IncreaseBlue’s Phoenix Comicon guide for gamers (2012 ver.)

It’s that time of year again. The Phoenix Comicon looms ahead at the end of May, bursting with individual events that make even the most casual of geeks and gamers giddy with anticipation. Once again IncreaseBlue has scoured the huge list of programming for the convention and put together an optimal guide of panels, concerts, and other fun events for gamers to hit up.

Phoenix Comicon is coming. Are you ready for the awesome?

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Anyone who attended last years’ comicon knows that it was huge, packed, and awesome. This years’ event threatens to be even bigger (despite losing Star Trek veteran Patrick Stewart from the guest roster) and offers an incredible array of exciting events garnered towards gaming including panels, music, and tournaments. Here are a select few that stood out in the 2012 programming:

Keith Abbott Talks Future Plans For Euphoria Gaming

Keith Abbott of Euphoria Gaming

The past year has seen many local groups rise to the occasion and provide a vast array of tournaments for the Arizona gaming community. Keith Abbott, founder of Euphoria Gaming, is no different in this respect and spoke with The Pause Button on the groups’ hopes and plans for 2012.

As Euphoria Gaming plows into 2012 with their Super Marvel Madness finale on Saturday, as well as several planned free tournaments, the group has alot of potential to grow and change within the coming months.

Abbott first founded his own gaming group, Euphoria Gaming, in 2010 in an effort to support and flourish a West Valley gaming scene. He started off by hosting small tournament gatherings at a local shop called GameTag in Litchfield Park. The competitions began to receive good receptions and Abbott decided to pursue more.

AZHP Breaking in the New Year With Taiyou Con

Kicking off 2012 proper will be the AZHP hosting tournaments at the Taiyou Con anime convention the first weekend of January.

Photo courtesy of Taiyou Con.

The event will be taking place on January 6-8 Taiyou Con at the Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa hotel.

AZHP will be hosting tournaments throughout the weekend. As per usual practice, the crew will host open and casual gaming throughout the event as well, but their tournament schedule is as follows:

Get ready for the last battle!

The last of Team Hazmat’s bi-weekly tournaments for 2011 will take place this weekend, meaning it’s one of your last chances to get in all your competitive action before the end of the year.

The team plans to host two tournaments on Saturday at their hangout spot in Laveen.

Big Rumbles and Big Money

As we quietly shuffle out of the ridiculously busy month that was October and fall face first into November, the Team Hazmat crew is ready for action with one of their biggest tournaments yet.

Courtesy Team Hazmat Youtube channel.

[CORRECTION: We inaccurately posted that the Team Hazmat tournament would be occurring on Friday. It will actually happen on Saturday the 5th. Our apologies for any confusion]

This Saturday the team plans to host their bi-weekly tournament, full of raffles, money matches, and mad hype in Laveen.

DEVASTATION 2011 Re-Cap

Did you happen to miss DEVASTATION last weekend? Well The Pause Button‘s got you covered with our video recap complete with several awesome interviews and funny asides we caught at the event. Check it out below!