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Nerd Notes 9/3/26
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Gamescom 2026
Everyone is going to have their own things they get excited about from Gamescom in announcements, demos, etc. My interests tend to fall to point & click, action adventure, experimental and puzzle. Sometimes I’ll branch out. There’s been FPS I’ve enjoyed when they’re narrative based with puzzles and heavy character. Anyways, there was a lot to absorb from this show even just from home. Using press releases, the steam pages and youtube itself here’s what caught the attention of PCS.
Before I get to those though I want to show my support for some of the developers that got dishonorally robbed at the show (laptops and equipment with early builds and more). Their games are not necessarily my type but deserve attention.
The Zibbo Show by Tessera Studios
and NOW to my highlights, which are still a lot:
Hollywood Hustle: A Prop Collector Simulator on Steam
Sesame Street: Friends & Fun on Steam
The Wolf Among Us Remastered on Steam
ROLLA on Stream (good demo to try as well)
Pony Island 2: Panda Circus on Steam
Hillthorn (excellent teaser demo available)
Play the demo for The Journey Home NOW, amazing and dazzling!
Usual June has a brand new demo.
Here’s a a quick final new before becoming overwhelmed direct from the Gamescom pages on Steam:
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“Sweetheart,” a Horrific First-Person Love Story PR
Future Games Show Live Reveals First-Person Horror Breakup Simulator, “SWEETHEART”
Remember, escape, repeat as delusions of grandeur meet narrative-driven horror
LOS ANGELES — Aug. 26, 2026 — Today’s Future Games Show Live lifts the would-be bloodstained wedding veil to reveal Sweetheart, the first-person narrative-driven horror breakup simulator by Genie Boy Games. Sweetheart severs heartstrings on Windows PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch next year.
It’s not every day a 15-year toxic relationship turns into a monstrous nightmare, but today’s not every day. Skylar Maxine, after all, is not your typical woman: she’s an A-List pop star living in a sprawling L.A. mansion. Skylar’s a veritable icon, equal parts her childhood heroes, Hannah Montana and Marlyn Monroe, but once upon a time, she was simply Skylar, who started dating her childhood crush, Gabe, when they were 12. Now…things are different.
Unable to bear the nightmare their childhood dreams are turning into, Gabe must split with Skylar, a change she takes…poorly. Fearing the failure of fulfilling their lifelong goals together, Skylar’s mental stability dissolves, and untold horrors manifest in reality as an existential crisis.
Navigate Gabe and Skylar’s dream home in the Hollywood Hills as the 15-year couple breaks apart at the seams. Endure Skylar’s psychological breaks, warping their home and even Skylar herself in a tinsel-toned nightmare echoing shades of Mouthwashing meets La La Land and Midsommar. Sneak and hide through shifting labyrinthian rooms, ruined memories, and liminal spaces in hopes of surviving the emotional onslaught. As Skylar’s new form hunts Gabe, dark truths emerge, shedding a dangerous light on both their realities — or whatever remains of them.
“It’s hard not to want to be like the perfect couples we see on TV,” said Ben Escobar, founder of Genie Boy Games. “Sweetheart shapeshifts these thoughts into a surreal tragedy that examines the early 2000s era as major networks turned children into stars, and the intense fallout of humanity it may have left in its wake. Between the horror and comedic elements lies an authentic, meaningful tale revolving around the stigma of mental illness, the gray areas of dependent identities, and ultimately overcoming abuse in a relationship.”
Check out the debut Sweetheart trailer revealed today at Future Games Show Live here! Contain love’s broken dreams when Sweetheart launches on Steam for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch next year.
For more information, join the community on Discord, visit the official Genie Boy Games website, and follow the developer on Twitter and Instagram.
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NYCC 2026: Professional Panels/Industry Day Press Release & Info
NEW YORK COMIC CON 2026 REVEALS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING LINEUP
Offerings for Industry Professionals to Include Panels, Interactive Programming, Private Signings, and More
NORWALK, CT – August 27, 2026– ReedPop, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events, today announced the return of professional programming for New York Comic Con’s 2026 show. NYCC will kick off for industry professionals on Wednesday, October 7, with Retailer Day and continue with programming throughout the weekend. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, NYCC returns to the Javits Center in New York City on October 8-11, 2026.
