#NerdHQ at #PetcoPark for #SDCC

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We have all been anxiously waiting Nerd HQ news and finally, some details are coming forward... Here is the full press release:

The Nerd Machine, will return to Petco Park in San Diego July 24-27. The four-day event provides fans a free nerdy hangout during the annual pop culture convention. This year guests can expect an expanded “Conversations for a Cause” panel series, more fan-focused interactions and exclusive gaming opportunities showcasing never-before-seen titles. Nerd HQ 2014 is proudly sponsored by SEGA® of America, Maker Studios, Intel and Catan Anytime powered by Internet Explorer. Additionally, Nerd HQ has partnered with Facebook to provide interactive experiences to connect fans both at the event and at home with all the action happening at Nerd HQ. Nerd HQ is also supported by amazing fans who contributed to Nerd HQ through a crowd-funding campaign earlier this year. Their amazing loyalty to the Nerdolution has helped make this year’s event possible.

Whether looking for a home-base to relax or meeting friends for some fun, NERDHQ offers something for fans of all ages. The philanthropic panel series “Conversations for a Cause” has been expanded to include over 300 fans. Taking place on a stage constructed in the stands of Petco Park, the panel series has played host to some of the biggest names in pop-culture including Joss Whedon, Seth Green, Richard Madden, Tom Hiddleston, Stan Lee, Lucy Liu, Zac Quinto, Felicia Day, Scott Bakula, Tatiana Maslany, Vin Diesel, and Guillermo Del Toro just to name a few. This year NERDHQ is proud to welcome back “returning nerds” Evangeline Lily, Jared Padalecki, and Adam Baldwin. The “Conversations for a Cause” series is further expanding its reach with first time appearances by Jeff Bridges, Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Brenton Thwaites and with cast appearances by The Walking Dead, The Giver, and many more. Tickets for panels are $22 and all funds raised through panel ticket sales go directly to support Operation Smile in its mission to help improve the health and lives of children all over the world.

Nerd HQ is making it easier for guests to be plugged in to all the fun and excitement by launching the Nerd HQ App. Designed to give the fans more access than ever before, the Nerd HQ App has a complete schedule of “Conversations for a Cause,” Maker Stage events, parties, maps, and more. Also included are links to buy tickets for the panels, push notifications that will inform users of special events like the “Smiles for Smiles” photo opportunities and even a #hashtag feed for all #NerdHQ posts. Once downloaded and registered at Nerd HQ, guests will receive a collectable Nerd HQ wristband and the Badge of the Nerdolution. Fans will receive up to the minute news and updates of happenings at Nerd HQ. They will also be eligible for various exclusive incentives and prizes only available to registered visitors. Direct links to all of Nerd HQ’s various sponsors as well as one to the donation page for Operation Smile will also be available. The Nerd HQ App will be available for iOS and Android.

Nerd HQ is excited to provide a home for SEGA to showcase its most anticipated titles, Alien: Isolation™, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA™ F 2^ndand two titles under the new Sonic Boom franchise – Sonic Boom™: Rise of Lyric for the Wii U system and Sonic Boom™: Shattered Crystal for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. For the first time, fans will be able to play demos of each title.

Guests seeking opportunities to have the nerd scared out of them will be able to play Alien: Isolation, a first-person survival horror game capturing the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic film, Alien™. Players find themselves in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger as an unpredictable, ruthless Xenomorph is stalking and killing deep in the shadows. Underpowered and underprepared, you must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission, but to simply stay alive. Alien: Isolation will be available from October 7, 2014, for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.

For Sonic fans, SEGA will debut Sonic Boom. For more than two decades Sonic the Hedgehog has been one of the world’s biggest gaming icons, with over 70 video game titles, four animated series, and an extensive global merchandising line to his name. This year SEGA introduces a new branch of the Sonic universe, entitled Sonic Boom™, that will launch new video games exclusively for the Wii U™ system and the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, the first-ever CG animated television series, and a new toy line anchored by master toy partner TOMY. The creative driving forces behind these projects are working together with SEGA to kick-start a global campaign for Sonic Boom™ that will excite and engage new and existing fans across a variety of platforms.

