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June 14, 2013 – 12:01 am |

I love the character of Superman, and although he may not be my favorite comic-book hero I still admire what he symbolizes and his rich pop culture history. So needless to say, I had very …

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[LINK] Lightning Octopus: 8 Awesomely Nerdy Things To Do This Weekend in Phoenix

June 13, 2013 – 8:10 am |
Lightning Octopus

EXTERNAL LINK: A weekly roundup of Arizona geek culture happenings by Best of East Valley 2011 blogger Jonathan Simon.

PS4 $399, Xbox One $499: which is worth your dollars?

June 10, 2013 – 10:16 pm |

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E3 as it’s commonly known) started off today with major announcements and game reveals from both Sony and Microsoft regarding their latest hardware. With the advent of the next generation …

E3 trailer teases exciting new Star Wars: Battlefront game from DICE

June 10, 2013 – 4:19 pm |

The official teaser trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by DICE (creators of Battlefield) and utilizing the innovative Frostbite 3 engine.

AMC Theatres to renovate Centerpoint cinema site

June 7, 2013 – 10:19 am |
Old Harkins site at Centerpoint (East Valley Tribune file photo)

AMC Theatres will be renovating the old Harkins and MADCAP cinema at Centerpoint on Mill Avenue.

Video: Children of Earth can help build massive 3-D model of planet

June 5, 2013 – 9:49 am |
The Great Globe Project

The East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa is enlisting school kids to build a 420-foot globe build from 10.5 million, 4-inch triangles representing 6-mile chunks of the Earth.

‘Wizard of Oz’ restored and converted to 3D, or ‘If Warner Bros. only had a brain’

June 5, 2013 – 7:36 am |
The Wizard of Oz (Warner Bros.)

It’s time Hollywood (and theaters) started focusing on improving their technology and presentation instead of spending their time trying to pull a “pinhead” trick on moviegoers.

2013 Phoenix Comicon commentary: The good, the bad and the surreal

May 29, 2013 – 8:00 am |
Thor Girl

It’s been a couple of days now since the crazy closing evacuation salvo of the 2013 Phoenix Comicon. I can’t believe I haven’t seen any “I survived the 2013 Phoenix Comicon” T-shirts yet – maybe …

2013 Phoenix Comicon – coverage compilation

May 28, 2013 – 9:00 am |
Batman ready for the Con!

It’s impossible to see and do everything at a large scale show like the Phoenix Comicon, although we did give it a good shot. We’ve complied a list of all our 2013 Phoenix Comicon event …

2013 Phoenix Comicon: Sunday – Powers, pictures, Padawans … and panic?

May 27, 2013 – 11:52 am |
An Amazing Amazon

The last day of the 2013 Phoenix Comicon started out very mellow as small crowds casually wandered the convention halls with plenty of costume-clad elbow room, but by mid-day the panels were packed and the …

2013 Phoenix Comicon: Friday – Planets, PUGS and cosplay

May 25, 2013 – 12:49 am |
Superbaby loves the 'Cars!'

As you walked to the entrance of the convention hall for Day-2 of the 2013 Phoenix Comicon there were a dozen or more genre themed vehicles parked along the west side of the building including …