This year’s professional programming builds on last year’s success, featuring a broad range of panels for professionals across industries, including comics, film & TV, book publishing, education, content creation, journalism, marketing, and more, taking place over five days in the River Pavilion. New programming for 2026 includes a series of film industry masterclasses for aspiring film and television professionals taught by masters of their craft.
All Professional programming is available to the following badge types: Artist Alley, Writers Block, Pro Thursday, Pro 4-Day, Press, Content Creator, Panelist, Exhibitor, and Sidekick.
For the first time, select Professional Programming panels will be available to fans through our Aspiring Professional Program on Saturday and Sunday to help support aspiring industry professionals. Available sessions be noted in the panel listing. Fans with Single Day or 4-Day Weekend tickets can reserve a limited number of spots for participating panels. Reservations open one week before the show and are available while supplies last. Pro and Industry badge holders do not need a reservation for these panels.
Professional programming at NYCC 2026 includes:
- NYCC Retailer Day
Join us for the third annual NYCC Retailer Day. This exclusive professional event features publisher presentations, keynotes from Stephanie Philips and Todd McFarlane, retailer conversations, industry discussions, and select creator signings. Speakers from Dark Horse, eBay, Ignition, Universal, Women in Comics Collective, and more.
Wednesday, October 7, 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Pro Stage 1, cocktail party to follow
- ICv2 Insider Talks and Comic Industry Social Hour
Since the first New York Comic Con in 2006, ICv2 has hosted industry conferences as part of the show, bringing together the leaders of the comics and graphic novel industry to discuss the issues of the day. This year’s event will be a special 20-year anniversary edition, looking ahead to the future in the three segments that changed the industry during that history: graphic novels, manga, and digital. And the Comic Industry Social Hour is a great opportunity to meet, mingle, and network with other leaders of the industry.
The ICv2 Insider Talks will kick off with the Comic Industry Social Hour and registration, followed by two hours of programming, including the ICv2 White Paper and panelists from across the comics and graphic novel business. This is a free, ticketed event (via ICv2) for industry pros only.
Thursday, October 8, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Pro Stage 1
- Industry Summit and Mixer presented by Comics Sketch Art
An evening networking event with keynote speakers, light food and beverages, and sponsor-supported activations. Open to all Industry Badge holders such as Artist Alley, Writers Block, Pro Thursday, Pro 4-Day, Press, Content Creator, Exhibitor, Panelist and Sidekicks.
Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM, Pro Stage 1
- Innovative Professional Development Programming for Educators and Librarians Throughout the Weekend
Curated panels and professional development for librarians and educators, in partnership with the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools and the NYC Department of Education’s Civics for All Comics Group.
Programming highlights from the NYC Department of Education include:
o Weaving LGBTQ+ History into the Narrative with Hidden Voices and Comics!
Friday, October 9, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM, Pro Stage 2
o Hard History Through Comicsfeaturing Eisner Award-winning author and political cartoonist, Ben Passmore
Thursday, October 8, 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM, Pro Stage 2
o Know Your Rights: New York City’s Innovative New Comic Book
Thursday, October 8, 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM, Room 1B02
Programming highlights for the NYPL and its programming partners include:
o Panels, Pages, and Patients: Teaching Empathy Through Graphic Medicine
Thursday, October 8, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM, Pro Stage 1
o CENTRO Library & Archives’ Lunch Hour Live: Brown Gay Ink Featuring Ivan Velez Jr.
Thursday, October 8, 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM, Room 1B02
And so much more! While most of this content will be in the River Pavilion on the Pro Programming stages, select programming will also be available to all badge types on fan-facing stages throughout the Javits Center. Please check the schedule for more information.
- The Syndicate NYCC Panel Series
Fueled by passion and a relentless curiosity for what’s fresh and new, this exclusive panel series curated by The Syndicate will level up your marketing and live event game.
Panels include:
o Marketing Art with Art: Visual Identity as World-Building
The best way to sell a piece of art is with more art. This panel brings together marketing creatives across film/TV, music, comics, and consumer products to unpack how visual identity and consumer-facing branding function as extensions of the work they’re promoting. Panelists will break down the specific choices behind identities that feel inseparable from the art itself, offering concrete process, cross-disciplinary comparisons, and industry insight along the way.
