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Fan Expo 2010 – Snakor’s Pizza Interview

September 17, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Arcana Comics, Comic, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Kody Peters, Sean Jordan, Show, Snakors Pizza, webcomic, Wordburglar3 Comments

What happens when your bid to take over the world fails, and despite your scaly visage, you’re just not good at being evil? Get into the pizza business, of course. That’s the premise to the comic Snakor’s Pizza, about a wannabe super villain who has to turn to a more practical career choice when his dream dies. Peter talks with writer Sean (SJ) Jordan (aka The Wordburglar) and artist Kody Peters about ideas behind the comic and their influences. While available in print, you can get a taste of it…

Fan Expo 2010 – Geoff Lapaire Interview

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Geoff Lapaire, interview, Kyle, Pure Pwnage, Show, Showcase, TV1 Comment

To round out our Pure Pwnage coverage from Fan Expo 2010, we return to Geoff Lapaire, who earlier gave us a sneak peek at the official Pure Pwnage Android app. Although he doesn’t name the location, the Pure Pwnage TV show has been picked up in another market. Alex talks with him about working on the TV series compared to the web show, and where things stand with the second season of the TV show. On that subject, they have two episodes scripted, and are still waiting to get the…

TIFF 2010: Submarine Q & A with Richard Ayoade

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 drsquid ben stiller, comedy, craig roberts, festival, Film, premiere, richard ayoade, sally hawkins, screening, submarine, TIFF, tiff 2010, Toronto, united kingdom, yasmin paige9 Comments

The Q & A session with director of Submarine, Richard Ayoade and the cast (Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige & Sally Hawkins). Though I am only attending a handful of films at this years TIFF, Submarine was one of my must sees. Richard Ayoade (many of you might know him as Moss from the IT Crowd) brought his debut feature to Toronto, and this Q & A shows how funny he is in person. Yes I AM the guy who asked the the last question from behind my camera, and was…

Sony NEX-5 camera review

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves bullpen, camera, camera review, DSLR, Kingpin Lei, laroquod, NEX-5, photography, point and shoot, review, sample pictures, Sony, thoughts16 Comments

We first got a quick peek at Sony’s NEX-5 at a Sony event a couple of months back, and were suitably impressed with the overall design. It’s not as bulky as a full on DSLR, while having more control, than your average point-n-shoot pocket camera. We finally got a review unit from Sony a couple of weeks back and have passed it around the bullpen. Click on past the break for our impressions, and some sample images from the NEX-5.

CBC’s “Pushing Buttons” – an in depth look at games and a Top 10 list

September 13, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed, Baldur's Gate, CBC, EA, EA Canada, Eternal Darkness, Homeworld, Mass Effect, media, Need For Speed, Peter Nowak, Pushing Buttons, Quest For Tires, Splinter Cell, Ubisoft Montreal, Unreal, video games1 Comment

Video games have been garnering a lot more attention in the mainstream press these days, and it’s not just enraged parents groups concerned with the effects a Mature rated title is having on their 13 year old who’s playing it in the den. Today marked the launch of a new feature on the CBC website called Pushing Buttons, which over the course of the week will take an in depth look at video games and their cultural and financial impact in Canada. Today is all about the history of games,…

Fan Expo 2010 – Tahmoh Penikett & Dean Stockwell

September 12, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Dean Stockwell, Dollhouse, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Quantum Leap, Show, Tahmoh Penikett3 Comments

It’s a Sunday afternoon two four, as Peter had a chance to take a couple of minutes each with Tahmoh Penikett and Dean Stockwell over int the signing area during Fan Expo. Why are these posted together? Well, because it represents both the human and cylon factions of Battlestar Galactica, of course. You can catch the Dean Stockwell interview after the break…

Fan Expo 2010 – Benjamin Rivers Interview

September 11, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves artist alley, Benjamin Rivers, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Show, small press1 Comment

Benjamin Rivers, creator of Snow and Empty Words, talks with Peter about his comics work, and about the freedom that one has when self publishing. You can check out both Empty Words and Snow online.

Fan Expo 2010 – Uyugomiak

September 9, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Comic, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Show, The Chubby Bounty Hunter, Uyugomiak, zine2 Comments

We sit down to talk with Toronto based writer/artist Uyugomiak in artist alley at Fan Expo. On hand were the first few issues of The Chubby Bounty Hunter, a post apocalyptic alternate world story, as well as his Uyugomiak Miniatures, which collects his non serialized work.

A shadowy figure reviews Long Pigs

September 8, 2010September 8, 2010 Paul L cannibalism, event, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, film review, horror, laroquod, Long Pigs, review, shadowy figure4 Comments

[ Shortly after seeing Long Pigs while attending Fan Expo with rgbFilter, I found this transcript, JPEG-and-all, on my server’s HD. Hacking a server to randomly express an opinion about a movie seems unlikely, but since I pretty much agree with it, here it is. —PLQ. ] A shadowy figure says, “A painted grid of some kind. Quite large. Big enough to fill this whole pit. And again I see there is a three-jewelled sigil, on the far side. Always on the far side. More runes below the grid seem…

Fan Expo 2010 – Freelance Blues

September 8, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Comics, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Freelance Blues, Ian Daffran, indie, interview, Mike Leone, Robohorse, webcomics15 Comments

Freelance Blues is a new indie comic from the minds of Mike Leone and Ian Daffran. A comedic take on Lovecraftian horrors mixed with the real horror of moving from job to job, the third issue was launched during Fan Expo this year. Although the series artist, Vicki Tierney, wasn’t on hand, we sat down and talked with the writers… well, more like stood there while they talked about what Freelance Blues is about, and what else they may have in the works. You can check out the first issue…

Fan Expo 2010 – Jarett Cale Interview

September 7, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo 2010, interview, Jarett Cale, Jeremy, PC gaming, Pure Pwnage, Show, Showcase, Starcraft 2, uber micro2 Comments

Every time we get a chance to talk to the guys from Pure Pwnage, it’s always a blast. We catch up with Jarett Cale at Fan Expo this year, to talk about what’s happening with season 2 of the TV series, and where the web series stands… “Honestly, it’s a bit depressing working on the web series, having to rewrite because of what happened to Troy and being able to have the ending we originally envisioned. So I get kind of bummed out, so I work in small intervals, I…

Duke’s back, Hail to the King – lines courtesy of Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter & Roddy Piper

September 6, 2010 drsquid 2k Games, 3D Realms, Army of Darkness, Ash, Bruce Campbell, Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem Forever, Evil Dead, Gaming, PC gaming, PS3, sam raimi, Xbox0 comment

Now that Duke Nukem is back in the public eye, perhaps Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter, and Roddy Piper should consider taking action to ensure that they are properly credited in the new game for the lines ‘appropriated’ from Army of Darkness and They Live…(oh and Scarface). Check out a clip from They Live after the break.