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Geek Media Round-Up: February 17, 2012

17 Feb 2012  Media

Art

Elyos

  • 8-Bit Glow in the Dark Posters
  • Elyos (from Aion Online) cosplay with astonishingly elaborate armor
  • Ghostbuster Cake
  • Jack of Blades cosplay from Fable
  • Someone’s a HellSing fan

Comics

  • Interview: J.T. Krul talks Superman Beyond. It’s time to go back to the future with Superman in the “Batman Beyond” Universe.

Film

  • Interview: The creators of Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance chat with io9.
  • Interview: The directors of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance talk demon bikers.
  • News: Rumors are swirling that The Dark Knight Rises might be preceded by a trailer for The Man of Steel. Let’s hope our geek rage doesn’t distract from our enjoyment of Dark Knight.
  • News: Warner Bros Plans More ‘I Am Legend’ With Will Smith
  • The 10 Best Starships Of The Star Wars Prequels
  • Harry Potter as teen comedy trailer.
  • John Carter’ Tracking Shockingly Soft: ‘Could Be Biggest Writeoff Of All Time.
  • This list of 10 of the world’s best Movie theaters makes me wonder why the Alamo Drafthouse isn’t a national franchise.

Internet

  • “He’s A Pirate” played on eight floppy drives
  • John Cleese provides some hilarious responses to questions and comments left on the Monty Python YouTube channel.
  • Neil Patrick Harris’s Legendary Valentine’s Day Dinner. NPH tweets his entire Valentine’s Day dinner, with drool-worthy pictures.

Literature

  • Interview: Lavie Tidhar on his extraordinary picture book, Going to the Moon
  • Interview: The Murverse interviews Connie Willis at World Fantasy Con
  • News: The Release Date for A Memory of Light Has Been Set!
  • The 17 Best Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Novels
  • The Best Books of Poetry For Every Kind of Science Fiction Fan.
  • The Changing Face of SFF
  • Sh*t Book Reviewers Say is funny, but this meme is screaming for someone to do a Sh*t Genre Writers Say.

Science

  • Ready for the planetary shield to protect us from asteroids?
  • Russian scientist claims to have discovered life on Venus

Technology

  • The Big Robot Questions: The social, legal, and ethical problems posed by the coming robotics revolution.
  • How To Build A DNA Nanorobot
  • Waterless Washing Machine Levitates Laundry and Cleans It With Dry Ice
  • With New Technique, Tiny Robots Can Be Mass-Produced Like Pop-Up Books

Television

  • Interview: David Hewlett: Missing McKay, that Stargate: Atlantis movie and more
  • Interview: Karen Gillan on Why She’s Leaving Doctor Who
  • Interview: ‘The Simpsons’ Executive Producer Al Jean on the 500th Episode
  • Interview: Star Wars voice actor Stephen Stanton joins roundtable discussion on The Clone Wars in the latest Force Cast.
  • Anyone else think that Kevin Smith’s ‘Comic Book Men’ Is a Compelling Argument Against Comic Book Stores? … GameSquad sure does: 5 Reasons “Comic Book Men” Stinks. I can’t say I disagree.
  • The Big Bang Theory: Caught between popularity and authenticity

Video Games

  • News: RIFT sets Guinness World Record for most in-game marriages in 24 Hours
  • Smashing stereotypes around women and gaming: Cracks beginning to show in hyper-masculine armour of video game industry.
  • This could be the greatest Skyrim mod ever… to surreptitiously install on someone else’s computer.

Writing

  • Booktype is an open source platform to write and publish print and digital books. It features collaborative editing and has no license restrictions on the content, which can be delivered for a variety of screen and print formats. If you’re going to collaborate on a book, this is the way to do it.
  • Why You Can See Morrowind From Skyrim

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.



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