Friday, October 9, 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM, Pro Stage 2
o Level Up the Fanbase: Music Marketing in the Age of the Superfans
Superfans don’t just happen. They’re built, one touchpoint at a time. This panel pulls back the curtain on the intentional mechanics behind fan loyalty. How marketing tactics like influencer seeding, brand partnerships, and experiential moments work as a system to turn casual fans into stans. Our panel of marketing experts and artist strategists breaks down real campaigns, not just theory, so you can see the playbook behind the fandom.
Friday, October 9, 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM, Pro Stage 2
o Comedy Gatekeepers in 2026: Are They Still Around? Do They Still Matter?
The Comedy industry is ever-changing and the historic mechanisms that once anointed comedians no longer exists. It’s not a network, it’s not a Late Night set, nor a festival. Modern comedians need to be everything from marketing specialists, media talent, podcasters and business owners in addition to just being funny to make it. This panel of club owners, comedians, managers, and marketing pros will have a frank discussion about how they are constructing the careers of tomorrow’s superstars.
Friday, October 9, 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM, Pro Stage 2
- Popcultr Marketing Summit
Brought to you by Experience12, this B2B summit focuses on one question: what earns people’s time?
Sessions cover entertainment, games, anime, publishing, tabletop, licensing, consumer products, community, creators and the brands that want to reach those audiences.
The panel lineup includes:
o Fandom Doesn’t Sit Still – What changing audience behavior means when discovery, identity, and community cross every boundary.
Friday, October 9, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM, Pro Stage 1
o Cards on the Table – The boom, the seasons, and the marketing underneath both.
Friday, October 9, 12:15 PM to 1 PM, Pro Stage 1
o IRL: The Feed is not Enough – Nothing online feels like being in the room.
Friday, October 9, 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM, Pro Stage 1
o The Popcultr Edit – The marketing that earned people’s time, and what comes next.
Friday, October 9, 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM, Pro Stage 1
- From Page to Screen: How TV Executives Acquire and Produce the Next Hit Series – Like Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl
From novels and comics to podcasts, games and articles, compelling stories can emerge from anywhere. But what does it take for a story to translate to television?
Universal Studio Group executives Jordan Moblo (EVP, Creative Acquisitions & IP Management, USG), Kelsey Balance (EVP, Scripted Series, Universal Global Television) and Vivian Cannon (EVP, Drama Development, Universal Television) – the creative leaders behind shows including The Day of the Jackal, All Her Fault, We Were Liars, Cape Fear, The Five Star Weekend and the upcoming DIG and The Dream Lands – share how they discover projects, evaluate creative potential, develop relationships with creators and guide stories through the development journey.
Moderated by author Matt Dinniman, whose bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series is being adapted by Universal Global Television for Peacock, this conversation offers a rare look inside the decision-making and collaboration that drives series adaptations today.
Saturday, October 10, 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM, Pro Stage 2
- Ask Us Anything: Confessions of Celebrity Interviewers
Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz takes you behind the scenes of the celebrity interview, joined by fellow entertainment journalists including Collider’s Perri Nemiroff. They’ll swap stories about dream guests, awkward encounters, interviews gone wrong, and what it really takes to get a great conversation out of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Then it’s your turn to ask the questions. The majority of the panel will be audience Q&A, putting Josh and his fellow interviewers in the hot seat.
Sunday, October 11, 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM, Pro Stage 2
- NYCC Film Industry Masterclass Series
New for 2026, NYCC’s Professional Programming lineup will take aspiring film and television professionals behind the scenes with a series of industry-focused masterclasses led by professional prop makers and practical effects artists Robin Careless and Ian Campbell. The three-part series explores both the careers and craftsmanship behind film and television, with sessions covering breaking into the entertainment industry, practical sculpting and effects, and special effects for independent horror.- Breaking Into the Industry
From building a portfolio and networking to freelancing, unions, on-set expectations, and finding a path into film and television, Robin Careless and Ian Campbell share practical advice for aspiring professionals across costume fabrication, props, practical effects, writing, directing, and more.
- Breaking Into the Industry
Saturday, October 10, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM, Pro Stage 1
o Practical Sculpting
A live, hands-on look at sculpting techniques used for film and television. Ian will demonstrate the process of creating a sculpt from the ground up, sharing professional techniques, materials, and practical advice for artists interested in developing their skills for character, creature, prop, and special effects work.
