Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizzeria

 

We had the chance to check the TMNT Pizzeria during their grand opening weekend. If you grew up with the TMNT, you need to visit them in Santa Monica, CA. Nostalgia at it's finest. The attention to detail. Free video games. The party van, TGRI, pizza, drinks, Michelangelo, exclusive merch, OG tmnt cartoons. The dining area inside is limited but they have more tables outside.

Chuck’s Arcade

Chuck’s Arcade for adults and kids too but without the food and drinks. Most games are geared towards adults. We visited their newest location that just opened at the Brea Mall in Brea, CA. It’s located on the 2nd floor of the mall and is really close to the food court. They have a lot of claw machines. They have some old school games and new games. If you don’t have enough points to redeem for the prize you want they had a section where you can purchase prizes. 

Restart Gaming Lounge, Marvel Rivals & Stern Pinball Lounge at SDCC 2025 Recap

Restart Gaming Lounge, Marvel Rivals and the Stern Pinball Lounge were at the Marriott Marquis so we stopped by each of them to check out what they had to offer. Restart and Marvel were held in the same area whereas Stern Pinball was held at a different part of the hotel. It was definitely a nice spot to just chill out for a little bit away from all the crowds. Check out our pics below:

Pac-Man Cafe Pop-up at SDCC 2025 Recap

Photos by A.L.

The Pac-Man Cafe Pop-up opened a couple of weeks before SDCC and stayed open until early August. They had a special themed menu as well as exclusive merch and also had giveaways. See more pics below:

Flashback to SDCC 2024 Part 1

With SDCC 2025 around the corner let's hit the rewind button and check out what you might have missed at SDCC 2024. Here's Part 1: 

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Azerion Announces Partnership with Sanrio to Create a Multimedia Entertainment Experience for Hello Kitty and Friends Around the Globe

 Azerion Moves Beyond Games to Provide IP-Driven Multimedia Content for Hello Kitty and Friends within Azerion Platforms  
 

VIZ Media & Rose City Games Forge A Partnership To Develop Video Games

VIZ MEDIA AND ROSE CITY GAMES PARTNER TO LAUNCH A NEW PUBLISHING PROGRAM FOR INDEPENDENT VIDEO GAMES

The First Original Game To Be Published Is The World Next Door

Pixels Official Trailer

If you attended SDCC last year they were promoting the movie where you go back into an 80's arcade and play 8-bit games such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong etc... Check out our post HERE.

VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE DVD Release

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT AND AMPLIFY PRESENT

 VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE

AVAILABLE ON DVD ON FEBRUARY 3^rd

Executive Produced By Zach Braff, Video Games: The Movie Features Gamer And Geek Icons Chris Hardwick, Donald Faison, Wil Wheaton, And More!

Sac-Con This Sunday!

Sac-Con is this Sunday at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacrament, CA. They will be raffling off a PS4 with proceeds going to Charity. Some special guests in attendance is COOP, Billy West, James O'Barr, Art Adams, George Perez, Joyce Chin, Tim Bradstreet, Mark Bode & Vic Mignoga.

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR PIVOTAL ROLES IN THE WORLDS MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAMES AT “COMIC-CON’S FAVORITE PROJECTS GO INTERACTIVE”

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR PIVOTAL ROLES IN THE WORLDS MOST POPULAR VIDEO GAMES AT “COMIC-CON’S FAVORITE PROJECTS GO INTERACTIVE”

WHAT: Meet a prolific group of award-winning video game composers who have brought their musical talents to today’s most popular game titles at the panel “Comic-Con’s Favorite Projects Go Interactive.” Our panelists have welcomed the challenge to adapt the music of top Sci-Fi and Fantasy film projects to home consoles, smart phones and tablets. Attendees will learn about the art of video game scoring; the differences between writing for film, television and games; and how composing for game titles have changed over the years. A Q&A will follow the panel, plus giveaways for attendees.

WHO: Jim Dooley (Disney Interactive’s "Epic Mickey," "Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two" and Sony’s “SOCOM” series); Gordy Haab (EA/Bioware/LucasArts’ “Star Wars: The Old Republic” and LucasArts’ “Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings”); David Ari Leon (Electronic Arts’ "Contre Jour" and Universal’s "Woody Woodpecker"); Gerard Marino (Sony’s "God of War" series and Activision’s “The Amazing Spider-Man”; Kyle Newmaster (Microsoft/LucasArts’ “Kinect Star Wars”); and Jeremy Soule (Bethesda Softworks’ "The Elder Scrolls” series, EA’s “Harry Potter” series).

MODERATOR: Miri Jedeikin, host of G4 TV’s “Electronic Playground”

WHERE & WHEN: THURSDAY, JULY 12

Panel in the convention center room 25ABC from 7:00-8:00pm

Sac-Con This Sunday!

This Sunday, June 3, 2012 check out Sac-Con in Sacramento at the Scottish Rite Center. Show hours are 10am-5pm. Admission is $6 at the door or you can Pre-register for $4 HERE.

Some of the Guests who will be there:

Billy West  - The voice Futurama's "FRY", "REN AND STIMPY" and More!  

Vince Locke - Artist & Co-Writer of "DEADWORLD"    

Dan Brereton - The Nocturnals, Red Sonja   

Tone Rodriguez - Simpsons Comic Book Artist   

Mark Bode- Miami Mice, Heavy Metal, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  

and more!  

Check out some of their events at the show:

Cosplay Costume Contest

Classic Video Game Tournament

Huge Vendors Room

12pm Charity Auction

Panels/Q & A's with our guests as well as the  Sac Geeks 

Free Yugioh & Magic Tournaments

Console Game Room

and more!

Sega's New Jet Set Radio Trailer

Sega is re-releasing Jet Set Radio this Summer. Check out the JSR trailer above. If you had a Dreamcast like I did, this was one of the best games ever. Was hoping they would release a new version after they released JSRF for the Xbox. Maybe, they're just testing the waters with a re-release to gauge how many people would be interested before making a new version?

via Sega