Geek and Fandom Events in BC and Washington State
Saving Hope, a supernatural medical drama starring Michael Shanks (Stargate’s Daniel Jackson) has been picked up as a series by NBC. The shows stars Shanks as neurologist in a coma who wanders the halls of his own hospital as a disembodied spirit helping out others who have been caught in this limbo between life and dead. The 13 episode season starts this summer
Source: GateWorld.
Sakura-con has two new Japanese guests for us today. The first is Moi dix Mois, which is “a sound project featuring the lyrics, composition, and programming” of Mana, fashion designer and former lead Singer of Malice Mizer. In short, it’s pretty boys meets large guitars meets larger hair equals music that is not bad for killing vampires to.
Next we have OBITSU, manufacturer of the Obitsu Kewpie doll and many other ball jointed doll products. Perfect for DEVOURING YOUR SOUL just before you head in to the Moi dix Mois concert!
Source: Sakura-con
Fan Expo has added even more guests to its ever expanding roster. Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Tony Amandola (Master Bra’tac from Stargate:SG-1) will be appearing along with anime voice actors Brian Dobson (Garma Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam) and Sam Vincent (Athrun Zala from Gundam Seed).
Source:Fan Expo Vancouver.
Bungie Founder Alex Seropian spent some time telling Gamespot about his new Mobile Game Development Company, Industrial Toys. Near the end of the interview, Gamespot asked Seropian what he thought of Halo 4 being helmed by 343 Industries and Microsoft. He had this to say:
I don’t think I can be anything other than hopeful that it will be great. We’ll see. Halo is one of the crown jewels in the Microsoft gaming IP, if not the crown jewel, so you would expect nothing less than for them to take the time needed and apply the resources needed to make it great. I would be pretty surprised if they whiffed it. Maybe it will bring a fresh perspective, and that’s so hard because there’s so many fans that are used to a particular thing that bringing something new is often…it’s hard to bring something new to a franchise that’s so established. I’m looking forward to it.
Source:GameSpot.com.
It looks like Vancouver’s Spin-off of Primevalwill be produced by Stargate Alumnus Martin Wood. As a Director and Producer for Stargate: SG-1 for many years, Wood brings the possibility of other Stargate cast and crew to be involved with the new series. We don’t know if this is wil be a permanent arrangement, as Syfy has yet to acknowledge whether there wil be a 5th season of Wood’s other series, Sanctuary.
Source:GateWorld.
The @SlantsixGames Twitter account has posted a slew of answers about the upcoming Resident Evil: Racoon City Game. Peter Doidge-Harrison talks about some of the Multiplayer details, the new game modes, and some of the challenges they faced during development.
The biggest challenge was trying to keep the Resident Evil atmosphere while building a totally different style of gameplay. Capcom was very clear that they wanted a squad-based third person shooter set in the Resident Evil world. I think it works really well – I’ve personally always wanted to go back to Resident Evil 2 with a little more ammo and training, and some squad mates to support me. This decision has allowed us to up the ante with the number of zombies and B.O.Ws as well as the difficulty of some of the encounters, so it doesn’t completely lose the survival horror feel, but it’s been an interesting challenge for sure.
The rest of the answers can be found here. Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City releases on March 23rd for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Source: Twitter.
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