Saturday, October 10, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, Pro Stage 1
o Introduction to Gore: Special Effects in Indie Horror
Explore the world of practical effects for independent horror and learn how filmmakers can create memorable on-screen effects while working within the realities of indie production.
Sunday, October 11, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Pro Stage 1
- Content Creator Collective
This exciting panel series is built for creators (and inspiring creators) who want to create better content, grow their audience, build their brand, and connect with their community. These panels provide practical tips on everything from fast, effective video editing to building a brand without quitting your day job – and discovering how creators are turning their passions into careers.
Plus, meet your next collab partner! Whether you’re a seasoned creator, aspiring influencer, gamer, cosplayer, editor, or just getting started, these panels are packed with real-world advice, fresh ideas, industry insights, and opportunities to connect with fellow creators. Panels include:
o Video editing for Content Creators
Join us to learn some tips and tricks on how to get your content into everyone’s algorithm! From editing techniques to literal camera pointers, let us help get your content rolling!
Saturday, 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM, Pro Stage 2
o Content Creators, find your next collab
Step into the ultimate creator session where community, creativity, and good vibes collide! This lively networking session is all about helping fans and creators connect in a fun, low‑pressure space. Whether you’re a seasoned editor, a cosplay storyteller, a TikTok comedian, or someone who just loves making things, you’ll find people who get your style and maybe your next collab partner!
Saturday, 12:15 PM to 1:00 PM, Pro Stage 1
o The Power of Play: How Games Build Worlds, Fans, and Creators
This panel brings together iconic voices from the gaming world and creators who transform gameplay into stories, communities, and viral content. Fans will get a behind‑the‑scenes look at how legendary games are built, how creators turn gameplay into careers, and how both sides work together to shape the future of digital entertainment.
Saturday, October 10, 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM, Pro Stage 1
o The 15-Minute Creator: Building a Brand Without Quitting Your 9-to-5
Most social media advice is written for full-time influencers with professional editors. This panel is for the rest of us. Whether you’re a parent, a student, or a professional, you don’t need a 40-hour work week to transition from a “fan account” to a “business account.” This session focuses on the Micro-Content Blueprint: a system for filming, editing, and posting high-engagement content in the “pockets” of your day. We’ll show you how to leverage AI tools for scripting, use mobile-first editing hacks to cut production time by 70%, and pivot your hobby into a brand. Joining the conversation is a 13-year-old co-creator who will provide the “Gen-Alpha Reality Check”, revealing what younger audiences actually want to see versus what parents think is trending.
Sunday, 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM, Pro Stage 2
o Staying Sane in the Content Game: Mindset, Boundaries & Balance
In a world where everyone is online and anyone can be a star, things can get a little overwhelming. Join a panel of voice actors, a YouTuber, and a very qualified psychologist as we explore the age-old question: how do you exist as a creative person online without having a menty b?
Sunday, 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM, Pro Stage 2
- The Harvey Awards
The Harvey Awards are one of the comic industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards. Recognizing outstanding achievement in multiple categories, the Harveys have been a fixture of the comic industry since 1988.
The Harvey Awards are once again taking place at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 9th in the River Pavilion. The event is invite-only, but find out more at https://www.harveyawards.com/.
“The response to last year’s expansion of Professional Programming was overwhelmingly positive and we wanted to create even more opportunities to bring our community of professionals and aspiring professionals together this year,” said Kristina Rogers, VP of ReedPop, Star Wars Celebration and US Comics Portfolio. “For 20 years, NYCC has offered industry pros a space to gather to network, introduce new work, and celebrate their wins, and we look forward to continuing to grow those opportunities in the years to come.”
Industry professionals looking to attend NYCC’s professional programming can apply for a Professional Badge on New York Comic Con’s official site. For partnerships and sponsor opportunities, please reach out to Mike Negin at MikeNegin@ReedPop.com.
Stay up to date on the latest New York Comic Con news at NewYorkComicCon.com and on Facebook, X, and Instagram.
