If anything else was needed to point out the pop culture succcess of Fortnite, the news surrounding its “black hole” outage and reaction to its “Chapter 2” provides proof.
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Companies that want to keep their profits high as older Americans ride off into the sunset need to understand what makes Millennials tick. Here are four things marketers need to know about reaching and engaging with this generation,
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It’s under a different name, but it’s still the same four-day pop culture festival organized by a group from Florida; and it’s again offering an all-star lineup of celebrity guests, professional wrestlers, cosplayers and more.
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If you need further proof that the nerds have inherited the earth, look no further than this coming weekend, when “Game of Thrones” and “Avengers: Endgame” will wage separate battles for pop-culture supremacy. As it happens, the hugely anticipated war for the future of Westeros in the HBO drama...
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Fornite fever has officially hit Supercon. That’s not all that rocked Raleigh on Saturday. Autographs. Panel talks. Tons of the latest tech pop culture. But let’s start with Fortnite, the free game that has become so popular with more than 120 million players worldwide that sales of “skins” anc accessories for players has made Cary-based Epic Games an $8 billion company and its CEO and founder Tim Sweeney a billionaire
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Stars and celebrities galore are packing Supercon in Raleigh this weekend as thousands of fans – many in costumes (or cosplayers, as they are called) pack the Raleigh Convention Center for all things tech pop culture. Here’s a photo shoot of memorable costumes and players.
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Fans from as far away as New York make a journey to Raleigh for the three-day Supercon festival that celebrates animation, cartoons, video games, pop culture, and all things nerdy. Chantal Allam takes you inside the Raleigh Convention Center for all the fun in fantasy land.
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Chantal Allam, who is a free-lance writer contributing to WRAL TechWire, will be going to Supercon in Raleigh this weekend. TechWire asked her check out the event and its pop culture connections such as the video game rage know as Fortnite from Epic Games. Chantal writes how she tries to bridge the generational divide one Fortnite session at a time.
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