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May 18, 2013 – 10:00 pm |

Beasts of the Southern Wild won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation at the Nebula Awards on Saturday, beating out The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, John Carter and …

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Steam Crow introduces WALL MONSTERS through Kickstarter project

May 14, 2013 – 9:02 pm |

With Kickstarter projects littering everyone’s timelines these days, one pair of local creators are launching something truly unique with the help of crowd-funding. The Arizona-based Steam Crow, comprised of Daniel and Dawna Davis, has Kickstarted …

The Quest: ‘Amazing Race’ for the Renaissance faire crowd?

April 25, 2013 – 10:17 am |
The Quest

The creators of The Amazing Race and an executive producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy are casting adventurers for a “reality” contest show with a fantasy flavor.

Aliens to Zombies showcased at 2013 International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival

April 1, 2013 – 12:00 am |
International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival

It’s film festival time again in the Valley and this year the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival is once again teaming up with the Phoenix Film Festival.

Clark Telescope: Help save an Arizona science-fiction institution

March 29, 2013 – 11:21 am |
Clark Telescope

A 117-year-old Arizona telescope that helped inspire the work of H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs is now in need of some serious renovations.

The ASU Sun Devil: Disney icon or spark of rebellion?

March 3, 2013 – 11:43 am |

Was this rebranding a case of Disney trying to take the Sun Devil by the horns, and shift a little-known PR loss from the distant past into the big win column?

Disney helps redesign ASU’s Sparky the Sun Devil mascot

March 1, 2013 – 3:11 pm |

Disney has teamed up with ASU to develop a new character design for Sparky the Sun Devil, an iconic university mascot created by a Disney artist in 1946.

Sound nerdery: Lightning Octopus launches podcast [LINK]

February 19, 2013 – 12:30 pm |

Jonathan Simon: “The CephaloPodcast will be about nerdery in general, with an emphasis on the Phoenix area – hence being on Lightning Octopus.”

Get Out: Win tickets to the Arizona Renaissance Festival

February 9, 2013 – 7:42 pm |

The year is 2013. The place: Phoenix Comicon! Babylon 5 reunion grows

January 29, 2013 – 9:21 pm |
The year is 2013. The place: Phoenix Comicon! <em>Babylon 5</em> reunion grows

After starting their last round of guest announcements with most of the surviving cast of Babylon 5, organizers are doubling down and announcing five more:
Additional Babylon 5 cast members Join PHXCC 2013
You spoke, We heard, …

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.