What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to watch Felicia Day do some medieval butt-kicking? The official DVD release for the video game based web series Dragon Age: Redemption has been slated for Feb. 14.

In case you missed the news last week, Phoenix Comicon is going to have to expand their parking. Because I highly doubt that even the world-class downtown convention center was built to accommodate a Sovereign-class starship.
Jokes aside, a large contingent of the USS Enterprise-E crew will be beaming down Memorial Day Weekend: Sir Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Brent Spiner (Lt. Cmdr. Data), Michael Dorn (Lt. Cmdr. Worf), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi) and LeVar Burton (chief engineer Geordi La Forge). These stars of Star Trek: The Next Generation and …

The latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man confirms that the reboot will delve into Peter Parker’s parentage. We also get a peek at those much-talked-about mechanized web shooters.

Downtown Mesa’s Monsterland opened its doors for the Halloween season last October, with a two-story haunted attraction that consisted of elaborate sets and animatronics, and provided some much needed seasonal work for a slew of local monsters and maniacs. But the receipts for the grand opening were scarier than expected, and owner Kevin Wynn decided that the planned horror museum might not be enough to pay the bills, so with the recent changes and more progressive culture pervading downtown Mesa, Mr. Wynn has decided that a nightclub might be more …

The folks over at ‘We’re Alive’, an audio drama about the impending zombie apocalypse, recently premiered their third season. You can check the show out at ZombiePodcast.com or on iTunes but you can see a little behind the scenes action below.

Super Bowl means super Sunday for the Nerdiverse! Not because of the big game, but because interspersed throughout the gridiron action will be a slew of new movie trailer premieres for your perusing pleasure.
The pre-game show starts at 11:00 a.m. this Sunday, February 5th, on NBC, and I’ve completed painstaking research throughout the inter-webs to compile this extensive list of not-to-be-missed film confections! Some are more exciting than others, and some are disappointingly going to be absent altogether, but there are definitely some heavy-hitters here you don’t want to miss.
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Teenagers find a mysterious alien something that gives them superpowers, and soon they learn that with great power comes great responsibility -– well, sort of. But if this sounds familiar, it’s because the new film “Chronicle” borrows from several different established superhero storylines.

“The Woman in Black” is an old-fashioned ghost story set in a remote English village at the turn of the 20th century. It is produced by Hammer Films, best known for their stylish B-Movie horror flicks of the ’60s and ’70s, and although this movie has a great Gothic look and feel, it is barely a step above the average Hammer fare.

For a guy who’s trying to build up Arizona’s Geek Culture, it can feel like a kick in the gut when nerd havens shut down – especially when I’ve gotten to know some of the owners. (This article originally appeared on LightningOctopus.com — please leave your comments on the original post there.)

MADCAP Theaters will be hosting Geeks’ Night Out, Tempe’s celebration of all things science, science fiction and technology 5 to 10 p.m. Feb. 16. On tap: sci-fi trivia, video games, a ghost hunting tour and a tech job fair.
As this super-nerdy promo video says: May the Geeks be with you!