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Geek Media Round-Up: February 10, 2012

Feb 10 2012 No Comment 2 views

Art

The Art of Dungeon Maps
Dual Lightsaber Arm Tattoos
Excellent Highschool of the Dead cosplay
Some colorful Tyrande Whisperwind cosplay (from World of Warcraft)
Walking Dead Valentines Cards
Witness is an other-worldly art installation featuring hundreds of accounts of alien abductions being whispered in the dark.

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Geek Media Round-Up: February 8, 2012

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Art

Community / Batman Mash-Up
DC Comics Valentines
Love(craft) Valentines are maddeningly cute
Posters that (almost) trick us into thinking Phantom Menace is good
The Video Game Humans of the Future Should Look This Awesome
The WALL-E Builders Club formed in October 2007 as an offshoot of the R2 (yes that one) builders club, to create their own WALL-E replica. This is their current progress on the project. [Via]

Comics

Interview: Entertainment Weekly interviews Joss Whedon about Buffy season 9.
Interview: Scott Allie on Making “Buffy” Bold.
How Marvel Comics screwed Jack Kirby out of millions

Film

Interview: Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter Oscars snub was “snobbery”
10 Truly Terrifying Horror Movie Jump Scares
Boycott the Avengers? A Slate writer discusses why Marvel’s troubled history with artists has led him to boycott the upcoming project, despite his love for Joss
Every now and then a trailer comes along that makes u remember why we love zombie movies. Osombie is a movie about the re-animated corpse of Osama Bin Laden and the mission wherein a group of military operatives go to kill him, again. Check it out after the break and get ready for what will be an amazing ride.
If 2012′s Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth
Is The Shining really about the gold standard? Using unpublished info from the Stanley Kubrick Archives as a key source, Kubrick’s Gold Story [part 1 of 4] is a film analysis that uncovers economic themes encoded in The Shining with regard to gold vs fiat monetary systems. Written,
narrated and edited by Rob Ager
The Most Influential Sci-Fi Films

Internet

10 Biggest Nerd Gatherings in the World

Literature

Interview: Alan Lightman, author of Mr g, answers a few questions for Suvudu.
Interview: Elizabeth Hand talks about her crime novel, Available Dark.
Interview: J. Kelley Anderson of Casting Shadows on making room for genre fiction in the western literary canon.
Interview: Michael Sullivan plugs Theft of Swords on The Skiffy and Fanty Show
Interview: Peter Orullian talks to Robin Hobb about her novel City of Dragons
Interview: Why William Gibson Distrusts Aging Futurists’ Nostalgia
Fear and Loathing in e-Land by Ursula K. Le Guin
What is the Right Price for an E-Book?

Science

6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh in the Face of Physics

Technology

EU is considering using drones to police Farms
From the “life imitates Fallout” files comes MIT’s photonic crystals that could lead to “nuclear reactors” in every gadget.
How do robots see the world? This is an experiment in found machine-vision footage, exploring the aesthetics of the robot eye.

Television

Interview: Nichelle Nichols talks about breaking barriers in television. A black woman as a starship officer was outrageous enough in 1966, but when she kissed Kirk, she made history.
News: Fox’s ‘House’ will end this season. [More]
Infographic: 45 Years of Star Trek

Video Games

Minecraft: Making Your Own Fun, One Brick At a Time

Writing

Here’s a handy list of medieval occupations, though I can’t see George R.R. Martin ever typing the word “eggler.”

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Geek Media Round-Up: February 6, 2012

Feb 6 2012 No Comment 43 views

Art

Amazing Selena cosplay
Lucas Oil Stadium, recreated in Legos
Mass Effect Valentines
XXIT is an absolutely amazing Blade Runner-esque short from Stargate Studios

Comics

Interview: Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton talk about the “The Guild: Fawkes”
Interview: A two-and-a-half hour webchat with the great Alan Moore, wherein he talks about magic, writing, creativity, Lovecraft and horror, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, philosophy, time, his new novel, Watchmen and more…
Details about Issues 8-10 of Buffy Season 9.

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Geek Media Round-Up: February 3, 2012

Feb 3 2012 No Comment 41 views

Art

Even more (and more) Skyrim Valentines
If Lego ever releases a line of Zombie sets, they should start with this one.
Lessons to take away from Star Wars
Poem is a commercial, but it’s hands-down the most beautiful commercial I’ve seen.
Why weren’t cheerleaders this cool when I was in school?

Comics

Interview: The Agony Column interviews Stan Lee
Interview: CBR takes a looke Behind Buffy Season 9 with Andrew Chambliss.
Interview: J. Michael Straczynski: ‘I Would Have Absolutely Zero Right To Complain’ About Unauthorized ‘Babylon 5′ Prequels
News: Stan Lee will appear at the London Super Comic Convention. Excelsior!

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Geek Media Round-Up: January 26, 2012

Feb 2 2012 No Comment 39 views

Art

21 minimal posters reppin’ techie superheroes
Art History Through Sci Fi-Colored Glasses
Skyrim Valentines for your gaming widow.
Let these zombie-themed sheets serve as a reminder to us all: Never Sleep Alone
Watch a (cute) girl build a Tardis

Comics

Interview: Marjorie Liu on ASTONISHING X-MEN and Relationships

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Playing Skyrim as a Pacifist

Feb 2 2012 No Comment 16 views

The Wall Street Journal recently did a story about people who play video games as pacifists where they attempt to make it through typically violent games without killing anything. For example Daniel Mullins has been playing Skyrim as Felix the Peaceful Monk and he has yet to register any kills in the game.