Makers Studios will have an exclusive stage at this year’s NERD HQ. In conjunction with Maker’s gaming network Polaris, the Maker Stage will feature performances and panel discussions from various partners including Dodger, Stampylonghead, Jon Tron, Markiplier, Jesse Cox, The Game Grumps, CaptainSparklez, and iBallisticSquid among others, with appearances by comedy and lifestyle talent including KassemG and Amy Pham. Everything from Polaris by Maker @ NERD HQ will be featured as a post event digital experience on Maker’s proprietary web platform Maker.tv. Get all the updates from Polaris by Maker including exclusive giveaway and surprises by following #MakerLIVE.

Intel will be at Nerd HQ featuring some of the newest cool and nerdy technology devices on the market today. Attendees can create custom green-screen photos with Intel-based tablets, enter for a chance to win over $40,000 of remarkable prizes and get their hands on exclusive discounted offers. Fans will also have a chance to see what it is like to be “connected at 30,000 feet,” playing entertaining games on incredibly powerful and innovative tablets, 2 in 1 devices, and portable all-in-one PCs.

In the gaming gallery, fans can try their hand at Catan Anytime, the first truly modern digital version of The Settlers of Catan board game. Fear not Settlers—the days of relying on your trusty board game as your only source for hours of Catan entertainment are behind you. Together with the creators of The Settlers of Catan, Mayfair Games, and Bontom Games, Internet Explorer is excited to launch Catan Anytime, bringing the beloved board game experience to the modern web with Internet Explorer 11. With Catan Anytime you can play The Settlers of Catan anywhere and on any device (phone, tablet, PC).

Facebook will bring their social networking power directly to fans at Nerd HQ. To enhance the fan experience, Facebook plans to unveil a new activation; the innovative Facebook Fan Question Station. For the first time, comments from the Nerd Machine Page will be sourced and the Facebook Fan Question Stationwill randomly select fan questions for talent to answer in the NerdHQ green room. Talent will select questions by shaking the device and then recording video responses that will then be posted on the Nerd Machine Page. Not only will this provide those at home a way to experience the excitement at Nerd HQ but will also enable the talent to directly engage with their most loyal fans.

Finally, what is Nerd HQ without a dance party? Back by popular demand is the Nerd HQ Fan party held on Thursday, July 24. All are welcome to this incredible night of dancing and fun.

#WalkingDead Panel announced for #SDCC

Set for 12:20 p.m. PT July 25, The Walking Dead panel will last one hour in Hall H. There will be an autograph session shortly thereafter.

MC has officially announced this year's panel for hit TV show The Walking Dead at San Diego Comic Con, with participants including stars Andrew Lincoln, Steven Yeun, and Lauren Cohan, as well as showrunner Scott Gimple and co-creator Robert Kirkman

Other panelists include: Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chad Coleman, Michael Cudlitz, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer and special effects make-up supervisor Greg Nicotero, and executive producer David Alpert. Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick will moderate the discussion.


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Game of Thrones and my Sunday cable television

Game of Thrones returns Sunday while Walking Dead wraps up the season Sunday also. What would ever happen if my glorious cable tv shows ended? True Blood returns Sundays this summer, I am thankful to have my television shows, but what if it ended?

George R. R. Martin is a notoriously slow writer. A well-known fact that worried many fans who wished to watch Game of Thrones but were unwilling to commit, fearing Martin might not be able to write the end of the book series before the television show caught up to the books.

Thankfully according to the Game of Thrones’ showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, Martin sat down with them and took them through the entire plot — all the way to the end — spoiling them for who actually wins the Iron Throne. [See here] Ooh... 

So even though the newest A Song of Ice and Firebook, The Winds of Winter, does not have a release date, readers should be confident that although Martin is still writing it, it will make an appearance sooner than later. He even is offering up an entire chapter for preview.

