Wizard World’s Chicago Comic Con (which happened August 11-14 2011) treated its VIPs and press to a special Red Carpet event at the DoubleTree hotel on August 12, 2011.

Several celebs that attended the con strolled down the rosy rug up to take photos and be mobbed, er, interviewed by the press. I was lucky enough to snag a few short words with the celebs and get their insights on their current and past roles.

Wizard World Comic Con 2011 was lucky enough to get Capt. Picard himself, Patrick Stewart plus his son Daniel Stewart who was in a couple episode of Next Generation. The con took place on August 11-14 2011, the panel I saw was on Saturday 13 and was hosted by Chris Hartwick from G4.

I took a couple videos of Stewart from his panel because I believe he can say it better than I can.

Archaia Comics’ Stephen Christy, Henson archivist Karen Falk and artist Ramon Perez were on hand last Sunday (March 20, 2011) at C2E2 in Chicago, Il (USA), to talk about the one and only Jim Henson.

The purpose of the panel was to showcase some of Henson’s lost cartoons and short films and also to talk about a new graphic novel that will be made based on his never-before released film A Tale of Sand.

His mom was killed right in front in him and he is determined to make the killer pay, and every other criminal he can find.

Sean is not your typical hero, nor is he a typical high school student.

Attention all you Chicago Trekkies out there, this October 22-24th 2010, Creation Experience will be holding the 44th annual Star Trek Convention at the Westin O’Hare hotel in Rosemont IL. Like previous years, the Con will hold lots of panels, celebs, venders, and exclusive Star Trek merchandise. There will be panels for all the celebs plus special events like a live auction, several contests, a Leonard Nimoy panel of his latest photo seminar and a “Rat-Pack” concert with ST celebs Max Grodenchick, Vaughn Armstrong, Jeffery Combs, Casey Biggs and Armin Shimerman.

For the first time, Capybara Games’ Might and Magic Clash of Heroes which was once only on the DS, is coming to Playstation Network and Xbox Live. Now, players can experience this great RPG puzzler on the big screen in high def, with all the benefits that the console systems can give.

The move to PSN and XBLA will take advantage of the next gen consoles graphic and sound abilities and also add to the multiplayer experience. Plus there are lots of new features that goes along with the move, including:

Stern Pinball, makers of arcade-quality pinball machines, has announced a series of US pinball tournaments promoting its Iron Man pinball machine.

There are current four locations across the US and the event requires a $5 admission fee. The parties/tourneys all coincide with the movie’s release, May 7, 2010, and Stern promises “4 Grand Prize Winners” (likely one per location). Exact prizes were note indicated.

As an avid video gamer, I know all too well the extent people go through to ban certain games in their stores and businesses, especially game advertisements.

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is guilty of this by recently banning advertisements of more violent and racy video and computer games on its trains, buses and stations. This is not only a violation of free speech but, by doing so, CTA is intentionally singling out video games to ban, seeing as it still advertises movies and TV no matter how violent or racy they are.

However, the US Supreme court decided that enough is enough and last Thursday (January 7, 2010) by issuing an injunction against the CTA saying that it must lift the ban at least until the case is finally resolved, which was a huge victory for the gaming industry who seems to deal with tons of prejudice.

I sure hope Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is a good game.

Actually, I hope it is a great game not only because I consider myself a fan of the series but because it may be the only way in which Midway can pull itself out of the proverbial fire.

The company has been struggling of late to the point where it has had to go through some extreme measures just to complete one of its high-profile games. These struggles have resulted in staff members being handed pink slips in its Austin, TX (USA), studio.

Sadly, it’s looking like more…

On August 22, 2008, a new game store opened in the Chicago, IL (USA), area. The store, Black Sun Games, is run by gamers and focuses on table-top role-playing games (RPGs), miniatures and collectible card gaming…