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Nerd Notes + Rabbit Hole 8/26/26
PCS is saddened to have to start this post with reflecting on the passings of two major icons of the world and the LGBTQ+ community but they happened and on the same day. A godspeed sent to Dolly Parton and Tim Curry.
Dolly’s music made the world go round, even a non-fan knows 9-5, Jolene and of course I will Always love You. Movies like The Best Little Whorehouse and Steel Magnolias. Her empire with Dollywood and soon to come hotel and museum in Nashville. An endearing spirit of love, equality and trust.
For many Tim Curry will always be Dr. Frank-n-furter and to others the original Pennywise, but he was so much more. Be it LEGEND, Clue, The Worst Witch, his voice work in cartoons, live action series (Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad) and video games, or even his short lived sitcom with Annie Potts & Steve Carrell, he was a consumate performer and entertainer with a legacy that will last forever.
In other news, after becoming an independent studio again and sadly doing a major lay-off to stay afloat, Double Fine is on the way back with a Kickstarter for a new Amnesia Fortnight and an appearance at PAX West where they’ll reveal a new game. [Would love to go PAX again this year, but have seen what is on display and Double Fine is not enough to quantify the two 6 hour train trips + hotel, food and any purchases costs at this time]
Gamescom is happening now so video game trailers will NOT be in this Nerd Notes, but in a seperate post.
Anyway, here’s some new music videos, some new m/vs to older songs:
And now fun stuff and trailers:
RABBIT HOLE
The final season of Facts of Life was a weird one indeed, but during it there were two back door pilots that would’ve been really good shows with amazing casts. The series finale (yes SERIES), ended with a two part backdoor that had Mayim Bialick Juliette Lewis, Seth Green and others. It would have been a second coming of the school that the show had abandoned to be about the 4 girls. The OTHER one was had Natalie go to NYC, it was called Big Apple Blues and introduced a possible show with David Spade as a snarky student doctor, Richard Grieco as an actor and two other female room mates (a dancer and a modern hippie). It predated Friends by four years, but it didn’t happen.
One of the streamers I watch (bionicbenbo) is playing through Spy Fox and it made me think about other games from Humongous which later became Hulabee. Turns out Moop & Dreadly is on the Internet Archive as abandonware. I loaded the ISO, hit install and it worked right away no problem on a Windows 11 machine.
I went on a search for pilots and shows that didn’t last or lasted a short time or just didn’t get the attention they deserved. Here’s some:
Before the Prime adaptation of William Gibson’s The Peripheral by Jonathan Nolan way back in the 90s was this show VR.5 which was totally different but also super the same.
and finally on a different rabbit hole I was lead to this:
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There’s a dog (Theropods review)
Pixel art point and click games are becoming rarer and rarer. They exist, there are some amazing ones still being developed all the time but they still are rare. Games like this are even more rare though. A wordless, use intuition from purely visual cues game with no hints or anything to guide you other than hotspots and abstract thinking is not something one sees or hell ever sees, but it is exactly what Theropods is and when it does it well, it does it better than most things.
The pixel art is really enchanting. It’s so amazing how pixel art like any art is so pass/fail, but it is, and the art in Theropods just hits. Although I must admit that if there wasn’t a hotspot button some of the puzzles would truly be luck instead of figuring out what to do. This isn’t truly in the art itself I think but a combination of coding and pixels, as there are sections later of gameplay where it is truly poorly done enough to be criticized.
For most of the game the gameplay is wonderful. I love it. No complaints. It works, it makes sense in the end, but the hidden dog achievement has no reason to exist cause you have no reason or clue to even look for it unless you spoil it and then consider what/how. Then there’s the battle with one of the dinos later. Spoiler free it is repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat solve that really is tedious and could’ve been done much better. Beyond those two complaints though I loved everything about this game and it’s gameplay.
The story is wonderful, enriching, surprising and while short, full and lush and nearly epic inside a small package. To speak of it at all spoils it even though launch trailers and the steam page does ruin the sci-fi twist, it still comes unexpectedly and in enchanting ways.
Theropods is out NOW on Steam.
