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Wyrd Con 2012 – LARPING and ARGING for all
1 week ago
by Steve Ahmad
in Convention
This year’s Tri Wyrd convention is of interactive storytelling bringing the life of LARPING, transmedia entertainment giants, Blizzard creative minds, and an assortment of LARPING games, activities, and contests that are fun for the whole family. The event takes place from June 21st-24th at the More >
Dragon*Con 2011 First Photo Barrage of Epicness and Con Report
8 months ago
This year three members of the Nerd Reactor staff were lucky enough to make the trip out to the east coast for one of the world’s largest costuming convention, or otherwise known as Dragon*Con 2011.
Before we left we were warned about the twenty-four hour costume parties, the Labor Day More >
Activision Announces Call of Duty XP Convention This Fall in Los Angeles
10 months ago
This will be your biggest WTF moment of the day. You read it right! This fall there will be a Call of Duty convention in Los Angeles on September 2nd and 3rd. Just announced today, Activision will be holding a two-day event celebrating their most successful franchise. What the hell would a Call of More >
FORWARD WITH FORD: Day One
11 months ago
Contributing Editor: Chris Del Castillo
The week has passed, and the trends are already changing. That was Ford’s main focus for their Forward with Ford conference in Dearborn, Michigan. With over two-hundred of us ready for our senses to be immersed in styles, trends, audible technologies, More >
Hero Complex Film Fest Friday
11 months ago
The second annual Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival wrapped up this past weekend featuring events from Warren Beatty speaking about Dick Tracy, q&a’s with director of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn and executive writers/producers of Star Trek (2009), comic writers and artists showcasing More >
The Los Angeles Times: HERO COMPLEX FILM FESTIVAL
12 months ago
June 9-12, 2011
The Chines 6 Theater
Hollywood & Highland
Going into its second super hero action packed year, the Hero Complex Film Festival is going to be a four-day event sure to bring surprise, suspense, and spandex! Q&A sessions with filmmakers, a reminiscent experience with More >
Stereoscopic 3D on the Xbox 360 – At E3!?
12 months ago
Full HDMI 1.4 stereoscopic 3D in double 1280X1470 (per eyeball) 720p - hallelujah! EuroGamer.net is reporting that in a recent talk to someone close with the Xbox 360 development team the following was said:
“They’d be mad not to do it, is all I can say…The machine is not only very capable, it’s More >
Anime Expo Announces Kalafina as First Musical Guest
1 year ago
After a months of waiting, SPJA’s Anime Expo officially announced Thursday night that Japanese Pop Trio, Kalafina, will be their first Musical Guest for this year. They are most well known for their theme songs for animes such as Black Butler and more recently Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Attendees More >
Nerd Reactor Podcast – Green Lantern Wonder Con Footage Reactions
1 year ago
At this year’s Wonder Con, Ryan Reynolds and the rest of the cast of The Green Lantern visited San Francisco to show off new footage from the film. Luckily, our Nerd Reactor crew was there too see it. The new footage shown was something that left them shocked, amazed and with damp More >
In the LA/OC Area? Come Support Nerd Reactor at JVAC Mini-Con This Saturday!
1 year ago
We here at Nerd Reactor will be having our own booth at JVAC Mini-Con this Saturday on December 4th, 2010 at Pasadena City College. So come out and support us by buying Nerd Reactor merchandise. We will also be giving away other nerdy merchandise.
JVAC Mini-Con 2010 is being run by JVAC, anime More >
Nintendo Will Not be Exhibiting at CES 2011
1 year ago
It was thought that Nintendo would finally be back to the Consumer Electronics Expo come January 2011 after a 16 year hiatus. In fact the last time Nintendo was at the event, they showcased “Project Reality”, which later became the Nintendo 64.
Unfortunately rampant online postings has Nintendo to More >
LBCC DAY 2-3 and Gallery
1 year ago
Day 2
This day was a beautiful day, at first it was projected to rain, but it was nice and sunny. Today there were cars from movies and TV shows. Also since it was a day before Halloween lots of cosplayers came out and they came out in full force. Characters from my childhood to characters for More >
World Cyber Games 10th Anniversary
1 year ago
The 10th Anniversary of the World Cyber Games took place early last month. Participants from 58 countries were gathered at the Los Angeles convention center to go “Beyond the Game”, the slogan of WCG. The WCG has traveleled to San Fransisco, Singapore, Monza, Seattle, Cologne, and Chengdu to have More >
Calling All Twilight Fans in Anaheim! Convention This Weekend
1 year ago
If you’re a fan or die-hard fan of Twilight, you owe it to yourself to check out The Official Twilight Convention this weekend, or else Team Jacob and Team Edward will hunt you down and take you away, or maybe just try to convince you that their idol is the best. The event starts this Friday, More >
Knott’s Scary Farm: Halloween Haunt SoCal Scion Night is Back!
