1. Queensland

Wednesday

Anyone who is hopelessly addicted to Hearthstone may want to drop in on Good Games Gold Coast who are hosting a Hearthstone Fireside standard Formal event. Newcomers and veterans are welcome but you need to have at least one deck for yourself.

If you need some trivia for your Wednesday the Mr Henderson Bar in Brisbane is hosting a Science Fiction Double Feature Trivia Show. What does this mean? We would think that you may want to brush up on your Rocky Horror in addition to your usual sci-fi diet.

Thursday

Opening Thursday, Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant hits cinemas Australia-wide. Reports are mixed on this but we will try to give you our impression next week (just as long as it doesn’t have that weird fleshy alien from Prometheus in it).

Friday

Starting Friday and running until Sunday Melbourne’s Annual MonsterFest travels to Brisbane for a collection of international horror, action, crime and black comedy films. Single-session tickets are available for sessions held at the Brisbane Myer Centre Cinemas as well as multipass tickets if you want to see as much as possible.

Also starting on Friday but running until the 20th in the Museum of Brisbane Folly Games will be running an interactive experience ‘The Farce Awakens’. Solve puzzles and complete challenges to move the story forward (and impact the outcome). If you act quick you can win a double pass that we will be giving away for Friday’s Opening!

If are super hyped for the new Alien movie this week and want to catch up with every other instalment, Foxtel will have an Alien vs Predator pop-up channel on Friday. The current line-up includes Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection and Prometheus plus Predator, Predator 2, and AVP: Alien vs Predator for anyone who doesn’t remember that Schwarzenegger and Danny Glover exist in the Alien-verse.

Or if you prefer your movies with more decapitated horses then In The House continue their 2017 classic film series with The Godfather Part II. Tickets are currently available for the one-night-only session playing at Event Cinemas across the country.

Saturday

Firstly on Saturday in Brisbane sees Australia’s largest Retro Video Game Arcade opening. The 1-Up Arcade grand opening lets you buy a day pass or a lifetime membership to get all the RSI you can handle on a huge selection of arcade games. If you want to find out more about the mind behind it, you can check out this week’s Creator Spotlight!

If you need more of a full body Tashiki’s Castle style workout first the Brisbane ROC Race is on. Think, 5k run with an obstacle course and you have a pretty good idea. Tickets are available and if you get in early enough you can still do everything else on Saturday too!

Also in Brisbane my Glip Glops the Brightside nightclub is holding a special Rick & Morty event with themed cosplay encouraged to win a $100 voucher for the venue. Temporary Plumbus Tattoos (we don’t need to explain what that is, everyone has one), Jumping Castles, DJ Mulan McNugget Sauce & DJ Taylor Schwifty + Get Schwifty Karaoke make this a huge adventure through the Multiverse. Tickets are available now.

Sunday

First up, Sunday is Mother’s Day in Australia. Aren’t you glad we reminded you?

If you are in Brisbane and looking for some new people to play tabletop Comic Empire is hosting an RPG Meet & Greet. So if you are LFG with some like minded tabletop players, this could be a nice way to spend your Sunday.

Otherwise, if you are looking for something more Mother Day-like in doing a good thing, the Burrito Bar in Brisbane are holding a Disney Pixar Trivia Night/Fundraiser. Tickets are limited and booking is necessary but Pixar and Tacos! Tacos!!!