The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Bioshock Big Daddy Ultra Deluxe Action Figure. Nuff said.
• Check out the awesome art tribute to God of War, complete with art tutorial.

Comics

• GeekDad urges audiences to get to know The Surrogates comic before seeing the movie.

Film

• Interview: Tim Burton Interviews special-effects master Ray Harryhausen.
• Automopedia counts down 10 Epic SciFi Battle Scenes In Space!
• SciFi Wire has posted a video gallery of the 29 Sexiest and Strangest Sci-fi Shower Scenes.
• UHM has posted a gallery of photos from the upcoming DayBreakers vampire flick.
• Unreality looks back at Five Excellent Moments with Quentin Tarantino.

Internet

• In “What If Star Wars Was Made By Environmentalists?” the movie is re-imagined as “Star Non-Violent Resistance” and eco-tourism is used to establish independence from the empire.
• XKCD author Randall Munroe appears to have left a neat little cryptographic puzzle for Reddit users in his new book, and it looks like they’ve already deciphered it.

Literature

• Interview: Diabolical Plots talks with Nancy Kress, author of Beggars in Spain.
• Interview: Strange Horizons interviews Peadar O’Guilin, author of The Inferior.
• Mental Floss shares 10 Facts About Stephen King you may not have known.

Television

• Fansided tries to squeeze out 10 Excuses for Still Watching Heroes, but it’s not very convincing.

Writing

• David B. Coe explains why With Worldbuilding, Every Detail Counts.
• S. Boyd Taylor discusses the The Myth of “Finding Your Vioce” and How to Develop One (Or Two Or Three) of Your Own.