Geek and Fandom Events in BC and Washington State
Gateworld reports that Ben Browder, star of Farscape and Stargate: SG-1 is scheduled to appear on the third episode of the next Doctor Who season. The episode that Browder will be guest starring in will be set in the American Wild West played by the ever lovely Spanish countryside. No word yet on whether yet he’ll be sporting a ridiculous accent.
Source:GateWorld.
The Princeton Review recently ranked the Art Institute of Vancouver in their Top 10 Video Game Design Schools list. The Art Institute came out at #5 behind Redmond’s Digipen at #4, and was the only Canadian school in the ranking. Vancouver Film School received an honourable mention in the review. BCIT, UBC and SFU did not place on the list. The survey consisted of 50 questions covering a variety of subjects ranging from faculty selection to course content.
Source: Straight.com.
The CW’s Beauty and the Beast has found its beast in the form of Jay Ryan, who has previously played Curran, a deposed security guard on the Terra Nova series. We have also learned that this Beast is the product of a failed military experiment, which effectively has killed all the mystery of this show for me. Wasn’t a sense of mystery the whole appeal of the Beast? From the original Fairy Tale to the Disney movie, we’ve all wondered how this tortured creature got to be the way he is, and now that we can wonder no longer, it’s a good bet that the series won’t make it past the pilot stage.
Some of you may remember Doctor Who’s sole journey to Vancouver from the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor. The TARDIS console from that very production remained in the prop house that built it for many years. Paul Salamoff, bought the console in 2006, but the years had not been kind. The time rotor was gone, as well as many of the switches and controls that the Doctor would fiddle with to travel through time and space. Paul enlisted the help of his friends Brian Uiga and Bob Mitsch to restore the TARDIS console. Now it is fully repaired with a custom sound board that makes that iconic TARDIS wooshing sound effect. The console was on display last month at Los Angeles’ Gallifrey One Network 23.
Source:Doctor Who News.
Bad news, folks. The Reapers have decided that Vancouver and Seattle are simply too pretty to exist and have sent mighty space fleets over impossible distances turn it all into a parking lot. Fortunately, Commander Shepard is just the man or woman to stop them. Mass Effect 3 features Kinect capabilities and an interesting look at the Pacific Northwest of the Future. Pick it up at your local game store today.
Source: Youtube
It turns out that after all the kerfuffle over the placement of Indie games on XBLA, Microsoft may be getting ready to ditch XBLA entirely. Microsoft’s digital distribution strategy has been so focused that the line between XBLA games and traditional disc retail games is becoming blurred. Michael Wolf, the Global Marketing Manager for XBLA had this to say on whether XBLA would disappear,
“Personally, I’d say absolutely, yes,” Wolf says. “I think digital distribution has to be like that. I don’t think XBLA will be leaving soon. It is an incredible platform. We have XBLA fans, I don’t think it’s going to be announced anytime soon. One thing Microsoft has proven is that we continue to try and adapt and innovate in experiences.”
If we take into account this revelation with how XBLA indie games have been handled, Microsoft either wants to make it easier for indie developers to release retail quality games, or they want to abandon indie games entirely and make xbox a more AAA focused console. If it’s the latter, then it’s just going to leave more market room for Valve’s rumoured Steam console to take hold.
As if the fan frenzy wasn’t enough, the Hunger Games Movie is having a mall tour across America, and it’s going to be in Seattle this Saturday! Stars of the movie Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson will be present for a Q & A session at the University Mall on March 10th. So Katniss, Gale, and Peeta are all going to be in the same mall food court this weekend. I hope the mall’s equipped with riot gear.
Source:Deadline.com.
It’s no secret that with all the cosplay and lolita fashions anime conventions have turned into Tuner Shows for clothes (that’s a good thing). This year Sakura-con offers fashion fans a unique opportunity to mingle with Japan’s top designers in the Gothic Lolita genre. You can join Fumiko Kawamura of Chantilly and Yuko Ashizawa of Atelier Pierrot at the Historic Fairmont hotel for a Gothic Lolita tea party on April 5th. This is a non-cosplay event, but you can bring out your jauntiest suits and daintiest frocks to attend this 5 diamond event. Tickets are worth $50 and can be found here.
Source: Sakura-Con
A piece of Vancouver television history was uncovered last week. It’s photographic evidence of the “Scully Box” that 5’2″ Gillian Anderson used so that she could stay in frame with her co-star, David Duchovny, who was 10 inches taller. The carpeted aluminum plank, which Anderson started calling the “Gilly Box”, was so ingrained into her work on The X-files that she would sometimes forget she was on it and fall off during serious scenes. I’m about a foot taller than my significant other, so maybe I should get one these for my house.
Source: The Mary Sue
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Back by popular demand, Last Chance Productions beings back Evil Dead: The musical to the Granville Island Waterfront Theater this May. It’s the story of 5 college students, horde of zombies, an evil book, and one demon-possessed hand’s quest for individuality. Since it is based on the popular Sam Raimi series of horror movies, the first three rows are designated “splatter zones”, so enter at your own risk! Tickets are available at the Evil Dead Tour Website. The show runs from May 3rd-6th and May 17th-20th, 2012.
Source: Vancity Buzz.
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