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The Walking Dead Tokyo Prank on Norman Reedus

THE WALKING DEAD TOKYO PRANK

Delivers Ultimate Fan Experience

The Walking Dead Superfan and Vine ‘Zombie Prankster,’ Nick Santonastasso, Pulls Off the Ultimate Zombie Prank on The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus (Daryl) in Tokyo

The unsuspecting actor, co-star Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) and Special Effects Guru/Executive Producer, Greg Nicotero are in Japan promoting the global return of

Season 4 on FOX, the show’s international broadcaster.

SEE THE PRANK UNFOLD AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR READERS:

http://youtu.be/igDzM4CyWa8

SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS HERE: 

https://www.yousendit.com/download/elNLNU1PdzhOQngzZU1UQw

Day Three SDCC 2013

Friday at SDCC. My main goal was to get into Hall H for Veronica Mars, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Sony Screen Gems. We went to line at 8am and after 8.5 hours of waiting in line, we got into Hall H.



The line went around Hall H, down the street by Bayfront, along the water (wrapped up/down three rows worth) down around the Symphony Stage and along the water to the parking lot.

Sadly at that time the following things had occured:

• Missed Veronica Mars
• Missed Walking Dead, but saw Norman Reedus wave from the rooftop
• Missed Game of Thrones, cried a bit as cosplayers for Game of Thrones left the Hall H line that they had sat in for hours like us
• left the line to use the bathroom, which had no t.p. thank goodness I had stuff in my bag to use
• got heart burn from living off of trail mix, gatorade, bottled water and dried fruit snacks
• sun  burned patched of my arms that were not correctly sunscreened due to being hung over and under rested
• burned the top of my head/scalp from sun beating down on us
• rubbed black ink all over my face when the magazine I was using as a fan began to make my hands black and my hands began to make my face black as I wiped the sweat from my forehead.
• sat on sidewalks, curbs, grassy areas, cement areas, by the water, along the road, under the Hall H line tents and finally in a seat inside.
• met amazing SDCC fans
• collected some more Ender's Game buttons from "recruiters"
• complained enough that I am shocked no one around me smacked me upside the head

Charming right? It was a rough day for sure. Besides being hung over from the night before, getting 2 hours sleep only, and dealing with hot sun beating down on me, we waited a very long time only to miss everything.




Amazing cosplay. When we all didn't get into Game of Thrones panel these guys left and we all gave them a round of applause.

It felt this year, like there were more lines, more camping out (for hall h and just to get IN to the convention) I don't know that this was because of Twilight fans in the past setting the bar high, or if people actually enjoy laying in a sleepinng bag on the sidewalks of San Diego, but it was pretty crazy this year!

Anyhow, I did enjoy Sony Screen Gems (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Robocop, Moral Instrument, Spiderman 2) amazing stars, amazing clips, trailers, surprises and a fun time.

Metallica was also incredible. Their new movie is 3-D and looks like a pretty interesting film. They also gave our tickets for a secret concert that night, I didn't win, sadly. I felt the process was b.s. they hadn't given out all the tickets yet, but the winning #s were put on the board. Then we got tickets, and the same numbers won, but some people who just got tickets won, so how easy was it to just find the "winning #" to win? total bs but ah well.

Here are some cool things we did see along the journey:




Minion Blimp! I saw this at Long Beach airport when I left SDCC also!



We did not make it INSIDE, but Norman Reedus came to us, kinda of, Still very cool!



Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 panel



Mortal INstruments Panel



Robo Cop panel



Metallica movie panel

Amy and I went to dinner and chillaxed that evening after a long day.Much more to say and share, but I do indeed need some sleep... check back soon!


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Alex Ross's Walking Dead Season 4 poster created for #SDCC2013

Alex Ross, the renowned comics artist known for his work on Spider-Man, Batman and The Avengers, has shifted his attentions from the fantastic to the horrific -- as evidenced by his limited-edition The Walking Dead Season 4 poster created for San Diego Comic-Con 2013.

Here is a gallery of previous posters.

I will be at the panel at Comic-Con, Friday, July 19 at 1:35 PM in Hall H. 

Check back for pics and blogs about the panel!

VIA MovieWeb