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Geek Media Round-Up: May 5, 2010

5 May 2010  Media

Art

Evil Dead

  • Anatomy of a Goldfish Cracker by Jason Freeny. Guaranteed to make you go eww.
  • Check out the Evil Dead poster by Olly Moss going on sale soon at Mondo.
  • CreativeFan points the way to 33 Awesome Science Fiction Wallpapers.
  • Hide-a-Covers what you’re reading so that you can read trashy novels shamelessly in public. I love the one that read “This is not a trashy Vampire romance novel.”

Comics

  • IGN takes a tour of The Many Armors of Iron Man.

Film

  • The BBC wonders What makes a cult film?
  • Bloodly Disgusting counts down The Top 21 Most Kick-Ass Giant Monsters in Movie History, culminating with King Kong.
  • College Humor imagines Iron Man 2 Alternate Takes.
  • The Independent Eye claims Jerry Bruckheimer broke Hollywood..

Internet

  • Flowtown explores How Teens are Using their Cell Phones in an infographic.
  • Thirty masons, carpenters, and stone carvers authentically dressed, will work for twenty years to to build a Middle Age fortress, Ozark Medieval Fortress.
  • Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter now has a website.

Literature

  • Interview: Dark Faith hosts a roundtable featuring authors Gary A. Braunbeck, Jay Lake, Nick Mamatas, and Catherynne M. Valente.
  • Interview: Jim Butcher talks about his latest Dresden Files book, Changes.
  • Interview: Joe Abercrombie discusses his novel, Best Served Cold
  • Interview: Science Fiction and Other Oddysseys talks with Greg Bear.
  • Interview: SFFWorld interviews Tad Williams.
  • Ars Technica remembers The man who foresaw science fiction.
  • If you haven’t seen it yet, the cover of The Princess Bride is an ambigram.

Music

  • There was a musical flash mob at Ohio State University on Monday.

Television

  • News: ABC expands ‘Lost’ finale by extra half-hour!
  • Terry Pratchett himself explains why Doctor Who is questionable SF. Personally, I’ve always considered the series to be fantasy, not scifi.

Video Games

  • GamerCrave reveals “9 Things I Learned From the Halo: Reach Beta.”
  • Some one has gotten World of Warcraft to run on the Apple iPad.



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