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Geek Media Round-Up: October 25, 2010

26 Oct 2010  Media

Art

Zombie Walk

  • Fandomania has posted a gallery of Edgar Allan Poe fan art from Deviant Art.
  • Father-daughter team use a 3D printer to create awesome nanobot art
  • The Geek Art Gallery has posted some really grisly photos of last weekend’s Toronto Zombie Walk

Cross-Media

  • 21 Everyday Annoyances of Famous Fictional Characters

Film

  • Interview: io9 interviews director Joseph Kahn of the time-traveling horror comedy Detention staring… pedobear? I might skip this one.
  • Interview: Vin Diesel on Dungeons and Dragons
  • News: Japanese Indies Feel the Squeeze
  • AMC picks John Carpenter’s Five Best Movies.
  • Complex has compiled a list of The 50 Least Scary Horror Movies, but there are at least ten Syfy originals that they’ve forgotten.

Internet

  • Find out if you ready for Halloween with this horror movie monsters quiz.
  • Things Organized Neatly is a photo blog for the obsessively neat.

Literature

  • News: Amazon: 14-Day Lending Coming to Kindle “Later This Year”
  • Art Lebedev pontificates on the mater of Book Spines.
  • How Did We Get Here? A Dystopian Reading List
  • How Starbucks Can Become the Barnes & Noble of E-books
  • Idea Logical shares some insights about the current state of the ebook market.
  • io9 has A chart that groups classic science fiction fans by political affiliation.
  • Jeff Carlson explains Why We Read (And Write!) Post-Apocalyptic Thrillers.
  • Library Science offers this list of The 50 Most Hated Characters in Literary History.

Science

  • Runway opens at world’s first spaceport.
  • Unpopular Science: One man’s unhappy encounters with the laws of physics.

Technology

  • Interview: Wired interviews iRobot CEO Colin Angle
  • Android Performs Wedding in Tokyo; Manufacturer Says It Wants to Build Robotics That “Touch the Hearts of the People”

Video Games

  • News: Wil Wheaton, who previously voiced Blue Beetle Jamie Reyes on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, will be lending his talents to DC Universe Online as Robin.
  • How to Become a Game Programmer
  • Should Games Sell For Donations? Or, Is Setting a Fixed Price For Losers?

Writing

  • How to Win at Poetry Workshops: A Survival Guide

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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