Broadway Comics And Cards Closing Its Doors After Almost 30 Years SACRAMENTO (via CBS13) – Broadway comics and Cards have been open next to tower cafe for nearly 3 decades. But rising rents and a shift to more online sales has forced the owner to make a tough decision. Wedged in between Tower Café and Joe Marty’s Bar and Grille in Sacramento, CA, is Broadway Comics and Cards. “I’ve been here since February 19, 1988,” said owner Wilson Lew. Lew has thousands of comics stacked in boxes, kept in plastic. And some are from decades ago. “Oh my gosh, this smells so good,” said Lew thumbing through a 1972 Mister Miracle book. Like a true fan, he can tell quality, with a whiff. “It’s a different experience to have a comic book in your hands and have that experience,” Lew continued. When Broadway Comics and Cards opened for business 30 years ago, comics were a hot commodity and business was good. “There would be people coming in, lining up buying two, three, four, five copies,” said Lew, “one to read and two to save.” But since then, times have changed. “Everybody is buying online or digitally downloading,” said Lew. Walk-up sales have fallen off and the cost to stay open continues to rise. “They raised my rent twice in the last 12 months,” he continued. Lew tried to supplement the books with popular trends over the years. “Pokemon was big; it was huge,” said Lew. “There would be like five monster zones,” said Matthew Henderson, […]
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Capcom Reveals Mega Man® 11 in Celebration of Video Game Icon’s 30th Anniversary
Legendary Series Returns in 2018 with Brand New Mainline Mega Man® Game and Legacy Titles for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 4, 2017 – Today during the Mega Man® 30th Anniversary Livestream in partnership with Twitch, Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, revealed Mega Man® 11, the next evolution in the long-running 32 million unit-selling action platformer series. Led by a talented, veteran development team at Capcom, the new game features tight side-scrolling action gameplay the series is known for while completely revolutionizing the experience for modern consoles.Mega Man 11 will be a great entry for both fans and newcomers to the series to dive into as it retains its signature challenge while offering a variety of difficulty options. The game is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and Windows PC in late 2018. Read the full story and watch the new trailer on the PPN Blog here.
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Welcome to PPN Studio. This is our first post saying welcome to the newly designed and powered site. With this change, we are modernizing the back-end, making easier for our staff to make and edit posts, add content as well as doing a full front-end redesign. We hope you like it!
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 08: Total Fan Service
This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on the latest Japanese anime episodes, the Pokemon movie in the US, this week’s News bulletin, Annoying release dates, and a Jump Festa announcement, the QoTW for next week, as well as Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep08_12042011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 07: Snivy Whiplash
(Live from University of Michigan) This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on episode 56 and 57 of the Japanese anime, the weekly VG News Bulletin, Is the metagame stagnant? We answer Q&A from the audience, the QoTW for next week, as well as Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep07_11172011_Snivy_Whiplash.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on BW…whatever it was, VG News Bulletin, Satoru Iwata’s announcements and potential pokemon game, the QoTW for next week, as well as Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep06_10302011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 05: Sparkles
This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on the Anime and VG news, the QoTW, speculation on the new pokemongray.com domain name, and the upcoming anime episode in Japan. As well as Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep05_10232011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 4: Go Diego Go!
This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on the latest Japanese episode and Alder (BW054), Masuda’s tweets including N and possible remakes, current and coming events, Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep04_10172011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 3: B/W 1yr Thoughts
This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on the latest Japan episode, treatment of Video Game characters in Best Wishes!, and a one-year retrospective on Pokemon Black and White, current and coming events, Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep03_10092011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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BulbaCast Season 5 – Episode 2: Dream World
This week on BulbaCast we have topics that include discussions on the latest Japanese episode, Satoshi vs. Kamitsure. A one-year retrospective on Best Wishes. WiFi and the Dream World, current and coming events, Pokemon news and much, much more. http://www.ppnstudio.com/files/audio/bulbacast_s5_ep02_10022011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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