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More guests announced for Phoenix Comicon: LeVar Burton, Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, John Schneider

November 18th, 2009, 10:52 am by Jayson Peters
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LeVar Burton and Felicia Day

Phoenix Comicon organizers have announced the next big round of celebrity guests for Phoenix Comicon 2010, coming Memorial Day weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Leading the pack is LeVar Burton, host of Reading Rainbow, Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Kunta Kinte from Roots.

Burton joins fellow TNG alum and ubergeek Wil Wheaton, along with the previously announced Jonathan Frakes, who played USS Enterprise first officer Will Riker. Frakes’ wife, General Hospital star Genie Francis, is also a guest.

Other Hollywood stars announced: John Schneider (Smallville and The Dukes of Hazzard), actress and geek goddess Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), perennial guest and The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, and Kevin Grazier, Ph.D., science adviser to the Syfy series Eureka and Battlestar Galactica. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in: Comics • Conventions • Events • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Smallville • Star Trek • Television • • • • | 1 Comment »

‘Star Trek Online’ box art boldly goes public

November 17th, 2009, 4:28 pm by Jayson Peters

Star Trek Online box artThe official website of Star Trek Online has relaunched today with a new design and a first look at the game’s striking box art.

The online RPG, due out Feb. 2, is priced at $49.99. Subscription pricing has not been announced. PC system requirements were revealed last week.

Closed beta testing of the game, which is set in the generation after Star Trek: The Next Generation, began earlier this year.

Developers also announced that fan displeasure at word that starship interiors would not be accessible at launch has led to the inclusion of bridges as a venue for social interaction within the game.

But that’s not all! Hit the jump for a video showing how space combat will work.

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Weekend Reading

November 15th, 2009, 8:00 am by Jayson Peters

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‘Star Trek Online’ system requirements uncloaked

November 11th, 2009, 12:34 pm by Jayson Peters

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Courtesy of Kotaku, here are the PC system requirements for Cryptic’s Star Trek Online, set for release Feb. 2 in North America and Feb. 5 in Europe.

System Requirements

  • OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 3800+
  • Memory: 1GB RAM
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 / ATI Radeon X1800 / Intel HD Graphics
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
  • HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
  • Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
  • Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Recommended System Configuration

  • OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
  • CPU: Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 5600+
  • Memory: 2GB RAM+
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850+
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
  • HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
  • Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
  • Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

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‘Star Trek Online’ star-dated: MMO launches in February

November 5th, 2009, 2:47 pm by Jayson Peters

sto_borgCryptic Studios and its parent company, Atari, have confirmed that their MMO Star Trek Online will be released Feb. 2, 2010, in North America. The European launch will follow on Feb. 5, the companies told Eurogamer. This will put the game’s release safely ahead of the end of Atari’s fiscal year.

Closed beta testing of the game, which is set in the generation after Star Trek: The Next Generation, began earlier this year.

Via Cinema Blend

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Join the glorious Klingon Empire — or else

October 26th, 2009, 10:55 am by Jayson Peters

The twisted souls over at io9 posit that this animated Klingon propaganda film may be a viral promotion for the sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. But even if it’s just fan media, it’s fun to watch:

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Update! More details, a follow-up video and a translation here.

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From the Archives: A Labor Day NerdWord

September 7th, 2009, 8:00 am by Jayson Peters

Star Trek red uniform redshirt security officer Paramount CBSNote: This post originally appeared on Sept. 1, 2008.

In honor of Labor Day, today we salute the redshirts: those thankless legions of faceless Starfleet security officers who boldly go in front of their captain … and usually pay the price. Very early in the episode.

As the Klingons say: “Today is a good day to die!”

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Rocky Mountain high?

August 26th, 2009, 9:47 am by Jayson Peters

Ah, Colorado. Crisp mountain air, meth-contaminated comics books and armed robbery — meddling kid and Klingon style!

Investigators this week announced they have broken up a massive methamphetamine ring that brought weekly drug shipments to the Denver area through Phoenix, then laundered the profits with half a million dollars’ worth of collectible comics books — including some Superman and Batman first editions. The fiends! (Bagged as they were or not, I wonder if those valuable books are now worthless after exposure to the harsh chemicals used to make meth?)

shaggybatleth1Also this week, the FBI dubbed a bank robber in more than a dozen hits in Arizona and Colorado “The Shaggy Bandit” for his resemblance (?) to the hirsute character from “Scooby-Doo.”

Reading that story led me to this blog post about weird weapons used by Colorado Springs criminals, which mentioned a story from earlier this year about a convenience store robbery in which a Klingon Bat’leth sword was used.

Is Colorado becoming a nexus of the bizarre?

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Luke beats Vader …

August 22nd, 2009, 11:17 am by Jayson Peters

Who needs Rock, Paper, Scissors — or even Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock — when we now have Luke, Vader, Emperor?

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‘Star Trek Online’ to embark on beta test adventure soon

August 4th, 2009, 11:34 pm by Jayson Peters

Think of it as a little shakedown cruise.

Star Trek OnlineStar Trek Online will enter the perilous wormhole that is closed beta testing in late 2009, but the only way to guarantee yourself a seat on the bridge is to buy into Cryptic Studios’ other game, Champions Online.

A six-month “discounted” subscription will suffice, but those opting for a “lifetime” subscription will get a bonus — a Mirror Universe costume set for Trek Online.

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