Archive for the ‘Conferences & Conventions’ Category

Holy Mini Comic-Con, Batman!

Holy Mini Comic-Con, Batman!

The 2013 Central Canada Pop Culture Expo (formerly the Winnipeg Comic & Toy Expo) launches in early April, and this year spotlights a classic TV show by welcoming a trio of bat-tastic special guests!
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Captain’s Blog: The Comic Con Kerfuffle

Captain’s Blog: The Comic Con Kerfuffle

Although I still haven’t completely recuperated from ‘Star Trek’ overload at the Calgary Expo earlier this year, I managed to make it down to the Central Canada Comic Con this past Saturday. Unfortunately, an iron-fisted crackdown on the press prevented me from obtaining much coverage. Sadly, I have very little to report.
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Captain’s Blog: The Wrath of Comic Con

Captain’s Blog: The Wrath of Comic Con

Can you believe that it’s that time of year again already? Central Canada Comic Con will return to Winnipeg, Manitoba starting tomorrow (November 2nd-4th), and another Starfleet Captain will lead the way for the 2012 event. Engage!
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DarbeeVision Announces High-End Darblet Successor – Where’s the Middle Ground?

DarbeeVision Announces High-End Darblet Successor – Where’s the Middle Ground?

The DarbeeVision Darblet, which I reviewed a couple months ago, may be the home theater product of the year. This clever little gizmo improves the picture quality of pretty much anything you throw at it on any display, and does so at a very reasonable price point. It’s not a perfect device, however. It’s rather cheaply made, comes in an awkward form factor with limited connectivity, and has to be shipped back to the manufacturer if you need a firmware update. To rectify these complaints, Darbee Visual Presence announced a second-generation product called the Fidelio at CEDIA last week, but in doing so may have way overshot the needs of its users.
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Final Thoughts on E3 and a Best of the Rest Round-Up

Final Thoughts on E3 and a Best of the Rest Round-Up

The nature of E3 is almost like a game industry version of the State of Union address, revealing what we should be excited about as an industry until next year’s conference, and in the short-term future. Of course, like the State of the Union, E3 is a throwback to a time when the internet wasn’t the main source of exchanging information.
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Notes From Ubisoft’s E3 Briefing with a Few Splices from EA

Notes From Ubisoft’s E3 Briefing with a Few Splices from EA

Ubisoft may have stolen the show at E3 the year with the announcement of ‘Watch Dogs’ and demonstrations of the Wii U. Meanwhile, played it safe until making one show-stopping gaffe.
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Highlights from Nintendo’s E3 Media Briefing

Highlights from Nintendo’s E3 Media Briefing

In its official E3 media briefing, Nintendo faces the burden of explaining why you should want the Wii U. This has left the company in a position of trying to explain how the Wii U Gamepad enables new gameplay.
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Highlights from Sony’s E3 Media Briefing

Highlights from Sony’s E3 Media Briefing

Did Sony mange to use some surprise announcements to steal the spotlight away from Microsoft and Nintendo at this year’s E3 conference? Read on to see what’s up.
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Highlights from Microsoft’s E3 Xbox Media Briefing

Highlights from Microsoft’s E3 Xbox Media Briefing

The four big takeaways from Microsoft’s E3 conference this year include the introduction and explanation of Xbox SmartGlass, the growing uses of Kinect, Internet Explorer for the 360, and an upcoming title line-up that’s consistent with this generation of games.
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Highlights from Nintendo’s Pre-E3 Video Conference

Highlights from Nintendo’s Pre-E3 Video Conference

This year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) conference will run from June 5th to 7th in Los Angeles. In anticipation of that, Nintendo decided to start the party early by introducing some key components of its first high-definition console. These include the redesigned Wii U Gamepad, Pro Controller and the Miiverse.
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