests, Manga Panels and signings, there are enough panels to keep you busy all weekend, and so many they actually spilled into the nearby hotel. Friend of site Angichan has two panels, one Saturday and one Sunday about Getting Started in Webcomics.
Now this, as I said, is by no means everything that is happening at the convention. There is so much to see. For more you can get the program guide at http://www.denvercomiccon.com/programming/, or to save them some bandwidth you can get it here as well.
Get your Nerd Rock On!
/Denver Comic Con has announced the newest event to go along with their inagular venture here in Denver, Rock Comic Con! Being held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Downtown Denver this is the official afterparty for Denver Comic Con. It is going to feature Paul and Storm, H2Awesome!, Random Battle, and The Gear. Proceeds made from the tickets ($12 advance from www.RockComicCon.com, or $15 at the door) go to support Comic Book Classroom an after-school program for kids that is so far in 8 Colorado area schools.
But wait, there is more! This event also includes LIVE art by Marvel and DC Comic artists, prices, costumes, and there will be special guests! How can you even think of passing this up? The press release will follow after the jump.
May the 4th be With You
/Today was Star Wars day. It was not really the day that Star Wars launched all those years ago, but geeks love their puns. Denver actually has a small celebration for this day at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. This year it included getting to sit in an X-Wing, foam lightsabers for kids to fight each other with, and a large number of costumes. Check the gallery for pictures of the event, or just watch the slide show.
Response to This Week's Geek - Outgrowing an Interest
/Do we outgrow our interests, do we have a change in taste within the interest, or do our tastes change so much that we really do outgrow them and leave to join something new? I’ve been having these thoughts lately about many of my current interests. It has been brought forward again more sharply from Assimilator’s latest This Week’s Geek. Have my tastes really changed in the past few years from things I use to hold dearly and in high esteem? The more I think about it, the more I’m coming to the conclusion, I think they are.
Read MoreThis Weeks Geek - Outgrown?
/A few weeks ago during a podcast ZeldaQueen said she felt that she may have outgrown anime. This came up after she had started watching Rosario + Vampire which involves a number of panty shots. This got her thinking that most anime is not made for someone her age. With more anime becoming immature and juvenile she feels that the shows being made now are not one's for her. I had to argue with this though. Currently watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, this show is not made for younger audiences. The conversation made me wonder though, what does it really mean to outgrow something?
Read MoreThis Weeks Geek - The First
/A few months ago I got out of a long relationship. It had been pretty exclusive for about 5 years when I started to waiver. The relationship started going on and off and I started seeing others. Finally, after 7 years I broke it off and canceled my World of Warcraft subscription. WoW was my first MMO, and as such I was a bit infatuated with it. That has now passed and I am with SWTOR, and while I am enjoying it, it is not the same as my first.
Read MoreThis Weeks Geek - Blood From a Stone
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Established series, they are the life blood of many industries. They give companies a reliable way to make a profit while they experiment with on different products. Without a good series many companies would have gone under long before their time. Done right a series can endear itself to generations and bring up fond memories in conversation. Too bad it is rarely done right. Investors want to know they will get a decent return on their investments. They will happily beat a series to death just to resurrect it and beat it again.Denver Comic Con Guests (Movies and TV)
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Earlier in the week I said I would be doing a full list of all the guests that have been announced to appear at Denver Comic Con this June. Well here it is. I plan to try and update it as they announce new guests to the con, so stay tuned.