Entries in the ‘Fanboys’ Category:

$20 Game of the Week: Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3)

You gotta love system fanboyism. In exchange for the feeling you get of supporting your favorite console manufacturer, you screw yourself out of the chance to play some of the best games available on the other guy’s system(s). Back in the 16-bit days, I couldn’t throw a stone without hitting a Sega fanboy [...]

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Logo Analysis: 7th Kingdom

Some may remember an episode of PowetToys early on that focused on the Four Horsemen’s FANtastic Exclusives for 2006. The exclusive was based on an original story premise from the Four Horsemen called The 7th Kingdom. The exclusive figure was a minotaur named Xetheus of the Animal Kingdom and had several variant figures. In the [...]

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Movie Posters: Fanboys

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MTV’s Call for Geeks

Are you a fanboy or fangirl? Would you like a shot at your 15 minutes of fame? Are you ok with millions of people seeing just how big of a dorky otaku you really are?
Then MTV and Anime-Expo want you!
Anime-Expo, the largest anime convention on the west coast, has seemingly teamed up with MTV to [...]

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Powet.tv at Otakon 2008

A number of Powet.tv members have been attending Otakon for a few years. What follows was at some point intended to be some kind of comprehensive overview of the con, but it should be immediately obvious that we weren’t able to follow through with such an ambitious goal.

Enjoy the trannies, furrie, LARPers, and some [...]

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Botcon 2008 is in Cincinnati

In an email sent to all members of the Transformers Collectors’ Club, it was announced that Botcon 2008 will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 28th.
Here is the full text of the email:
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Day of the Daleks

Apparently some fans of Dr. Who got together last Sunday in Manchester, England to break a world record; the world’s largest gathering of Daleks.
67 homemade Daleks converged on the Museum of Science and Industry to achieve this feat.
Original Dalek costume designer, Raymond Cusick, was there to help out with judging responsibilites as well.
A flikr [...]

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Serenity Returns To Theaters For Charity

Last year, Joss Whedon’s follow-up to brilliant-but-cancelled Firefly was given a special global re-release to support the charity Equality Now. They raised over $65,000, and they had such a good time, they’re doing it again.
Starting June 23rd, 50 cities will hold special screenings of Serenity with the aim of raising $100,000! [...]

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