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Electronic Arts Acquires Coveted Star Wars Game License

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May 062013

A Krypton Radio Special Report

by Staff Writer Michael Brown

May 6, 2013: Electronic Arts has announced a deal with Disney to publish future Star Wars games. The two companies have drawn up “a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines.”

According to EA’s announcement, they “will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet, and online game categories.”

EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has stated that three studios are already working on Star Wars games: Battlefield developer DICE, Dead Space developer Visceral, and Mass Effect developer and publisher of the classic Knights of the Old Republic series BioWare.

“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” Gibeau said. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.”

In a blog post on EA’s website, Gibeau also confirmed that the new projects will be powered by the Frostbite 3 development engine, which, Gibeau said, will “guarantee incredible graphic fidelity, environments and characters.

“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the Star Wars franchise for years to come,” said Disney co-president John Pleasants. “Collaborating with one of the world’s premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our fans around the world,” he said.

This is not EA’s first trip into the galaxy far, far away. They previously published BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG.

Earlier this year, Disney was blasted for laying off its LucasArts staff, causing fans and critics to speculate as to the future of Lucas Licensing as a whole. After inquiring, Krypton Radio received this statement from Lucas Licensing spokesperson Lynne Miller: “After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games As a result of this change, we’ve had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles,” she said.

As an aside, Lynne Miller also provided this statement regarding the future of LucasBooks:”The fact that LucasArts is shifting to a licensing model does not have an affect on our publishing program for books. Please let your listeners know how much we appreciate their enthusiasm for the expanded universe and assure them that there are many new Star Wars books to come.”

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Krypton Radio First Look: Grimm Fairy Tales Animated – Pilot Episode

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Mar 152013

By Senior Editor PK

Zenescope Entertainment proudly unveiled the first three minutes of their ‘Grimm Fairy Tales Animated’ pilot today, in what is sure to be a blast to the past in quirky graphic adult 1980′s style animation.

In their press release, company spokesman Stephen Haberman was quoted as saying:

We have completed the pilot for the animated series and are in the final stages of getting all of our rewards together to ship out to the backers. Overall, our fan-base and pledgers are just excited to have been a part of the process and have been extremely supportive, and patient as we get the rewards in order.

Kickstarter gave us the opportunity to ask the people if they would want our Grimm Fairy Tales animated series, and they responded yes. We didn’t have to go through the Hollywood process, and still came out with an A+ product, with a ton of talent on board. We hope more individuals with great ideas use Kickstarter as a way to make their projects a reality, but also to gauge the interest.

Krypton Radio is hiring for freelance writers

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Dec 132012

Krypton Radio Human Resources Office

Job Posting Announcement: KRW1-DEC2012 | Freelance Writer

Job Overview

Company:	Krypton Media Group d.b.a: Krypton Radio http://kryptonradio.com	Required Education:	The ability to read, but Masters in English Literature preferred.
Job Type:	Journalism Reporting on Current Events Being nosy	Required Experience:	The ability to write, spell correctly, and use proper grammar.
Base Pay:	The admiration of your friends and random strangers on the internet.	Required Travel:	Only as far as you want to go.
Other Pay:		Location:	The Internet (Map it!)
Employee Type:	Part-Time
Manages Others:	No
Relocation Covered:	No
Industry:	Radio Broadcasting Internet Media News Agencies
Reference ID:	KRW1-DEC2012

Job Description:

Are you looking to develop your career in journalism? If you love superheroes, comic books, science fiction, steampunk, fantasy, gaming, internet radio stations, shiny pieces of metal, sniffing strange objects, getting just the facts on stories, scooping other news outlets on major stories, rescuing damsels in distress, blowing up small towns in the Nevada desert, cackling evilly, wearing tight revealing spandex pants, chest hair, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Men, K-9, being a xenophobic weirdo, polishing the Death Star, skydiving, scuba diving, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, horseshoes, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Apple Jack, Princess Celestia, Spike, plotting to take over the world, building elaborate underwater bases, turning water into wine, drinking mudders milk, wearing browncoats, laying shipwrecked and comatose drinking fresh mango juice with goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes, having fun, fun, fun, In the sun, sun, sun, becoming overlord of the world, interstellar domination, mind melding with dogs, laughing at cats, drink the last bit of milk in the fridge, and thinking no one will notice?