(disclaimer: P-CS recieved the game for review, but as you can tell, it didn’t get a glowing review, as wonderful as the game is, it has flaws)
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Theropods OUT NOW
This Wordless, Hand-Animated Point-and-Click Adventure is OUT NOW on Steam and GOG
August 20, 2026 – Lost Token and publisher Dionous Games have launched Theropods, the wordless, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure, on Steam and GOG. After ten years, a journey that began as a 2015 game jam idea, the dream Kostas Skiftas and Sarah Duffield-Harding chased for a decade and the programmer, Matt Frith, is finally live.
Theropods is a retro pixel art point-and-click adventure set in a prehistoric world with a sci-fi twist, told entirely without dialogue, subtitles, or text, built entirely around visual logic. There are no dialogue trees, no walls of text, no subtitles. The world itself is the puzzle. Players watch how creatures behave, how characters react and how each scene shifts as they poke, prod and experiment their way through it. Instead of fighting through danger, you solve your way through it, distracting predators, avoiding enemies and finding clever routes past situations too deadly to face head-on.
The game began life as a small Flash project in a 2015 game jam. Players connected with it, so the team turned it into a fully-realized prehistoric journey, funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign and built over years of frame-by-frame animation. Through switched engines, a global pandemic and long stretches of spare-hours work, what carried the two-person studio was a quiet, persistent belief in the game’s unique voice. Every character, dinosaur and environment is hand-drawn frame by frame, then handed to the pixel artists to color and convert. The result is an expressive, cinematic world that speaks entirely through movement, gesture and sound, in the spirit of Amanita Design classics like Machinarium and Creaks.
“Theropods took ten years to make, and honestly, the game it became is exactly why it took that long,” said Kostas Skiftas and Sarah Duffield-Harding, co-founders of Lost Token. “We could have shipped the little 2015 jam version and moved on. Instead we kept rebuilding it until it was the wordless adventure we always wanted it to be. Seeing it live today, on Steam and GOG, is the dream we held onto the whole way through.”
Theropods is a prehistoric adventure with a sci-fi twist. A young hunter sets out to free her tribe from the barbarians who took them. On the way, she finds a stranded spaceman with a broken pod and a reason to head the same direction. What starts as a rescue slowly unfolds into a bigger mystery, as subtle science fiction elements emerge and reshape everything the world seemed to be. It is a story of survival and an unlikely friendship, carried by two travelers who cannot share a single word.
Despite containing no dialogue, subtitles or on-screen text, Theropods supports 103 languages at launch, covering menus and interface across every major market.
KEY FEATURES
Wordless storytelling. No dialogue, no subtitles, just animation, sound and gesture.
Hand-drawn pixel art. Animated frame by frame, then pixel-converted.
A prehistoric world with a sci-fi twist. Dinosaurs, barbarians and a mystery from the stars.
Think, don’t fight. Every predator is a problem to solve. Outsmart predators instead of fighting them.
An unlikely friendship. A story of bravery, trust and survival.
A striking soundtrack. Tribal rhythms blended with eerie sci-fi synths.
Theropods is out now for PC on Steam and GOG. Console and mobile releases are to be confirmed. Theropods is priced at €17.49 and launches with an additional 20% launch discount for the first two weeks.
Get it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091870/Theropods
Get it on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/theropods
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Celestial Return: A Game I WOULD review
I recieved a key for this but the key was already used by someone else somehow. I have checked my steam library. it’s not there. Here’s a trailer, cause I woulda loved to play it and maybe i will on my own bill at some point.
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Nerd Notes 8/20/26
D23 gave a lot and since it there’s been even more so even though it’s only 10 days since the last Nerd Notes it’s time. Actually since the last Nerd Notes I’ve been to a Physical Media Art Fair where I picked up some great movies and CDS, got comics at Desert Island, bumped into an old friend, watched some amazing wrestling and life while still difficult in the new chapter is going along. Still so much cleaning to be done. Organizing, life stuff, but things are good. Let’s get to the trailers and music.
MUSIC
RABBIT HOLE
I was mentally curious about theme songs written for shows that had full versions. Here’s two of them.
I also had gotten curious if the HBO Westworld ever had a video game and it turns out there’s a VR game that looks pretty great. It’s PC Link only and a $30 experience, but tempted.
