Ah Atari, they’ve come a long way from two rectangles bouncing a virtual ball between them! Exciting! Now they’ve launched a massive multiplayer online game for one of the biggest names in scifi – Star Trek Online arrives February 2, 2010 and Syfy is getting in on the action.
In conjunction with Atari, Syfy.com has built a one-stop “hub” for Star Trek Online, where which will give fans a sneak peeks of  new content, allow them to participate in special contests and sweepstakes, and even purchase an exclusive bundle via digital download.
For a limited time only, fans can purchase the game …read more

Our friends at Titan, the publishers of The Official Supernatural Magazine announced today a Supernatural sweepstakes. Thanks to their friends at Creation Entertainment they have 2 Gold Tickets to the Los Angeles SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL Convention.
Here’s the deal:
One lucky winner will get two gold tickets to the official Supernatural Convention – SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL on March 26-28 in Los Angeles.
The now sold-out Gold Ticket entitles holders to a host of sensational perks, including complimentary in-person autographs with guests and exclusive access to a Saturday night cocktail party.
Guests at SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL will include: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester), Jared Padalecki …read more

Star Trek fans, get thee to a Del Taco (my favorite fast food joint) for a nice promo offer. Right now, Del Taco is offering four collectible Star Trek cups when you “macho” size your meal.
Each cup comes with a code for a free trial run on Star Trek Online and an exclusive in-game shuttle pet. Visit Del Taco’s Facebook page for links to downloads, videos and other Trekkie goodies.
If you don’t live near a Del Taco, rumor on the gaming boards is that you can buy a code by calling Del Taco’s headquarters but I don’t know if that’s …read more

It was Fox’s turn at the TCA’s today and they had a lot to talk about. Glee is at the top of the charts for them, Bones, Fringe and House are still zinging along and they have a couple of exciting new shows coming up mid-season.
Panels at the event included a talk with the cast of Past Life, the new drama that deals with Past Life regression. On hand was (L-R): Ravi Patel, Richard Schiff, Nicholas Bishop and Kelli Giddish.
The Human Target was also unleashed on the crowd and star Mark Valley came with his own mobile shooting gallery.
Battlestar’s Katee …read more

Last year at Comic Con, I was in line for The Vampire Diaries panel but noticed that there were a large number of men in the line whom — shall we say — didn’t really fit the Vampire Diaries demographic. Turns out they were lining up early for the Mythbusters panel and they were so passionate about it they were willing to suffer through teen vampire angst in order to get a good seat.
Now I like Mythbusters, but obviously not as much as the next guy, as in the guy standing next to me in that line! Who knew? Apparently, …read more

Hot Topic is playing host to the cast of The Vampire Diaries in three major cities next month. On January 23 they’ll be in Atlanta, January 30 is Paramus, New Jersey and then Los Angeles on February 13.
It’s all to celebrate a line of official Vampire Diaries merchandise at Hot Topic including Team Damon and Team Stefan t-shirts. The CW promo page says you’ll get $5 off the shirts if you click through from their page but I couldn’t get it to work. If you click through to Hot Topic from the tour link you’ll see the shirts.
Click here for …read more

It has come to my attention that not everyone knows who Irwin Allen is. I suppose if you’re under twenty you might have an excuse but for everyone else I say – what?!? Gene Roddenberry and Rod Serling get all the credit for bringing scifi to the masses but it was Irwin Allen who had four scifi shows in production all at the same time.
Irwin Allen is the man behind Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Today, we’d call him a showrunner – part producer, part creator, part writer …read more

It’s likely to be the biggest gathering of Star Wars fans on this planet. . .or any other. It’s Star Wars Celebration V commemorating the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back.
The event is scheduled to take place August 12-15, 2010, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida but registration opens this Thursday, December 10 through the Star Wars Celebration website.
Lucasfilm Ltd launched Star Wars Celebrations in 1999.  To date, there have been four Star Wars Celebrations in America, as well as a Star Wars Celebration Europe (2007) and Star Wars Celebration Japan (2008). Star Wars Celebration …read more

Someone in New York sent me this photo of a very strange sight! They appear to be rabbits in business suits climbing the old Virgin Megastore.
Very odd . . . .

Photo: Syfy

A&E’s own ghost hunting series Paranormal State is coming to a city near you — provided that you live near one of the 10 cities major cities included on their list.
Starting this Monday, November 3o, Ryan Buell, the founder of the the Paranormal Research Society will be appearing in front of audiences across the US along with with his tech specialist Sergey Poberezhny. They’ll be traveling in a special tour bus which will be used to record fan “confessionals” about their spookiest enocunters and the best stories will be uploaded to their interactive tour site www.paranormalstatetour.com. Fans at home can …read more