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Geek Media Round-Up: June 17, 2010

17 Jun 2010  Media

Art

Ray Bradbury

  • Artist Lou Romano (The Incredibles) illustrates Ray Bradbury in honor of the author’s ninetieth birthday.
  • Geek Art Gallery points the way to this Futurama / X-Men Mash-up.

Film

  • Innsmouth Press names Hollywood’s 10 Worst Horror Movie Fathers.
  • Paranormal Haze looks back at The Evolution of the Zombie.
  • PopCrunch reveals 7 Great Movie Endings Demolished By Test Audiences.
  • Recently, the documentary Hackers Wanted leaked onto bittorrent. Download it quick before seeders’ interest wanes.

Internet

  • Crazy Gaijin! The Truth About Japanese Food. [SLYT]
  • This may be the funniest 4Chan thread ever. [NSFW] Sometimes, I think we underestimate 4Chan users.

Literature

  • Interview: Fantasy Book Critic interviews N.K. Jemisin.
  • Interview: Ghost in the Machine talks with Gail Carriger.
  • Interview: UgoTrade interviews Bruce Sterling.
  • News: ‘Minotaurs The New Vampires‘ Says Publishing Executive Desperate To Find New Vampires.
  • McSweeney offers Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website Traffic.

Science

  • Interview: Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker for “The Genius of Charles Darwin.”
  • Could this Palm-Size NMR lead to real-life tricorders?
  • The Doctor Who Crack in Time has been sighted. We are sooo screwed.
  • GreenBiz wonders Will Synthetic Biology Lead to Truly Living Buildings?
  • Sadly, people are beginning to wonder Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?

Technology

  • IBM’s Watson AI trumps humans in “Jeopardy!”

Television

  • Vanessa Hudgens has allegedly turned down a role alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in a Buffy-reboot, and I’m honestly not sure whether to be disappointed over overjoyed.

Video Games

  • Ink Art has a gallery of Video Game Characters with Cool Tattoos.
  • Innesoft Blog takes a look at The Anatomy of Addictive Gameplay.



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