The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Alan Bao re-imagines The March of Progress to include Cthulhu
• A bedroom fit for a Time Lord: Dr Who fan spends £980 building a TARDIS in his parents’ garden
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim robot blueprints released
• The new IMAX posters for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey are beautiful.
• Library Paints Hobbit Door Over Entrance
• Spaceship Skeletal Survey re-imagines the Serenity with a skeleton.

Comics

• Five Titles to Get a Dude into Comics
• How to write a comic book

Film

• Interview: Interview With ‘Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn’ Executive Producers Josh Feldman and Lydia Antonini
• Interview: Producer Kevin Feige Talks Iron Man 3 and how it will fit into the Marvel film universe alongside The Avengers
• News: No Avengers In Iron Man 3, But It’s Not A “Serious” Movie
• News: Shawn Levy to Produce Sci-Fi Thriller STORY OF YOUR LIFE
• In elf ears and wizard hats, Hobbit fans rejoice at New Zealand premiere.
• The Onion AV club looks at 13 movie opening title sequences that are far better than the movies they’re attached to.

Internet

• Interview: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on being a living ‘badass’ meme
• Interview: Neil Patrick Harris on his YouTube show ‘Neil’s Puppet Dreams’: ‘I have a puppet workshop in my garage’
• Japan’s ninjas heading for extinction… Japan’s ninjas are a dying breed, but when they are gone the trade will be able to claim its well deserved place in mythology.
• Star Trek’s Michael Dorn (Worf), Brent Spiner (Data), and Scott Bakula (Captain Archer) share a moment in the kitchen for Patrick Stewart’s son’s birthday. He tweeted, “My birthday catering company sucks. Do NOT hire these guys.” Via
• When Neil Patrick Harris dreams, he dreams in puppet: Episode One of Neil’s Puppet Dreams “The Lullabye“. Bonus: Episode Two “Behind The Scenes“.
• Why collecting toys is like a heroin addiction

Literature

• Infographic: What The Future Will Look Like, According To Famous Sci-Fi
• Interview: Complications, intrigue and blowing stuff up with Jim Butcher
• Interview: The Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi tells SFX‘ about his new novel, themes of identity and how he’s inspired by The Arabian Nights
• Interview: Interview with Rustin Petrae, author of the dark fantasy ‘Cat’s Paw’
• Interview: Jeri Westerson, of Blood Lance and the Crispin Guest Book Series
• Interview: Orbit interviews Iain M. Banks of The Hydrogen Sonata
• Interview: Steven Erikson: I’m Not Competing With George R. R. Martin
• Interview: Sword & Laser chats with Patrick Rothfuss
• Interview: Sword & Laser author guide to Jim Butcher of Cold Days
• Interview: Tor interviews Cherie Priest author of The Inexplicables.
• 21 Classic Opening Lines in Books
• Hipster Lit Flowchart: What Should I Read Next
• A Letter From Harry Dresden
• N.K. Jemisin on the Significance of Octavia E. Butler’s “Dawn”
• Seven Science Fiction Novels for People Unfamiliar with Science Fiction

Science

• Interview: In an interview on NPR today, Mars Science Laboratory Principal Investigator John Grotzinger said a recent soil sample test in the SAM instrument (Sample Analysis at Mars) shows something “earthshaking.” They just can’t tell us what it is yet.

Technology

• Let’s make sure he WON’T be back! Cambridge to open ‘Terminator centre’ to study threat to humans from artificial intelligence
• A report was recently released suggesting a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous weapons – robots that can pick and choose whom to fire on. If this sounds vaguely alarming to you, don’t worry – the Department of Defense issued a directive indicating that fully automous robots may only decide to tase you.
• Scientists investigate chances of robots taking over

Television

• Interview: Doctor Who: Christopher Eccleston on the 50th anniversary
• Interview: Jenna-Louise Coleman talks about the Doctor’s new companion
• Interview: Skybound Entertainment Founder Robert Kirkman Talks Comics, Video Games And The Walking Dead
• 10 Television Cliffhangers That Make Great Series Finales
• Game of Thrones as a Seinfeld Sitcom
• Swiper no Swiping!: The Demonology of Dora the Explorer

Video Games

• Infographic: 37 years of video game history organized by genre and platform
• Interview: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 interview: Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia on avoiding the sci-fi feel
• News: Man breaks record for longest gaming session, clocks 135 hours
• News: Video Games With Female Main Characters Get 40 Percent Of The Ad Budgets Of Male-Led Games
• David Gaider (writer for the dragon age series) about why the female perspective in game development is important.
• Halo 4 multiplayer tips and tricks: The best weapon, armour and mod tactics
• MoMA Adds Video Games to Its Collection
• The Walking Dead zombie bikini calendar
• What I Learned Building a Video-Game Studio
• Women in the gaming industry have taken to twitter to talk about the sexism they’ve faced under the hashtag #1reasonwhy

Writing

• How Chuck Wendig writes a novel.