Archive for 'Events'

Armageddon brings the big names

June 15th, 2009 – 6:48 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events, Movies, TV

The long running and always entertaining Armageddon Expo is known for having some big name film, TV, animation and comic book stars attending each year and this years coming Melbourne event is no different. The biggest star this year is probably Seth Green, star of film (Austin Powers, the Italian Job, Sex Drive), TV (Heroes, [...]

J.J. Abrams discussing his love of mystery

May 1st, 2009 – 3:52 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events, Movies, TV

Here is an old (March 2007) talk by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek) discussing his love of mystery and its uses in life and film. This talk is just one of many by fantastic speakers including Al Gore, Brian Greene, and Ken Robinson which you can check out at TED. I highly [...]

Gen Con Australia 2009

April 28th, 2009 – 8:27 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games, Movies

Whatever type of gaming you’re in to, Gen Con Australia has got you covered again this year getting prepared early to take over the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre come September.

With masses of space for all sorts of tabletop gaming and LAN tournaments the action rides alongside convention exhibitionists and special guests spanning across the [...]

Supanova ‘09

February 2nd, 2009 – 8:47 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events

Exploding across Australia again this year is Supanova, the biggest pop culture expo in the country celebrating all things geek. Hitting Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth throughout 2009 the expo is looking bigger and better than ever with a stellar initial lineup of guests for the Brisbane and Melbourne events.

Featuring a range of stars from [...]

Valhalla In Adelaide

December 20th, 2008 – 1:07 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

Alienware and Valhalla LAN parties are teaming up to bring you the Gears Of War 2 Reloaded LAN Event in Adelaide, January 16 – 17th.

Packing quite a punch over the last World At War Extravaganza, the next LAN event run by Valhalla will feature

Game Damage Premiere – New TV Show Featuring Yahtzee, Yug and Matt

December 11th, 2008 – 8:59 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games, TV

Premiered in person at eGames ‘08 was a brief preview of a new TV series being created and pitched worldwide by Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw (Zero Punctuation) as well as Yug and Matt (Australian Gamer); Game Damage.
Game Damage Intro

Described as “The Chaser’s War On Everything meets Top Gear… about video games” by Yug, the threesome are [...]

Call of Duty: World at War 24 Hour Launch Party

December 3rd, 2008 – 12:32 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events, Games

Like most gamers I’m familiar with the Call of Duty series, in fact it’s one of my favourites so when I got the opportunity to go to the launch party for the newest in the series Call of Duty: World at War hosted by Alienware my geek squeal of glee rang out across the [...]

eGames ‘08 With Elika

November 27th, 2008 – 8:36 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

Where last year previously boasted the impressive Assassin’s Creed this year at eGames ‘08 Ubisoft presented Prince Of Persia on the main screen to a receptive and always numerous group of onlookers.

Ubisoft presents Prince Of Persia – eGames ‘08 Preview

Official Site
Release Date – Early December 2008
Platform – XBOX 360, PS3, PC
Being featured both at Ubisoft’s [...]

Gaming On In Brisbane

November 26th, 2008 – 6:27 pm Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Events, Games

After huge success and a long run in Melbourne, Game On exhibition has already launched here in Brisbane, Queensland Australia for a good three months running November 17th 2008 through to February 15th 2009.
Game On Exhibition – The State Library Of Queensland – Brisbane – November 17th 2008 to February 15th 2009.

Dubbed “A Celebration Of [...]

iDEF 08 and the eGames Expo are here!

November 12th, 2008 – 3:20 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events, Games

The International Digital Entertainment Festival Melbourne 08 (or iDef for short) is on THIS week. Hosting a series of digital entertainment events and activities including the Digital Lifestyle Show, eGames Expo and Develop, an ICT Symposium and Careers Expo, it’s bound to be a great time.

14 – 16 Nov ‘08
Melbourne Exhibition Centre
eGames is the premium [...]