Apr 12, 2006 - Site Downtime - Some of you may have noticed problems with the I-CON site over the past few days. We have been having hardware issues with our server, which have now been resolved. All site functionality should now be fully restored... if you notice any issues, please email webmaster@iconsf.org. Thank you.

Mar 22, 2006 - Important Travel Update! - The Suffolk County Half Marathon will be taking place this Sunday, resulting in closures on Nichols Road between the Long Island Expressway and Rt. 347. Please use these directions to get to the convention on Sunday.

Mar 22, 2006 - New I-CON Community - ICON Science Fiction, Inc. is proud to announce its new project, community.iconsf.org. Designed to encourage community involvement and the open sharing of ideas and information, community.iconsf.org is our new hub for everyone who is interested in Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy (and Gaming, Anime, and everything else you might see at I-CON - and likely a whole lot more!). We encourage you all to stop in, take a look, and speak your mind - this site was created to allow you to immerse yourself further in the things that matter to you (and us).

Mar 22, 2006 - Indie Film Schedule - In addition to the main schedule and gaming schedule linked from our home page, the Indie Film schedule is now online. Also, an HTML (webpage) version of the schedule is coming soon, we thank everyone for their patience.

Mar 21, 2006 - Schedule Coming Soon Posted! - We know that many of you were anxiously awaiting the schedule for I-CON. Well, it's here! Go to the site index and check it out to see everything what I-CON 25 has in store for you!

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Mike Pondsmith spent his first 18 years wandering the Earth in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force. Then, after a tour of four campuses of the University of California, emerged with degrees in Psychology and Graphic Design. (Hey, this game appeals to my Inner Child, and looks good too!) In 1985 he developed Mekton, the first anime-based role-playing game in an attempt to avoid fantasy RPG's. After terrific response at conventions, he started R. Talsorian Games, Inc. to publish Mekton, followed by Teenagers from Outer Space, (RPGA Gamer's Choice Award), Cyberpunk, (translated into 8 languages), Castle Falkenstein, (Best Game of 1994), as well as a number of others. He also collaborated with the Hero Games designers on the Fuzion system, oddly enough a fusion of the original RTG Interlock system and the Hero system (Herolock or Intero being stupid names.) Taking a hiatus from paper games since 2000, Mike has been pushing pixels for Microsoft and Monolith Productions, on games like Bloodwake, Crimson Skies, and Matrix Online. Mike has just recently finished the long awaited Cyberpunk 3 and has opened a new chapter in Cyberpunk gaming. Somewhere along the line he acquired a wife and son, who make getting anything accomplished much harder, but they both game so its o.k.