SXSW Cancels Anti-Harassment Panel Over Threats
SXSW announced yesterday that they were cancelling the anti-Harassment panel “Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games.” Level Up would have
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Convention News
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World Fantasy Convention Writes the Worst Harassment Policy EVER
Update: Amazingly, the World Fantasy Convention 2015 committee is fixing this and adopting a better policy. The original story appears
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Shooting at ZombiCon Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Injured
Gunfire broke out at ZombiCon in Fort Myers, FL last night, leaving one person dead and another five injured. Very
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Guy Plans Pokemon Party, Gets Fined $4000
Ramar Larkin Jones was going to run an unofficial Pokemon PAX Prime Pre-Party last August. He’s been doing so every
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Anime Matsuri Has Not Been Making Any Friends
Back in July, we reported that multiple women had accused Anime Matsuri co-founder John Leigh of sexual harassment. The entire
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Titletown Comic & Entertainment Expo Cancels October Event
We mentioned about a week ago that Titletown Comic & Entertainment Expo (TCE2) was having some financial troubles. With less
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MRA Group ‘Honey Badgers’ File a Suit Against Calgary Expo, The Mary Sue… Maybe?
You may recall that last fall that MRA group the ‘Honey Badgers’ got booted from Calgary Expo. The Mary Sue
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We’ve Launched an IndieGogo Campaign for the Nerd & Tie Expo!
Hey, we said we would launch a crowdfunding campaign for the Nerd & Tie Expo… and we have! Today we
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AnimeCon.org CEO Ryan Kopf Allegedly Attacks Vendor During MetaCon 2015
During this last weekend’s MetaCon in Minneapolis, a fist fight broke out. It wasn’t between a couple of angry teenagers,
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