Michael Hutchins

A-Kon, the annual summer convention catering to Dallas' anime, Asian-culture and geek aficionados, will be returning for its 24th year this weekend at the Hilton Anatole. As with Dallas Comic Con, we have compiled a A-to-Z guide to all things A-Ko...

We've got four major league sports teams in the metroplex, but have you ever wondered what there is for the gamers? You know, the types who'd rather point and click rather than pass and shoot? Never fear, my geeky brethren, Major League Gaming is ...

See also: The Epic Gamers of QuakeCon 2010. Let's go over a quick checklist for this weekend: Fully optimized alienware desktop? Check. A full case of Bawls? Check. Soap? For the love of god please say check. This weekend, QuakeCon 2012, celebrati...

See also: A guide to the Asian Film Festival. Last night marked the opening of the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, which has showcased films from China, Japan, Korea and the rest of Asia for 11 years. While it's becoming harder for Asian films to f...

In the Dallas art scene, the name Frank Campagna is nearly synonymous with Deep Ellum. He's known as much for playing cheerleader to local talent as he is for his own work: painting the ads for the late Gypsy Tea Room, projects like the now-defunc...

Final Fantasy and I have had a love/hate relationship over the last 25 years. As I kid, I became something of a connoisseur of the series. In the mid nineties, my Friday nights were spent grinding through the hardest dungeons, fighting and battlin...