Tag Archive | "Games"

James reports from the MCM Expo at Excel London

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

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James Bacon had the pleasure of diving into the geek pleasure garden that is the London MCM expo, a haven for comics, gaming and science fiction fans, over the bank holiday weekend and he’s very kindly sent us a report and pics from the gig: It’s a grey Friday afternoon. The May bank holiday doesn’t feel [...]

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DC Universe Online trailer

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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There’s an HD trailer out for the upcoming DC Universe Online, coming later this year and it looks awesome (via the Geek Syndicate):

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World of Warcraft Will Help You Survive the End of Humanity

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Robert M. Geraci, lecturer at Manhattan College and author of Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality, writes on the Oxford University Press blog about ten ways playing World of Warcraft will help you cope with the collapse of civilisation as we know it. Snip: “After countless hours of farming [...]

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New BBC programme looking for gamers, sci-fi and comics fans

Monday, January 11, 2010

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Researcher Claire Castle drops me a line to say that they are looking for gamers, science fiction and comics fans for an upcoming programme for BBC 3: “Does your avatar do more exercise than you? Are you happier running round World Of War craft than pounding the treadmill at the gym? If you love playing [...]

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Smart Bomb

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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(cover to Smart Bomb #1, cover art by Will Overton, published Dinkybox) Will Overton alerts us to Smart Bomb, a new all-ages comic with a video games theme, which the creators describe as a “sort of a 21st century version of those old British adventure comics of the ’70s and ’80s with a video game [...]

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