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BlizzCon 2021: Date, Schedule, Virtual Tickets, News, and How to Watch

The Covid-19 pandemic took its toll on the entire gaming industry last year, especially when it came to conventions and trade shows. E3 2020 was canceled and so were a myriad of other events, including BlizzCon, Blizzard’s biggest event of the year where fans come together to celebrate World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Hearthstone, and Overwatch. Fortunately, BlizzCon 2021 is here to make up for lost time with an all-digital event full of updates on the latest and greatest from Blizzard Entertainment. This means that if you’ve been waiting to hear more about all of those new Diablo projects, Overwatch…
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Is Virtual Photography the Next Great Artform?

2020 saw the release of highly-anticipated games like The Last of Us Part II, Death Stranding on PC, Ghost of Tsushima, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. What do all of these games have in common? Stellar in-game photo modes that allow a growing online community of virtual photographers to capture the beauty and complexity of these game worlds.  Fans have been taking screenshots of their favorite games for almost as long as they’ve been playing them. Photo modes themselves have existed at least as far back as 1999’s Metal Gear Solid: Integral, which featured a bare bones “photoshoot mode” as…
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Sci-Fi Explosion: Join Den of Geek and Warner Archive for Virtual Fun, Trivia, and Prizes

We’re hosting another Sci-Fi Explosion in conjunction with the Warner Archive Collection, here’s the details! Far beyond the usual sci-fi space stories there lies a strange galactic outpost where inexplicable Star Wars-themed music videos rub shoulders with cosmic cartoons, weird robot PSAs and other forgotten orphans of genre insanity. This is the domain of Sci-Fi Explosion. For the past six years I have been bringing this cosmic cabaret of craziness to conventions and other genre events throughout the East Coast, and I’m beyond pleased to be teaming up with Den of Geek this Friday night for a celebration of the…
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Link Tank: International UFO Congress Conference and Film Festival Go Virtual

The annual International UFO Congress Conference and Film Festival (organized and MC’ed by Den of Geek UFO contributor Alejandro Rojas) are happening virtually on September 8 to 13, 2020! “As everyone knows by now, COVID-19 has made large gatherings ill advised if not prohibited. But don’t worry! You won’t miss out on meeting new friends or connecting with old ones. With our live-streaming platform, Whova, you can upload your picture and personal information, look for others, join chat rooms, create your own, host a virtual meetup, and even allow the app to match you with like-minded attendees if you choose.”…
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2020 Emmy Awards Will Go Virtual

In news that is bound to make you say “wait, that wasn’t official yet?”, the 2020 Emmy Awards are now set to be a virtual ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. Producers of this year’s show, including host Jimmy Kimmel, composed and sent a letter to select acting nominees revealing that the show will operate virtually on September 20 and all nominees will be asked to participate remotely. Variety was first to report the news and gain access to the letter, the relevant portion of which reads: “As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not going to be asking you to come…
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