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Highlight from the 2016 Indiana Comic Con: Brent Spiner

During the 2016 Indiana Comic Con, I attended a panel featuring Brent Spiner, best known as Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Spiner has also worked on other sci-fi projects; he’s the voice of Gall Trayvis on Star Wars Rebels, and he is reprising his role from Independence Day – Dr. Brakish Okun lives…

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Game/Life Balance U.S. Podcast Episode 16: Netflix mobile featuring Daredevil Season 1

Cody and Jon have a Netflix extravaganza, prompted by Cody’s choice to watch Marvel’s Daredevil Season 1 on Netflix almost exclusively on his cell phone. Hear them discuss everything from Black Mirror to horror movies to various versions of Star Trek, then get Cody’s aggressive thoughts on the newest Hearthstone expansion, Whispers of the Old…

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Unqualified Gamers Podcast #124: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below review

Jon reviews Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below, including a brief history of the Dragon Quest / Dragon Warrior franchise and a primer on Musou games. Plus, Cody has a potentially exciting announcement for the future of Unqualified Gamers!

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Star Trek Beyond Casting: Idris Elba Officially Joins Cast

It’s been speculating for quite some time that Idris Elba would be joining the cast of Star Trek Beyond. The announcement was done in a way that’s a little unusual – at the end of a video promoting a Star Trek charity movement. The announcement was as simple as Idris walking into the shot and…

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Harlan Ellison®’s Acclaimed Star TrekTM Script Comes to Comics

IDW Will Adapt the Award-Winning Original Teleplay of “City On the Edge of Forever” As a Comic-Book Miniseries San Diego, CA (March 6, 2014) – Star Trek: The Original Series episode “City on the Edge of Forever” is regarded by many (including a TV Guide poll of the “100 Best TV Episodes of All Time”) as…

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Confessions of a YouTube Addict: Captain Picard Sings Let It Snow

Its the holiday season, so in that spirit this week’s YouTube video will have a holiday flair to it.  If you’re a Star Trek fan this video is incredibly funny, but even if you aren’t a Trek fan I think you’ll still laugh.  The creator of this video has cut multiple clips from Star Trek…

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Unboxing the Star Trek Into Darkness Gift Set

If you all know me, you know I’m a sucker for prop replicas of any type.  One of my favorite companies that makes replicas is Quantum Mechanix.  I currently own a Captain Malcolm Reynolds replica pistol and scale replica of Serenity.  On top of that, they make an awesome tribble that I got my girlfriend…

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Tabletop Tuesday: Holy Red Shirts and Russians, Batman!

Greetings once again, dice slingers, card wizards and tabletop enthusiasts!  This week’s Tabletop Tuesday takes us from the 40’s to the 60’s and then all the way to the 22nd century. To begin, we start with an old favorite of mine – Batman.  No, not Christian Bale.  Obviously not Clooney or Kilmer, either.  Not even…

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