Remember when you used to have friends and people to play world of warcraft? Have you
ever wondered if they are still alive and kicking? Well if you were thinking about starting up again, Blizzard has put up a juicy offer to lure people back to the world of Azuroth. Current members subscribing to World of Warcraft can send out scrolls of resurrection to old friends and family so look out for an invitation to come back to World of Warcraft. If you accept, you can do a few cool things like level a character to level 80 for free, transfer a character from server to server, and even change the faction of that character. Did I mention your account gets an upgrade to the cataclysm expansion too? Continue reading
Training Simulations: PROTOTYPE 2 AND GAMESTOP LAUNCH CUSTOM VOICEOVER VIDEO CREATOR: PROTO-MIC
The law of the online universe clearly states: for every fan that sees a kickass videogame
trailer that blew their mind, there will always be at least one person who thinks they could have made a better version themselves. Now, thanks to GameStop® and PROTOTYPE®2’s custom voiceover video creator, PROTO-Mic, they will get their wish. Launching today, PROTO-Mic, allows fans the chance to add their very own voiceover to some of PROTOTYPE 2’s biggest trailers (with new video content being added on a weekly basis) and share their creations with friends. To celebrate the launch of PROTO-Mic, YouTube star Toby “Tobuscus,” has created his own LITERAL PROTOTYPE 2 Red Zone trailer. Fans can check out the trailer and make their own version at:www.facebook.com/gamestop
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Hard Copy: Martians Have Nothing to Sing About
We reported on our site the other day about IDW and Topps forming an alliance to bring back
Mars Attacks in both comic book and collectible card form. Also in that report it was stated that a Mars Attacks was coming to Broadway sometime next year. I thought it would have made a strange musical but we will never know since it was all a April Fool’s Day prank. We fell for it. This is what IDW had to say about the announcement: Continue reading
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Hard Copy: Lucious Blake and the Ivory City is Looking for Pledges on Kickstarter
We here at Geekstronomy are big fans of indie projects. Whether it is a movie, a book, a comic
book or a CD we want to do whatever we can to help up and coming talents. This time we have a very cool looking comic book called Lucious Blake and The Ivory City that is looking for backers on Kickstarter. Continue reading
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Astronaut Selection: The Winner of the Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure Toy Fair Exclusive Figure
Back in February our friends at Activision supplied us with some fantastic prize support.
Thanks to Activision we acquired a Skylanders Toy Fair Exclusive Cynder! On March 17th we awarded our first prize to a very happy young man.
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Equipment: DST Marvel Vs. Capcom Photo Contest Winners
With two full waves of Diamond Select Toys’ Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Minimates line out in
stores, DST decided to hold a photo contest, to see who could stage the best fight scene. The winner would get a set of Minimates from every line DST made, plus some rare Minimate prizes, and that brought out some talented photographers! After some toughdeliberation, DST came up with a winner, plus three runners-up. Continue reading
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Tagged Capcom, Chun Li, Contest, Dante, Deadpool, Devil May Cry, Diamond Select Toys, Dormammu, DST. Diamond Select, Galactus, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Minimates, Photo Contest, Spider-man, Video Game, Winners, Wolverine
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Hard Copy: IDW and Topps Planning a Mars Attacks Broadway Musical
Coinciding with the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, trading card giant Topps and comic
book publisher IDW announced today an exciting joint venture: the co-production of a thrilling, big-budget Broadway musical based on the MARS ATTACKS saga, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. While Topps and IDW have each had success with their properties in film, a Broadway production is a first for both companies. Continue reading
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Equipment: Amazing Spider-Man Busts and Statues Coming from DST!
Diamond Select Toys has been out of the Marvel statue game for a little while, but at one point
they were steadily documenting every corner of the Marvel Universe, and one of the crown jewels in the line was their assortment of Spider-Man 3 busts and statues. Since they had so much fun working on the movie version of Ol’ Web-Head last time, they decided to get back into the game for the new movie, The Amazing Spider-Man! There are four busts and one mini-statue in the works, and they’re all designed by Gentle Giant Studios, based on digital data from the movie. Continue reading
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Training Simulations: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Video Game
The successor to the highest-rated Transformers game of all time and in development by the
acclaimed team at High Moon Studios, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron allows players to experience the darkest hours of the war between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS as they vie for control of their dying home world. Fans will fight through both sides of the Transformers’ most epic battles that culminate in their legendary exodus from Cybertron. Continue reading
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Equipment: Great Stuff Coming from Anovos
There is always a great deal of cool stuff coming from Anovos. For those of you who don’t know Anovos has the license for some of the greatest sci-fi shows including Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek. Everything that Anovos does is high quality and limited. When you see something you like from these guys you need to order it right away or you will miss out. Here is some of the great stuff that you can pick up if you are quick enough. Continue reading