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NYCC 2026: Early look at Panels
P-CS will be attending New York Comic Con 2026 this year as Press. While the most exciting part of con for us is always the show floor, panels matter. We can’t focus on ALL panels though, just what catches OUR personal interest. There’s already overlap and press sessions and any show floor appointments might end up trumping any panel or signing. Just how schedules go. Off the bat though, Thursday has a wild amazing announcement, so this is exploration is in order of announcement on the panels page. If you want full details or all the panels go to the Panels and Screenings page yourself and get lost in the wildness.
THURSDAY
Alice Cooper in Conversation with Stevie Van Zandt, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: This ticketed event will be presenting Alice’s memoir and buying the book gets you into the panel for sure.
Form Your Con Crew: Find Your People IRL – Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM: We have needed to find NEW people as our people have passed on, moved away or turned toxic. This might be a perfect thing to attend if you are in the same situation and would love to find a new friend to come to future events with or as it is on Thursday be your crew for the weekend.
DC’s Vertigo + Black Label, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: The Vertigo and Black Label books have been excellent. If time allows I’d want to attend for not just info, but hope of promotional items.
Up Next From Marvel Television and Marvel Animation, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM: This Empire Stage panel will be where almost everyone will want to be. Having it be on the Thursday afternoon is pretty wild, but it would also be the perfect way to make sure the convention is making the news circuits, which is as important as attendance in terms of everything.
The Art of Imagining: A conversation with Disney Legend, Imagineer Joe Rohde, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Followed by a book signing, this panel will be perfect for those who couldn’t get into MCUTV panel, didn’t get to go to D23 and/or those who love the Disney Parks.
Crystal Lake: Exclusive First-Look Screening, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Another HUGE Thursday panel for the newest in the F13 franchise. Empire Stage means they expect a huge crowd for this A24 screening and Q&A.
ABRAMS Spotlight Panel, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM: Major overlap here for me as Abrams is one of my favorite publishers and this will be a focus on 2027. Lots of decision making to be done, and s mentioned in the opening paragraph, show floor schedules and press sessions will change everything for us.
3rd Annual NYCC Poetry Slam! Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM: As this at 7:45 and I do have a little history with the host and a LOT of history with the NYC Poetry Slam scene (albeit it being a long time since I was deep in) I feel I’ll need to squeeze this in. Maybe my seasoned veteran status will help.
Coney Island Variety Show, Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Yet, overlap conflict right here. The Coney Island theme was a big part of even attending this year’s 20th Anniversary. Them bringing the side show to the Javit’s is not miss. There are other sessions, but we shall see. This is going to a convention.
FRIDAY
WAYNE BRADY: IMPROV NERDVANA (18 and up), Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: A mind-blowing, music-fueled improv experience starring Wayne Brady, blending the chaos of Comic-Con fandom with the genius of unscripted comedy. It’s part concert, part sketch show, part cosplay love letter, and 100% made up on the spot.
IDW Publishing: You’ll Want to Be in This Room, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: New Title announcements and more. Scheduled for the panel-Christopher Cantwell, Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg, Patrick Horvath, Tony Fleecs
SUPERGAY with Frankie Grande, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Frankie in the Pride Lounge with his book in talk with Michael Musto with a book signing to follow. ERHAGAWD.
Inside Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM: Creative Supervisor Jason Weber, the Shop Director Melissa Crichton, and puppeteers and builders from the Shop’s newly launched tour will talk about the history of this iconic must-see hub of imagination. The panel will also share a peek into the Shop’s exclusive location and answer the burning puppet-building questions we all have: How does a monster eat all those cookies? How does a Fraggle swim in a pond? And many more!
Rocky Horror Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again! Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM: They haven’t named who from the Broadway show is on the panel but I am definitely intrigued.
Celebrating 50 years of Interview with the Vampire, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: This event is ticketed through getting the anniversary edition of Interview, but Anne’s son Christopher knows the lore and J.R. Ward knows vampires so this should be a very cool talk. It was also one of the first things NYCC locked down on announcements.
The Cast of Clair Obscur, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Ben Starr, Jennifer English, Ashley Robinson, Rich Keeble and Kirty Rider talk working the award winning video game.
PAC-MAN: Snack Breaks | Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM: Behind-the-Scenes of the New Animated Series with Exclusive Screening, plus promised giveaways
20th Century Studios and Imagine Entertainment present “Whalefall”, Fri, Oct 9, 2026 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Director/co-screenwriter/producer Brian Duffield and author/co-screenwriter Daniel Kraus join Austin Abrams for a deep dive on the epic and emotional survival thriller about a young man’s encounter with a massive sperm whale. Based on the acclaimed novel, the visceral, immersive, cinematic event of The Fall opens exclusively in theaters October 16.
