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Heartless Aquarius Takes on Sabakon 2018
Hey everyone, Heartless here! It’s time to for another convention review. This time I went to Las Vegas to attend Sabakon, for the first time. Sabakon was an absolute blast. Not only is the Nevada/Las Vega community so sweet, but they also know how to have fun! Every panel and event I went to was full of excitement. Even when there was a lull between things to do, it was easy to keep busy by...
Nerd News with Bytes N’ Brews Episode 1: Stan Lee, Fallout 76, and Sony Leaving E3
The boys of Bytes N’ Brews are at it again. In addition to streaming multiple days a week on Twitch, we’re now getting together once a week to talk about the hottest topics in geek culture, and turning that into a quick video, dubbed Nerd News! Stan Lee In this inaugural episode of Nerd News with Bytes N’ Brews, we are opening with something huge, the passing of a titan, someone near and dear to a...
Geegiiee’s Early Thoughts on Fallout 76
Fallout 76 is a prequel to previous Fallout games. It is set in an alternate version of history, and takes place in 2102, twenty-five years after a nuclear war devastated the Earth. You play as a resident of Vault 76, a fallout shelter that was built in West Virginia to house America’s best and brightest minds. You begin your adventure leaving the Vault on “Reclamation Day”, your...
Book Review: Pompom Pokémon
Book Review: Pompom Pokémon Hey everyone, Heartless Aquarius here! I have the cutest book to tell you guys about. Pompom Pokémon is a craft book with in-depth instructions on how to make 32 different Pokémon as adorable little pompoms. The Pokémon vary from all the the games and have different levels of difficulty. When I say in-depth instructions, I really mean it. They throughly explain how to f...
Manga Review: Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka
Hey everyone, Heartless Aquarius here! It’s time for another manga review. I got to read the first volume of the series Ao Haru Ride, by Io Sakisaka. If you can’t tell from the art style, it’s another shojo manga! “Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had alread...
Review: The Geek Lyfe Rides a 2018 Hyundai Sonata SEL to Anime Expo!
Anime Expo is the nation’s largest anime convention and is very near and dear to my heart. Every single year, I look forward to traveling from Phoenix, Arizona to Los Angeles, California for a weekend filled with anime, cosplay, and breaking news! Not to mention I can always count on meeting wonderful people whether they are old friends or new homies! This year we were blessed by the car god...
Failure Is Not an Option: Spacefest IX
Hi there, Lvcky here! I went a bit out of my comfort zone this weekend and attended Spacefest IX, at the beautiful JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Spacefest IX is a convention for astronomy community members, as well as space and sci-fi enthusiasts. The convention ran Wednesday through Sunday, and boasted a list of programming that was jam-packed with astronomers, scientists, and...
Lucky Diamond Conquers ColossalCon 2018
Hi guys! Kathy aka Lucky Diamond Cosplay here. I had the privilege of attending ColossalCon for the first time for their 2018 show. It was my first experience at a Midwest convention, and boy do I have some things to say about my time in Sandusky, Ohio! First of all, you might be wondering, is this a convention or just a water-park? The short answer is that it is both! The Kalahari Resort is a ver...
Before the Storm: Review of the Battle for Azeroth Prequel Novel by Christie Golden
Everyone that knows me knows just how much I love Warcraft. Many of my cosplays are from World of Warcraft, I’ve had my account active almost constantly since 2006, I’m super interested in all the lore, and I’ve read all the novels so far. Naturally, I was really excited to read the new novel by Christie Golden, Before the Storm. This is the official prequel novel to the upcoming World of Warcraft...
Anime Review: Sailor Moon SuperS – Season 4 Part 1
Hey everyone! Heartless Aquarius here and I have another review for you guys. Viz Media sent us their recently released DVD/Blu-ray set of Sailor Moon SuperS. “A majestic pegasus with a golden horn has appeared in Chibi-Usa’s dreams with a request—to help him and keep his presence a secret. This plea turns out to be more than a childish dream, for the fearsome Dead Moon Circus led by the vil...
Heartless Aquarius Takes on Sabaku Con 2018
Hey guys! Heartless Aquarius here and I have a new anime convention to tell y’all about. I went to New Mexico for the first time to visit Sabaku Con. It’s another convention by Monkey Paw Entertainment, who also run many Arizona anime conventions such as Saboten Con, Con-Nichwa, and more. Location Sabaku Con was held in the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North hotel. The building itself is gor...
Through Tears, Fangirling, and Screaming: Saint Reviews Solo
Right off the bat I would like to take a moment to address the single greatest fear we all had going into the this Star Wars spinoff, does it fit the canon? Most diehard Star Wars fans of any generation have a tendency to immediately shut down any potential plot that might be “canon-divergent” or “sways from the novelizations”. I’d be a hypocrite if I said I wasn’t one of those people. So, natural...