The check into becoming a Freelance Writer. Krypton Radio is one of the fastest growing internet radio stations in the Milky Way Galaxy, with more than 3,000 fans on Facebook and admirers in many Earth countries. We offer tremendous career growth opportunities for our employees that get results.

But wait! There’s more! Continue reading »

The Rise of Krypton Radio – It’s Kickstarter Time!

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Nov 062012

The Krypton Radio Kickstarter campaign unfortunately did not achieve its goal. We gained only about 50% of the backing we needed in order to be funded.

If you would like to donate to the station to help us move forward, we have moved our PayPal donation button onto the front page, and you can see it there in the right column.

To all those who agreed to back us should we succeed, a heart-felt thank you.

Science fiction, fantasy and comics fans are madly creative, yet so much of this creative work languishes, unable to find its audience. And it’s not because other fans aren’t looking. It’s a big Internet out there.

That’s why Krypton Radio is so important. It’s a lens, bringing both creators and fans into focus for the other, and in the three years since we first went on the air, we have become a focal point for much of this mad electrified creativity.

We can’t go further on ingenuity alone. We need your help to bridge the gap between what we can do working completely volunteer and unfunded, and what we know we can do if we had the resources.

And unfortunately for us, at the moment that’s a pretty big gap. That’s where you can come to our rescue.

Go look at the campaign! You can participate for as little as $1.

Corsair’s Chronicles: A Dastardly Anniversary at the Villainous Lair!

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Sep 052012

Gargoyles watch on high outside Villainous Lair Gaming, a staple for the geek and nerd in all the happy denizens of Normal Heights in San Diego.

By the Mad Woman with a Box

Here’s to a year of getting your geek on, San Diego Style!

Normal Heights, San Diego, is the keeper of a dark and shadowy secret. While unwitting, normal, otherwise untainted and upstanding citizens are called here by the promises of apple pie, blue skies, and status quo offered by that otherwise innocuous and comforting name, once they enter the city limits…there is no escape. For it is here, in the city that residents call ABNormal Heights, that the blackest heart of geekery, fandom, and general insanity thrives! The unwashed horde of comic fans, gamers, and anime fans wait with baited breath and eager appetites to corrupt the innocent and untouched, recruiting them into our world, and their seat of power? None other than the den of nerdery that exists at its heart: Villainous Lair Comics and its sister store, Villainous Lair Gaming.

Gargoyles watch on high outside Villainous Lair Gaming, a staple for the geek and nerd in all the happy denizens of Normal Heights in San Diego.

The mothership, Villainous Lair Comics, just recently celebrated its one year anniversary, and did so in grand fashion a whole five months early by opening a sister store in Villainous Lair Gaming, just across the street. With a prime location near Lestat’s Coffee Shop, these twin stores have become more than just a focal point for local fans and nerds of all sorts to gather, bask in comic glory, and hone their Magic: The Gathering chops: these businesses have been readily embraced by the community as a part of the local scenery, a place where they know you by name and always know just what you’re looking for.

Patrick of the Pathfinder Society of San Diego

Time Siren gets the scoop on all things gaming with Patrick, on the scene to represent the Pathfinder Society of San Diego.

As part of the stores’ anniversary celebration, the Time Siren, Kristine Cherry, ventured out of the TARDIS to report back on the creativity and dedication of our nerdy fellows. What results is a two-part series which includes interviews with store heads Chris and Sara, as well as Villainous Lair henchman Cliff and Patrick, a representative for the Pathfinder Society of San Diego that calls Villainous Lair Gaming home. Over the course of the next two weeks, Kristine gets up close and personal with four people who are creating something bigger than any costume or craft project…creativity has driven these four to shape something not out of yarn or material, but out of the fabric of their own lives. Chris and Sara tell the tale of how they came to live out their dreams in making a living off of something they love, while Cliff and Patrick have found a haven of sorts in this incredible venture: Cliff through employment, and Patrick through patronage.

