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Geek Media Round-Up: December 17, 2008

17 Dec 2008  Media

Comics

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

  • Dark Roasted Blend has compiled a directory of Steampunk Art & Gear photo galleries.

Comics

  • Mental Floss shares the true stories behind 5 Comic Superheroes Who Made a Real-World Difference.

Film

  • Cinematical chooses The Best Sci-Fi Remakes.
  • Cracked.com has posted the script that would have been used If ‘Twilight’ Was 10 Times Shorter And 100 Times More Honest.
  • Film School Rejects runs down a list of 10 Sci-Fi Films That Should Never Be Remade, and 5 That Probably Should Be.
  • Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is one of the most hilariously bad films ever made. It also happens to now be in the public domain. [Found via TorrentFreak]

Internet

  • Topless Robot lists The 10 Most Awesome Sci-Fi Themed Music Videos Ever.

Literature

  • Free Fiction: Listen to “How to Deal With Your Daughter and Her Crabs” by Brian Salyards at Clonepod.
  • Free Fiction: Listen to “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow at The Internet Archive.
  • Free Fiction: Read the classic pulp short “Gold” by Isaac Asimov
  • Free Fiction: Read “Demons Without, Demon Within” by Scott M. Sandridge by Mindflights.
  • AMC’s Future of Classic blog counts down the top Evil Corporate Overlords, starting with Dick Jones, the head of Omni Consumer Products.

Video Games

  • Jason Hill of Australia’s Brisbane Time lists The Most Influential Games Ever, beginning with the arcade classic, Pong.
  • Wired runs down The 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2008, though they might have expanded it out to twenty for all the bomb that hit the shelves this year.

Writing

  • Lou Anders talks about the Author-Editor Relationship at The Swivet.

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