You may think all you need to save Hyrule is a Master Sword and a backpack full of bombs, but you aren’t getting past that first dungeon without 8 years of ballet, 4 years of tap, and vocal coaching twice a week! Thanks to Ivy Fong for sending this in.
Rick Riordan is Coming to Vancouver!
April 17, 2012 by 0 Comments
Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson Series is coming to Vancouver! He will be hosting a 45 minute Q&A session at the Hellenic Centre on Arbutus Street. The tickets ($25) will be sold at kidsbooks.ca and can be picked up at their Kitsilano, North Shore and Surrey Locations.
Source:KidsBooks
PAX PRIME 2012 info released on PAX Forums
April 16, 2012 by 0 Comments
A Wild FAQ appears for PAX Prime 2012! User SmallLady has posted some information confirming the gaming mega-conventions dates at August 31st, September 1st and 2nd 2012. Also of note, badges will NOT be printed with attendees names on them, which will lead to speculation on how the convention organizers plan to combat the problem of counterfeit badges. Over 5,000 badges were faked for PAX last year, leading to some situations that looked like something out of Soylent Green. The badges will be going on sale at the end of April.
Source: Penny Arcade Forums
Two Endings For ‘Fringe’ Season 4 Have been Filmed
April 16, 2012 by 0 Comments
Fringe’s John Noble revealed some tidbits about the upcoming Fringe Season 4 Finale. Since the show’s current fate is in flux, the producers decided to shoot two endings, one that leaves the series open to a new season, and another that wraps Fringe for good. Both endings will deal with Olivia’s supposed predestined death.
the episode airs April 20 on Fox.
Source:CraveOnline.
Apple CEO Tim Cook pays a visit to Valve’s headquarters
April 16, 2012 by 0 Comments
According to Apple Insider, Apple CEO Time Cook was recently seen visiting Valve’s headquarters. While Valve is developing apps for the Mac and iOS platforms, this visit might be the sign of something more, considering the murmurings about Valve’s own Hardware dreams. What joint venture could they be considering? Or could Valve be taken over by Apple’s $600 Billion Largesse?
Apple CEO Tim Cook spotted at video game designer Valve’s headquarters.
B.C. movie theatres Now Free to Booze Up
April 13, 2012 by 0 Comments
BC Movies Theatres like the Rio (pictured above) can now apply for liquor licenses so that they can sell beer and other spirits. This comes as a welcome change since BC is known for its archaic liquor laws. It’s all good and fine that the government wants to limit children and minors’ access to alcohol, but we too often forget that adults need places relax in ways that only adults can.
Source: CBC News
Supernatural May See 8th season
April 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Supernatural may yet get a stay of execution on news that showrunner Sera Gamble may be leaving and former producer Jeremy Carver will be returning to the show. Carver had left Supernatural last year to produce Being Human for Syfy. This latest spate of activity in top management indicates that the CW is willing to spend more resources to keep one of it’s strongest ratings performers on the air.
Source: TV Fanatic
Reboot Communications Refactors Vancouver Game Conventions
April 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
Reboot Communications has been hosting events Vancouver International Games Summit and Game Developer’s Conference since 2007, but this year, they have cancelled plans to hold more events in Vancouver. In two weeks they will be organizing the Canadian Video Game awards at Fan Expo Vancouver. Apparently they were offering free admission to unemployed game developers to boost their attendance numbers.
I can’t believe that events like this are having trouble when even small events like the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo was breaking fire codes. Pro Conventions are great, but when you have that kind of energy coming from the fan community, is there no way you can harness that?
Source:Straight.com
FUNimation Announces First Mobile App at Sakura-con
April 12, 2012 by 0 Comments
One of Funimation’s bigger announcements last weekend at Sakura-con was the introduction of their first mobile app for Android and iOS devices. The free version will allow fans to see clips and trailers from their favorite shows. The $9.99 paid version will feature full streaming episodes, albeit with commercials. For $7.95, you can get the Elite subscription without any commercial interruptions. It’s great to see more companies jumping on the streaming bandwagon as DVD sales continue to tank. Does anyone know if this will work on Android Media Player set top boxes?
Source: Anime News Network.
VCON 37 Welcomes Academie Duello, Caustic Soda, and FrankenStuffies
April 12, 2012 by 0 Comments
V-Con has recently updated their programming schedule!
Academie Duello: Vancouver’s premier sword fighting school has returned for more demonstrations of the up close and personal deadly arts. The rapier, longsword, sidesword, grappling, knife, pole weapons, and more will all be on display and deftly handled by the skilled touch of their students.
Caustic Soda: Toren Atkinson, Kevin Leeson and Joe Fulgham will be on hand for a live recording of the Caustic Soda podcast! Every episode, the trio takes horrible topics like Ebola and Shark attacks and turns it an “easily-digestible bubbling paste of funny.”
FrankenStuffies Workshop: Who knows what felted horrors may emerge? The Frankenstuffies workshop takes apart unrelated stuffed animals and stitches them back together…for science! Build a bear indeed…muahahaha…
V-Con 37 will be held on September 27-30 at the Sheraton Hotel in Guildford.
Source:VCON.
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