Production has commenced in Toronto, ON for the 13-episode third 
season of Syfy’s highly-rated Defiance, featuring new cast additions Lee Tergesen (The Americans) as military leader General Rahm Tak, Nichole Galicia (Django Unchained) as Kindzi and Conrad Coates (The Strain) as her father, T’evgin (both part of a new alien race known as the Omec). Produced by Universal Cable Productions, season two of Defiance delivered an average of 1.2 million viewers 18-49 and 2.7 million total viewers (based on Live +7 data). Continue reading
Transmissions: Defiance is Back in Production with New Cast Members Joining the Show
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Training Simulations: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (Single Player) Review
By now you might be familiar with the new Call of Duty Advanced 
Warfare from all the advertisement and hype around its release. This is a new form of Call of Duty, specifically dealing with futuristic combat situations and the evolution of equipment that could be available in that future and headlined with the voice acting talents of Kevin Spacey. Activision themselves are also boasting that their new plan is to have one developer work on a new Call of Duty title in three year cycles improving the quality of their games. If true to their word, it will only bring forth big things. I can honestly say that this plan has succeeded with Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, for the most part that is. The single player and multiplayer portions of this Call of Duty are so different in quality and production values that they deserve separate reviews. Continue reading
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Equipment: No Love for Joe. How the 50th Anniversary was Just a Sad Farewell to the Greatest Action Figure of All Time
This year the chain store Target ran a television ad asking the 
Christmas question, “What D’ya get?” The commercial had a Barbie and several other toys including plastic army men who were all curious about the unseen gift. I know what wasn’t in the box: G.I. Joe, because Joe was absent from shelves this year on his 50th anniversary. So I have to ask, “Why did Hasbro abandon the Real American Hero?” Continue reading
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Transmissions: Hunger Games Star Josh Hutcherson Will Guest Judge on Face-Off
Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games franchise, will 
guest judge on Syfy’s critically-acclaimed reality competition series Face Off – the network’s most watched unscripted series – in this season’s third episode, “Let the Games Begin,” airing Tuesday, January 27 at 9PM (ET/PT). Continue reading
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Hard Copy: The Review of The Art of Alien: Isolation from Titan Books
Saying that an art book based on a horror themed video game is beautiful may 
seem like a contradiction but not in the case of the Art of Alien Isolation. Yes, the Art of Alien Isolation is gorgeous and it brings back memories of the original Alien from 1979. Continue reading
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Equipment: Funko Releases New Pulp Fiction Re-Action Figures
Funko has done a great job producing some of our beloved childhood
characters as toys. Seriously who wouldn’t want a Rocketeer figure or the crew of the ill-fated Nostromo from Alien? Even though they have limited poseability there is something about the Re-Action line that appeals to collectors and fans alike and now that line has taken an unexpected turn. Continue reading
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Equipment: Halo UNSC Fleet Officer Bag from Crowded Coop
I have been letting my geek flag fly all of my life. I fully embra
ced my geek side even though I was picked on not just by kids in the neighborhood but by my parents. I constantly lived in a fantasy world and sometimes even dressed the part. It wasn’t rare for me to carrying around a phaser for dangerous situations. I do still dress the part and live a skewed reality but as an adult it is harder to get away with running around in a cape carrying a light saber. So these days I am somewhat more discreet in my everyday cosplaying. Continue reading
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Equipment: Aliens Minimates Army Builder Packs from Diamond Select Toys
The tag line for the 1979 horror/sci-fi classic Alien was: “In space no 
one can hear you scream.” I am sure that 35 years later you can hear the screams of joy from fans. Screams of joy because of all the merchandise that has been released from that franchise. 2014 saw the release of a new video game, an Alien head bottle opener, a Hallmark ornament and most importantly a line of Minimates based on the second movie in the franchise, Aliens, from Diamond Select Toys. Continue reading
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Equipment: New in Stores this Week from Diamond Select-from Batman to Zombies
It’s another New Toy Day at comic shops and specialty stores acro
ss North America, when the latest toys and collectibles get delivered. And this week four new Diamond Select Toys items are shipping, just in time for the holidays! DST’s vinyl bust banks of Batman and Robin from the classic 1960s TV series have arrived, as has their metal bottle opener of the robot B9 from Lost in Space, and the latest Marvel Minimates Zombie Villains Box Set! Read more about them below, and call up your local shop to see if they have them in stock! Continue reading
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Transmissions: Q&A Panel with the Cast of Syfy’s Ascension
In October a group of reporters and web editors gathered in Orla
ndo, Florida to find out about the new shows and returning favorites from Syfy. One those shows was the highly anticipated, Ascension. If you don’t already know the premise of the show; Ascension is set in present day onboard generational space ship on a deep space mission to colonize an alien world. This secret mission was launched in 1963 and was to be the future of mankind. Now you know all you really need to know before watching. Continue reading
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