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Dragon Ball Z Hits Theaters For a Limited Time!

Catch Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods this week!

After a 17 year hiatus, FUNimation Entertainment is bringing a Dragon Ball Z film to over 800 major movie theaters! This screening will take place in the U.S. and Canada on August 5-7, and then wrapping up the final day on August 9th. Continue reading

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Special Edition NYC: The Con Before the Storm

Some comic (book) relief before New York Comic Con.

Last weekend I went to Special Edition NYC a convention that is dedicated to comic books…and only comic books. It was made from the same people that ran huge conventions like PAX and New York Comic Con, but this one in particular was purposely not as big as those. But is a good thing so dedicated comic book can support a hobby without taking twenty minutes to go from booth to booth.

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Indie Developers Share Dreaded Experience on Reality Show

There are some Dews that are not worth paying.

On Monday, a some individuals went public on their horrible experience on a reality show codenamed Game_Jam, where teams of indie developers were to compete against each other to make the best games to present to judges for a chance to win the most prized drink in the gaming stereotype, Mountain Dew.

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Anti-Video Game Politician Leland Yee Gets Arrested for Corruption

Talk about a potential hypocrisy. 

California state Senator Leland Yee, a politician who is known to gamers for pushing an unconstitutional law targeted towards video games, was arrested for corruption charges on Wednesday. According to NBC Bay Area, The charges against Senator Yee include “conspiracy to traffic in firearms without a license, and to illegally import firearms as well as a scheme to defraud citizens of honest services”.

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