Please join us today, September 5, and again on September 12 in the Corsair’s Closet to hear the full scope of this success story with such a happy ending, it had to branch out into two stores, and two podcasts! Listen to the interviews here at Krypton Radio, as well as our website, and visit the Villainous Lair online!

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Corsair’s Chronicles, features articles and fandom news coverage from Elizabeth Carlie as the Mad Woman With A Box and Kristine Cherry as Time Siren; hosts of one of the most insane podcasts on Krypton Radio, The Corsair’s Closet. Two fan-girls getting their geek on by squeeing about Doctor Who, cosplay and pop culture fan creativity.

The Corsair’s Closet airs with a new episode each Wednesday at 4PM, which repeats Friday at 5PM.

Superman’s Home Town May Become Real

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Sep 052012

The banner from the Hutchinson, Kansas Should Be Renamed Smallville page on Facebook

The boyhood home of Earth’s greatest hero may make the leap from the pages of the Superman comic books into the real world, if comic book artist Christopher Wietrick has his way. His Facebook campaign hopes to create a real Smallville by renaming Hutchinson, Kansas to Smallville, Kansas. The fictional city in Kansas was first identified by name in Superboy #2 in 1949, and it’s been a staple in his tales ever since. Despite the fact that Metropolis, Illinois has built a robust tourism business by laying claim to being the hometown of the adult Superman, no Kansas town has ever done the same by laying claim to the Smallville name.

Wietrick’s Facebook campaign aims to get his hometown of Hutchinson, Kansas officially renamed to Smallville, Kansas. Wietrick is working on a comic book to support the name change, which will be used to help raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Hutchinson.

The Hutchinson, Kansas Should Be Named Smallville Facebook page catalogs reasons why this might be a good idea. At 42,000 residents, Hutchinson’s population is about right. Smallville was said to be 55 miles from Salina, Kansas, and Hutchinson is actually 57 miles from Salina, Kansas. Smallville was known for having meteor showers, and so is Hutchinson, Kansas – in fact, their Cosmosphere space museum has the biggest collection of “stuff from space” in the country. It also has an Underground Salt Museum, which bears some visual echos of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude in the form of the white crystals, and it already contains a Superman costume.

Hutchinson is already roughly shaped like Superman’s shield, as this diagram illustrates.

“I’m a huge Superman fan,” said Christopher Wietrick. The Kansas man spoke with a local CBS station in Kansas to discuss the lofty Facebook campaign he started with a few friends. In the video, one can briefly see a tatoo on his right forearm – the Kryptonian word for “hope”.

“I think it’s a really neat time to dive into the world of comics and turn my city into one,” said Wietrick. “What we’re trying to do is bring a little attention to the town with tourism through art. We’d like to see the town name changed to Smallville, Kansas.”

To that effect, Wietrick has created his own Hutchinson/Smallville comic strip to share his comparisons with the world. “ALL profits will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Hutchinson,” he wrote. “When finished, the comic will be a 12 x 12 or 12 x 16, two-sided piece.”

Can Wietrick make this happen? “The fact that we already have the Superman costume in the museum I think will really help our case,” he said. “Our ultimate goal is for Warner Bros. and DC Comics to recognize Hutchinson as Smallville, Kansas.”

Want to help support the cause? Read more on their Facebook page.

The town of Hutchinson is apparently even roughly shaped like Superman’s shield symbol – we wish Mr. Wietrick luck. Superman needs a home town just like everybody else. Why not Hutchinson?

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SoCal Creators Unite: LA Comic Book Artist/Writer Networking Event

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Aug 222012

Krypton Radio Newswire

SoCal Creators Unite is a unique opportunity for independent comic book artists and writers to meet, mingle and get to know one another.

The first meeting will be held on September 8th from 7:30pm-10:00pm
at Emerald Knights in Burbank.

****THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 20 ARTISTS AND 20 WRITERS. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND ON A FIRST COME BASIS****

What to expect:

This is a fast-paced and fun event for comic book writers and comic book artists at all stages of their craft to meet up with other creators looking for collaborators, work-for-hire or partner. Tables will be set up in the room with artists on one side and writers on the other. Every five minutes, all the writers in the room will rotate to a new artist. Artists will remain seated. In between you will discuss projects, show art and get a feel for one another.

