The Press Release:
Playcrafting, the largest global network of game developers in the world, is thrilled to announce that registration for the 8th Annual Play NYC is now open. Play NYC, the largest gaming event in New York City, will take place on August 5th and 6th, 2023, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan.
Play NYC is the premier event for gamers, game developers, and industry professionals to come together to connect, discover and play new video games. This year, attendees can look forward to playing a wide range of games from studios large and small as well as interacting with creators from the NYC games industry to learn about the latest trends and technologies in the world of gaming. Continue reading Registration Opens For Play NYC 2023 @ Metropolitan Pavilion→
A reminder from your fairy Con mother: you must rollover your Fan Verification profile manually by 11:59 PM ET on May 5 in order to keep your profile active! You’ll want to look for the rollover email in your inbox! Search the subject line “New York Comic Con 2023 Profile Rollover”. Can’t find it? Make sure you’re checking the inbox of the email address connected to your Fan Ver profile, and also that pesky spam folder. Still not there? Reach out to our customer service superheroes at [email protected] for assistance.
PiercingMetal Thoughts: I’m fairly certain that I’ve said enough in the alert that can be found by clicking HERE but I will stress that you pay enough mind to this so you don’t miss out. The event sells out faster and faster each year and I know a lot of you will be sad if you end up missing out. If you’ve been following the site for any sufficient amount of time you know that we attended last year but if you are brand new to the website as a readers you might want to click HERE to see the very comprehensive coverage that we did. I figured it never hurts to remind you about the work we put into the event for all four of its days. That’s all I have for now so please chime in down below if you have something else to add to the mix about it all. See you again soon, and please keep safe out there.
As we are about six months away from the 2023 edition of the famed New York Comic Con, I like to compile videos for each of the days that were attended and load them up onto our Official YouTube. This serves a double purpose as it not only helps generate some excitement about the upcoming event but also brings some nostalgia about the previous happening to those who attended. If you didn’t see our wealth of coverage from NYCC 2022 please just click HERE to check it out.
The Press Release:
Metallica appeared on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show today, sitting down with Howard Stern and co-host Robin Quivers for an interview and jam session spanning the length of the legendary heavy metal act’s career.
Front man and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo opened up about everything from the band’s early aversion toward MTV to how they perfected the riff for “Enter Sandman,” the band also performed a Bob Seger cover, an acoustic rendition of a classic “…And Justice for All” track, and a single off their forthcoming album “72 Seasons.”
Metallica Credits Their Big Break to Ozzy Osbourne:
“[Ozzy] was known to bring out bands that were on the verge of breaking. The time before he took us out he took Mötley Crüe out … It was our turn in ’86,” Lars said, crediting Ozzy and his wife Sharon Osbourne for being “kind enough to take us out and give us that shot.”
“The first show was in Wichita, Kansas — there we were in front of 15,000 people in the middle of America and we couldn’t believe it,” Lars continued. “We opened with ‘Battery’ and … ‘Master of Puppets.’ The first couple songs, [the crowd] was kind of looking up going, ‘What is this racket?’ And then 45 minutes later they were all moving their fists and getting into it.”