1 year ago
SCION NIGHT 2011
SCION NIGHT IS BACK!!!! Tuesday October 26th, 2010 with the all NEW 2011 SCION TC!
For the past 7 years Southern Californian Scion owners have flooded the streets of downtown Buena Park, where Knott’s Berry Farm is located. One night, out of the 30+, owners and military
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Portal 2 Co-Op in Action
1 year ago
Valve brought their “A” game to PAX this year, revealing new features in the highly anticipated Portal 2 title. These are the first videos released that showcase the new co-op feature. As disappointing it was to hear that the game was pushed back to 2011, we can savor over these videos to hold us More >
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer Movie to Premiere at the New York Anime Festival
1 year ago
Could that possibly be any longer of a title? Anyways, Sunrise has announced that the North American premiere of the new Mobile Suit Gundam 00 movie will be shown at the New York Anime Festival/ New York Comic Con. It will stay true to its roots with Japanese audio and English subtitles. The movie More >
The Power of Morphicon: Smoking Out with Jason David Frank
1 year ago
Sometimes big conventions like Comic-Con lose a lot of the personal touch due to the massive hordes of people that over crowd the convention, leaving many feeling like herded cattle than fans that came to appreciate their favorite heroes with fellow con goers. This last weekend the Nerd Reactor More >
Movie Con 3 Brings New Light to X-Men: First Class
1 year ago
This past weekend Movie Con 3 wrapped up in London and they had a shot at asking all the questions and finding the scoop on new films. Well thankfully for us they managed to score a sneak peak at some of the cast of the upcoming X-Men installment, which is to begin shooting in just two weeks! More >
London Bridge Is Falling Down With Movie Con III
1 year ago
All that is Empire (records, film, magazine, interwebs) and BFI (British Film Institute) are doing it again to bring back Movie Con III. This three day convention at Southbank, London brings all things movie related under one roof to exploit top secret projects, expand upcoming films, and bring More >
Hawaii Five-0: “I got lei’d at Comic-Con 2010”
1 year ago
Another fan favorite from Comic-Con 2010 was the Hawaii Five-0 panel. Fans of sci-fi series Battle Star Galactica were eager to see Grace Park who joined the cast of the Hawaii Five-O reboot. Most people know her as Lt. Sharon “Boomer” Valerii from the BSG series. In Hawaii Five-0 she will be More >
Comic-Con 2010: Harry Potter Fan Stabs Con Attendee
1 year ago
Well this is definitely a first for Comic-Con. I’ve been to a few in the past and I’ve never heard any violence happening at the con, let alone a fight breaking out. So what exactly happened?. After the Resident Evil: Afterlife panel, a man in a Harry Potter t-shirt got into an argument with More >
Comic-Con 2010: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Cast of the AVENGERS
1 year ago
Quite possibly one of the greatest photo ops in all movie history, the cast of the Avengers assembled on stage for a surprise appearance at the end of the Thor and Captain America Panel. Never before in movie history have individual franchise been created for the sole purpose to bring them More >
Sweet Deadly Turpentine: Free Marvel Motion Comics on iTunes!
1 year ago
Minus the Sweet Deadly Turpentine, HIGHLY DO NOT SUGGEST, Marvel is offering, for a limited time, select comic downloads for free to celebrate Comic-Con San Diego!!
Get Free Motion Comics for free on iTunes Now! Download the first episodes of Astonishing X-Men: Gifted and Spider-Woman: Agent of More >
Comic-Con 2010: Dexter Panel and a NEW Season 5 Trailer
1 year ago
Probably one of the more highly anticipated panels of this years’ Comic-Con was Showtime’s hit series Dexter. Last season’s finale left many fans stunned and wanting more. The cast and crew sat down and talked to fans about what they can expect to be in store for Dexter next season. Many fans More >
