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Saboten Con unleashes 1st 2013 guest announcements

February 18, 2013 – 11:08 pm |
Saboten Con 2013

Saboten Con has made its first round of guest announcements for the anime convention’s Labor Day Weekend event at the Renaissance Glendale.

Convention watch: Farewell to Flagstaff’s Anime Kaigi

January 18, 2013 – 10:16 pm |
Anime Kaigi

Flagstaff’s Anime Kaigi convention organizers announced Friday that the event is committing seppuku.

Photos: Taiyou Con 2013

January 10, 2013 – 1:51 am |
Photos: Taiyou Con 2013

Taiyou Con is a three-day convention celebrating anime, manga, video games, and other aspects of Japanese culture held on Jan. 4-6, 2013.

Geekssociated Press: Alisa Ex reports LIVE from Taiyou Con

January 5, 2013 – 11:15 pm |

Streamed live on Jan 5, 2013

Beyond Nerdvana: A potpourri of today’s pop culture and tech news

September 14, 2012 – 9:00 pm |
Godzilla 2014

Curiosity? Whipper-snapper! Opportunity has at least one Martian discovery left in her, but it’s a mystery. AFP
Microsoft finds malware being installed on PCs on Chinese production lines. BBC News
Godzilla returns May 16, 2014. ICv2
Sega and …

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on singing at Saboten Con

September 7, 2012 – 1:13 pm |

This years’ Saboten Con played host to over 3,000 attendees, hundreds of hours of programming, and some of the most interesting guests the convention has seen. Among those guests was Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, a voice …

Yamaoka autographs and photos for cheap at Saboten Con this weekend

August 27, 2012 – 8:05 pm |

[media-credit name="Saboten Con" align="aligncenter" width="480"][/media-credit]The upcoming Saboten Con in Glendale is a mere four days away. Amping up the excitement even more, Saboten Con officials opened registration to attendees for autograph and photo-op sessions with …

Lightning Octopus: Arizona geek conventions announce 2013 dates

July 11, 2012 – 11:49 pm |
Lightning Octopus: Arizona geek conventions announce 2013 dates

For the afternoon crowd: 4 Arizona Conventions Announce Their 2013 Return – goo.gl/RlW2U
— Jonathan (@ElectricOctopi) July 11, 2012

Geekssociated Press photos: Phoenix Comicon 2012

June 2, 2012 – 1:13 pm |

Geekssociated Press had been planning for months in advance for Arizona’s biggest convention of the year and when it finally arrived we realized that all the planning in the world couldn’t have prepared us for …

Photos: AZ ASSIST Gaming Day 2012

May 3, 2012 – 7:10 am |
Photos: AZ ASSIST Gaming Day 2012

On April 28th, AZ ASSIST (Autism Spectrum Support, Information & Strategies for Transition) had their very 1st Gaming Day to celebrate 2012′s Autism Awareness & Acceptance month. There were several people on hand running all …