Tag: conventions and festivals

Fandom is Magic

In the year 2001 I discovered a magical world. Not Harry Potter (that was a few years later) and not the Internet (although it was responsible), but a world that captured my attention and hasn’t let go ten years later. It has to do with fanfiction; unpaid fiction […]

The Difference Engine Initiative

Started by found CG Edtitor Jim Munroe and Mare Sheppard, The Difference Engine Initiative aims to diversify what kinds of games are made by offering gamemaking incubators for underrepresented groups in the game industry.  As part of this, the  Hand Eye Society will be running 2 game incubators […]

Planning the Hit on Stephanie Brown

At the Auckland Writers and Readers Fest, writer Dylan Horrocks talked about being in the meetings where  the death of Stephanie Brown, the superhero Spoiler and a female Robin, was planned, :  “As well as a Dan DiDio impersonation, he told the audience that the writers were told […]

Congratulations Bruce Leung Siu-Leung!

Fantasia Film Festival honored Bruce Leung Siu-Leung with their Legendary Kung Fu Star Award. He started his career as one of many Bruce Lee imitators before moving on working as an actor and action choreographer in films and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s.  In the 2004, Leung […]

GAM3RCoN on Monster Island

In celebration of its first anniversary, Monster Island Resort Podcast’s Miguel Rodriguez talks to Gam3rCon founders and “Gam3rs” playwrights, Brian Bielawski and Walter G. Meyer about their play, their con, survival horror games and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog.”