Marvel Comics: Bullpen Bulletins! with Stephen Wacker, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: This page in Marvel comics was/is always great. Can’t imagine what it’ll be like live, but intrigued.
Skybound Comics: Vision for the Future, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: A great line-up- Stephen Graham Jones, Leandro Fernández, Tate Brombal, Matt Emmons , Doug Mahnke, Ben Abernathy and Alex Antone present what’s coming for Skybound.
The Harvey Awards Presents the 2026 Hall of Fame, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM: As the title of the panel states. More details to come but a panel to keep an eye on. The overlap here is extreme especially with the next panel.
Oni Press: The Loudest Thing in Color Since 97, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM: Oni Press is turning 30 next year and they start the celebration here!
BLUMFEST 2026, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: A HUGE Empire Stage presentation. Violent Night 2 will be highlighting and then surprises.
TITMOUSE Spotlight, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Chris Prynoski, Ben Calina and who knows. Titmouse works and has worked on your favorites and are working on a cartoon I am super excited about. Hoping maybe they reveal more here on it.
Cyanide & Happiness, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM: One of two announced sessions from the crew. This one is 18+.
Common Side Effects: Season 2, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: World Premiere Screening and Panel with the creators and cast.
PRH Presents: Buzzy Books 2026, Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 9:00 PM – 9:45 PM: An after hours presentation from Penguin Random House of a variety of the books that are attracting the most attention from readers and more.
SATURDAY
Bob’s Burgers and Futurama Animation Panel, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Take notice here, this is two panels back to back on the Main Stage with no clearance in between. All of Bob’s Burgers will be there, all of Futurama too. This is one of the biggest ones of Saturday that is of TV/Movies, just know it’ll be a long ride.
DC’s Next Level & Beyond, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: This is a big one too. DC has other panels among the convention and I’m sure will have stuff in booth but they may be keeping some still unannounced series for this.
Nicolas Cage Spotlight, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12 PM: And not to be outdone, this is also at the same time as the other two panels. No announcement on moderator, but who knows what stories Nic might choose to span over the over. It could be anything from Vegas to Treasure to Spider Noir to MADDEN.
Murray Hill in Conversation with Peppermint, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: All those panels are at the same time and then there’s this. Murray Hill is someone I have seen perform in the past and love them getting this great opportunity at NYCC.
Cyanide & Happiness, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: The other session with the team. This one is not marked 18+.
Kyle MacLachlan’s Fictional Selves (Book-with-Ticket), Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: I want to read Kyle’s memoir and am a fan of his career so I may need to make time for this.
Marvel Comics: House of Ideas, Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Marvel will be dropping their news series here.
“BALLS: The Monster-Catchin’ Musical Comédy” (leaked Bootleg World Premiere), Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM: A screening of last years major panel, this is your Saturday night part. Hosted by Stuart Zagnit. This should be a blast!
SUNDAY
NCIS: NEW YORK Panel, Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: LL Cool J and Scott Caan, the NCIS veterans who are the cast of the new show will there and Byron Balasco, the show runner as well.
The Baby-Sitters Club: 40 Years of Friendship, Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: This panel being overlapped is really going to make NYCC hard. Raina Tegelmeier and Gale Galligan will be on it and I’m sure will talk their history with the series as much as the new GN they made together.
EINSTEIN Screening & Panel, Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: I love me some Matthew Gray Gubler, he was a sweet heart when I met once for his children’s book, he was such a performer. This show is gonna be fun, love the chance to get on the ground floor.
25 Years of Artemis Fowl, Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: The overlap here is really hard. I’ve met Eoin Colfer and seen him talk a few time and it’s always great, one of my favorite writers and there’s a book signing after.
There’s a bunch of unannounced panels that may throw ALL of this out wack. The show floor could too. For anyone who was looking the Autographing and Photo-Ops list for NYCC and going where’s the big stuff? It’s here In the panels. After this write up I started looking at the panels even more and noticed tons I missed. NYCC 2026 has it all and this isn’t even close to everything. So much to come.
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