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Geek Media Round-Up: February 11, 2013

11 Feb 2013  Media

Art

Game of Thrones Valentines

  • 16 Hunger Games (Im)posters
  • The Academy & Gallery1988′s Art Prints for 2013′s Best Picture Nominations
  • The Changing Face of Superman
  • Keeping checking in on Geek Art Gallery’s rapidly growing collection of Geeky Valentines Day Cards! The collection stretches back three years, and includes a lot of great choices to print off or purchase.
  • Portal Valentines Cards
  • Star Trek Valentines Cake

Comics

  • Interview: Daredevil’s Mark Waid on gender and digital comics
  • Interview: Injustice Writer Tom Taylor talks about last week’s controversial (if not entirely unsurprisingly) Superman Tragedy.
  • DC Comics Reveals Two New Politically-Charged Books
  • A Guide to Avengers Comics: Making sense of the many Avengers comics
  • How Digital Comics Change the Way Comic Books are Drawn—And Imagined
  • Storytelling in the graphic form, or why writing comics is the bomb

Cross-Media

  • The 10 Most Useful Gadgets From Science Fiction and Comics
  • “Internet copyright law has to have public support if it’s going to work” by Cory Doctorow. Brief quotations are fair dealing, but when you pass off someone else’s work as your own, you’re a plagiarist.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman Explains Why Bloody ‘Hunger Games’ Is Good For Kids

Film

  • Interview: Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Mama’
  • Interview: Harlan Ellison discusses the David Lynch film “Dune”
  • Interview: Jessica Chastain Reveals How Crystal Castles Inspired Her ‘Mama’ Role, Says She Wants To Be A Bond Villain
  • Interview: Wreck-It Ralph director talks bringing games to film
  • News: James Cameron Didn’t Plagiarize ‘Avatar’
  • News: Valve in talks for Portal and Half-Life movies
  • 1Up considers The Exciting Prospect of a J.J. Abrams-Valve Collaboration
  • 5 Directors Who Should Make Bond 24
  • 7 Actresses Who Could Play Wonder Woman in ‘Justice League’
  • 10 fabulous foreign-language fantasy films
  • 10 Scenes In The Dark Knight Trilogy That Should Have Been Cut
  • 50 Videogame Characters Who Need Movies
  • ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Director Hints at Harry Osborn Venom
  • Seven Directors Who Should Helm Star Trek 3 If J.J. Abrams Doesn’t
  • Who Should Play Young Han Solo?
  • Why did Joss Whedon choose Much Ado About Nothing?

Internet

  • The Top Ten Roleplaying Games of All Time

Literature

  • Interview: Dan Blank and Seth Godin on The Icarus Deception, Book Publishing
  • Interview: The End of a Saga: Robert V.S. Redick of The Night of the Swarm
  • Interview: Karen Russell on Life, Love And Undeath In The Lemon Grove
  • Interview: Liz Gruder, of sci-fi read Starseed, considers if the aliens are out there.
  • Interview: SF Signal chats with Mary Robinette Kowal
  • Interview: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell a darkly surreal treat
  • News: Libraries lobby publishers to change e-book policies
  • News: Neil Gaiman launches a crowd-sourced story project
  • As Barnes & Noble shrinks, small bookstores are born
  • The Byook is a unique combination of graphic novel, movie and game
  • Can Barnes & Noble Be Saved?
  • Can you shoot an arrow through an epic fantasy novel?
  • Cover and Synopsis for Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep
  • Patrick Rothfuss teases a quote from book 3. Let the speculation begin…
  • Popularity of ebooks spells the demise of printed versions

Science

  • Astronaut games are simple pleasures
  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Thor’s Hammer Mjölnir Would Weight As Much As 300-Billion Elephants (That’s A Lot)

Technology

  • Hands-On With USC’s Project Holodeck: a True Virtual Reality Experience
  • MYTH: The eBook Market Will be Won on Hardware
  • Students Still Not Taking to E-Textbooks, New Data Show

Television

  • Interview: Neil Gaiman on his revealing Doctor Who episode title confirmed
  • 10 Movies That Should Become Spinoff TV Series Right Now
  • The 100 Greatest Doctor Who Moments Ever
  • Could the Next Doctor Who Showrunner Already Be Chosen?
  • Should You Be Watching THE FOLLOWING?
  • Why AMC’s The Sparrow TV Show is Divinely Inspired

Video Games

  • Interview: Console transitions bad for gaming, says Valve Founder Gabe Newell
  • Interview: Massively talks with Star Trek Online’s Dan Stahl and Brandon Felczer about the third anniversary of Star Trek Online. Set phasers to “amused” as we set sail for the podcast frontier!
  • Interview: Director J.J. Abrams might have what it takes to make it in video games
  • News: ESRB: 9% of ratings for 2012 video games were Mature
  • News: Enderal: The Shards of Order mod to convert Skyrim into a new game
  • The Most Intense Video Game Collection You’ve Ever Seen Is Being Sold For Half A Million Dollars On Ebay (More)
  • The 10 Best Weapons to Craft in ‘Dead Space 3′
  • Director J.J. Abrams just gave Gabe Newell some tips on what games can learn from film. We should listen.
  • GameStop Declares Xbox 720 Will Suffer if it Bans on Secondary Market Games
  • How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers
  • The Table Theory of Characterization
  • Why Microsoft is killing the second-hand game market

Writing

  • 10 Signs Of A Typical Writing Day
  • 10 Steps To Becoming A Better Writer (Poster)
  • 10 Tips For Beginning Writers
  • Being Green: What It Means To Be A New Writer
  • How To “Up The Stakes” For Your Main Character
  • When Are You Telling: The Trouble With “when” Statements



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