The real drama of DreamHack, the annual esports tournament that brings some of the world’s biggest fans and players who compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes, isn’t just made by the pixels on the screen. It’s also made in the stands like any great spectator sport. DreamHack…
Film events like the Oak Cliff Film Festival aim for diversity and variety in their movie offerings, in order to offer the dream afternoon for the raging cinephile. “We’re looking for stuff that’s a little off the beaten path,” says Barak Epstein, the co-owner of Aviation Cinemas, which runs the…
If you were watching the closing melees of the nail-munching minutes of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Masters tournament at the DreamHack Dallas esports conference, you were probably screaming your head off in frustration. If you were watching the crowd, you were probably laughing your ass off at the last-minute madness…
The folks at last weekend’s DreamHack, the annual esports gaming convention held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, had something to marvel at besides virtual warriors trying to punch each other’s faces in with their fists. A good portion of them spotted actor, writer and film star Jeff Goldblum…
When the 16th season of NBC’s The Voice came to an end, a local singer won her shot at the big-time. North Texas added another notch to its reality show winner belt last week when Frisco’s Maelyn Jarmon won the 16th season of the NBC singing competition The Voice along…
If you’ve been to a play in Dallas in the last few years, chances are that you’ve seen Michael B. Moore’s work onstage — even when he’s not on it. Moore is an actor and an award-winning makeup and wig designer who’s dolled up the stars and performers for shows all…
The watchmaker Fossil has an interesting history of making watches that play outside the norms of faces with the simple digital watch and two arms. The Dallas-based timepiece company has produced wrist watches with hand-painted faces, watch hands sitting behind water-filled cases and even wearable sundials. Fossil brought back one of…
Sports like dodgeball and kickball may bring to mind grade-school recesses and PE classes, but they’re now bringing together communities of adults across the country, especially in the LGBTQ community. “They’re everybody’s type of sports,” says Keith London of Dallas, the founder and CEO of the National Gay Dodgeball League…
Well, Sunday’s the big night when the world bids goodbye to HBO’s Game of Thrones, TV’s bloodiest, most treacherous and sexually overcharged fantasy drama. The show has been running for eight blood-soaked seasons and attracted an audience of millions that spans the globe. That means you’re definitely going to be…
The reason you go to film festivals like the Oak Cliff Film Festival is because you want to see films. Unlike other fan gatherings, you’re not there to wait in ungodly lines for an awkward handshake with a celebrity, blow a week’s pay on an overpriced collectible or work your…
Instagram isn’t just a platform where people show off the food they ate before it’s lost to the ravages of human digestion, or just for those who accrue followers in the hope of not having to get a real job. It’s actually used by people from all walks of life…
Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the towering Wookie Chewbacca in several Star Wars movies, has passed away. Mayhew’s family delivered the news of his passing in a statement on his official Facebook page. He died Tuesday at his home in Boyd surrounded by his family, according to the statement…
The last thing you probably want to hear about now is of any aquatic activities, with all the rain and severe thunderstorm and flood warnings that keep ruining our evenings. It’s like asking someone who just walked two miles in a blinding snowstorm if they can turn down the temperature…
The Texas Frightmare Weekend isn’t your typical film festival. The frames of the films at this long-running horror movie convention are stained with gallons of Karo syrup, the substance used to make the fake blood that horror movie fans crave with the strength of 10,000 methadone addicts. While other film…
Being a fan is tough. There are no official guidelines to tell you how to be the perfect — or even adequate — fan, except for obvious ones like refraining from mailing naked pictures of yourself to the object of your affection and honoring the court-determined distance pertaining to your restraining order. That’s why…
When you hear the phrase “psychedelic mushroom convention,” your mind’s eye probably conjures images of a room full of tie-dye-wearing, tripping hippies. The first Psychedelic Mushroom Convention held on Sunday at the Bella Vista Inn in Grand Prairie didn’t house anyone who looked like they might be on any kind…
Alamo Drafthouse in Lake Highlands is hosting a memorial for Marvel Comic fans grieving the death of superheroes, and a franchise, for Avengers:Endgame.
You’ve always wanted to learn more about the natural world and witness some of the most beautiful parts of our environment but it’s hard to find the time and even if you find a diving suit in your size, it makes you feel like five liters of meat in a…
Comedy actor and television writer Jon Glaser says he doesn’t love the term “alternative comedy,” but when it comes to his work — especially on stage — “that’s essentially what it is.” “I’m not going to comedy clubs,” Glaser says, referring to the mini Texas tour he’s on now that…
The future of artificial intelligence may seem scary, with hypothetical horror stories about computers starting some kind of robot uprising, but so far it’s in safe hands. Eight hundred forty-six pairs of safe hands to be exact. A “Basic TrAINing” bot camp of 893 area high school students held Wednesday…
Summer is coming and if you’ve got a PlayStation 4 or a PlayStation VR headset, then you’ve got some very good reasons stock up on Vitamin D supplements and never go outside again until the fall. Sony gave the Observer a chance to preview some of their newest unreleased exclusives for…
If you’re not a devoted follower of pop culture’s poppiest sci-fi saga Star Wars, then you’re probably not familiar with the significance of May 4. It’s known as May the Fourth Be With You. It’s got nothing to do with a significant date in the Star Wars canon like the…