Registration is required:

We require registration through this site. If the seats are full, we will put you on a waiting list. If you are unable to be part of this meeting, we will put you at the head of the registration list for a future meeting.

Whedon Signs for ‘Avengers 2′, AND A MARVEL TV SERIES

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Aug 072012

The Avengers (2012)Director Joss Whedon on set

It’s apparently official: Disney just announced that not only is Joss Whedon returning to The Avengers

The Avengers (2012)Director Joss Whedon on set

for a second movie — he’s also developing a Marvel TV show that is set to air on ABC. (Probably in the fall of 2013, at the soonest.) The TV series for ABC Television is likely the one reported by Deadline.com, a series about superheroes and others set in the Marvel universe, but not specifically about the Avengers themselves. Considering the size of the Marvel pantheon of heroes, this probably won’t be very limiting.

Marvel Studios released the following statement: “Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015. As part of that deal, Whedon will write and direct Marvel’s The Avengers 2 as well as help develop a new live action series for Marvel Television at ABC. He will also contribute creatively to the next phase of Marvel’s cinematic universe.”

Two months before The Avengers hit theaters, Whedon told the British magazine SFX that he thought a sequel to the film should be “smaller, more personal, more painful.” Right after The Avengers passed the $1 billion mark, he expressed his mixed feelings about returning to make another film. “It’s an enormous amount of work telling what is ultimately somebody else’s story, even though I feel like I did get to put myself into it,” he said to Hero Complex. “But at the same time, I have a bunch of ideas, and they all seem really cool.”

Some exerpts from an open letter to the fans written by Whedon shows his attitude about the Avengers, his role in its success and where things might go moving forward:

Dear Friends,

Well, it’s been quite a weekend. Someday, long from now, I will even have an emotional reaction to it, like a person would. I can’t wait! But before I become blinded by this “emotion” experience, there’s a few things I’d like to say. Well, type.

People have told me that this matters, that my life is about to change. I am sure that is true. And change is good — change is exciting. I think — not to jinx it — that I may finally be recognized at Comiccon. Imagine! Also, with my percentage of “the Avengers” gross, I can afford to buy… [gets call from agent. Weeps manfully. Resumes typing.] …a fine meal. But REALLY fine, with truffles and s#!+. And I can get a studio to finance my dream project, the reboot of “Air Bud” that we all feel is so long overdue. (He could play Jai Alai! Think of the emotional ramifications of JAI ALAI!!!!)

What doesn’t change is anything that matters. What doesn’t change is that I’ve had the smartest, most loyal, most passionate, most articulate group of — I’m not even gonna say fans. I’m going with “peeps” — that any cult oddity such as my bad self could have dreamt of… Because of y’all. Because you knew me when… So this is me, saying thank you. All of you…. this [is] our time of streaming into the main, to crow. To glow. To crow and go “I told you so”, to those Joe Blows not in the know. (LAST time I hire Dr. Seuss to punch my posts up. Yeesh!) Point being, you deserve some honor, AND you deserves some FAQs answered. So please welcome my old friend and certainly not-on-my-payroll reporter/flunky, Rutherford D. Actualperson!

RDA: I’ve seen a lot of a talk about “the Avengers” vs “the Dark Knight Rises”. How will you feel if you’re eclipsed by Nolan?

JW: I’m glad I made you ask that. I will feel sad. But let’s look at the bigger picture, and I can’t say this enough: THIS IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. Our successes, whoever has the mostest, are a boon to each other. We’re in the business of proving that superhero movies aren’t just eye-candy (they’re eye-TRUFFLES!). People seem intent on setting us against each other, and though I’m proud to be Woody Strode to Nolan’s Kirk Douglas, I think they’re missing the point. Whatever TDKR does on its first weekend, the only stat that matters to me is the ticket I’M definitely buying. Nolan and Raimi INVENTED the true superhero flick, yo. (Special mention to Jon Favreau and James Gunn.) Happy to be in the mix.

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