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Five projects the Lucasfilm+Disney+Marvel megastudio needs to make right now
By Jay Garmon | November 15, 2012, 7:07 PM PST
The top five geek-favorite projects that can and should emerge from the Disney-Lucasfilm-Marvel conglomerate.
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Geek Trivia: What's the 'real' reason James Bond's gadget-maker is codenamed Q?
By Jay Garmon | November 9, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
James Bond's gadgeteer Q is often assumed to be shorthand for Quartermaster, but the Q codename is actually a reference to real-life (and historically significant) spycraft.
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The Hobbit trilogy effect: More kids' books that should be made into three movies
By Ken Hardin | November 8, 2012, 1:40 PM PST
Ken Hardin offers a tongue-and-cheek look at three classic children's books that Peter Jackson or a like-minded filmmaker could make into three movies.
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An insider's take on geek Con panels
By Jessica Mills | November 2, 2012, 6:10 AM PDT
Geekend contributor and web series creator Jessica Mills has been a panelist at a number of geeky conventions. She describes what that experience is like and why she enjoys attending Cons.
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George Lucas sells Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion
By Wally Bahny | November 2, 2012, 5:25 AM PDT
Wally Bahny contemplates what Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm might mean for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and ILM and Skywalker Sound.
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The 11 greatest enemies of creativity
By Guest Contributor | November 1, 2012, 1:38 PM PDT
What zaps your creativity? Let us know what you would change or add to this list of creativity killers.
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November 2012 Geekend movie rundown
By Jay Garmon | November 1, 2012, 8:23 AM PDT
The six sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generally geek-related flicks that will hit U.S. cinemas in November of 2012.
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10 reasons open source will survive the apocalypse
By Jack Wallen | October 27, 2012, 12:46 PM PDT
When the apocalypse hits, Linux user and zombie fiction writer Jack Wallen posits that open source users will be one step ahead of the undead horde and their creators.
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Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait on worm holes, the Hubble telescope, spaghettification, and sci-fi
By Jessica Mills | October 26, 2012, 5:05 AM PDT
In this interview, astronomer, science writer, and sci-fi fan Phil Plait talks about getting hooked on astronomy, working on the Hubble telescope, palling around with Neil deGrasse Tyson at Comic Con, and more.
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Geek Trivia: What unlikely TV show first depicted a character accessing the Internet?
By Jay Garmon | October 25, 2012, 1:27 PM PDT
For all the moderately obscure appearances of the ARPAnet in fiction, none is perhaps as unlikely as the sitcom that presented the first TV depiction of any version of the Internet.
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Five Lovecraft movie adaptations that will make you feel deeply unloved
By Ken Hardin | October 25, 2012, 4:41 AM PDT
Geekend contributor Ken Hardin lists five creepy film adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft works.
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Doctor Who: Four horrible ways Russell T. Davies kicked us in the feels
By Jessica Mills | October 19, 2012, 3:50 PM PDT
Geekend contributor Jessica Mills shares some of her strong and critical feelings about four Doctor Who episodes written by Russell T. Davies.
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Top 10 best sci-fi inspired rock albums
By Jay Garmon | October 18, 2012, 1:46 PM PDT
Geekend's own Jay Garmon tag teams with professional geek rocker John Anealio to name the 10 best sci-fi rock albums that mainstream music ever produced.
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GameCrush cofounder Eric Strasser on the controversial site's big changes
By Nicole Bremer Nash | October 18, 2012, 9:24 AM PDT
The social gaming site GameCrush generated controversy at its initial launch. In this interview, cofounder Eric Strasser talks about learning from that feedback and the site's relaunch.
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Geek Trivia: What other sci-fi franchise unofficially 'shares' a universe with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
By Jay Garmon | October 12, 2012, 5:19 AM PDT
Douglas Adams wrote several early drafts of the Hitchhiker's Guide movie script -- and made a special effort to secretly tie the movie universe into another well-known science-fiction franchise.
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The personification of the periodic table's elements
By Wally Bahny | October 11, 2012, 10:25 AM PDT
Wally Bahny reviews the English translation of the book Wonderful Life with the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified. Find out if he thinks it's worth a read.
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Much Ado about Joss Whedon's new film
By Nicole Bremer Nash | October 11, 2012, 9:38 AM PDT
Joss Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing features Shakespearean vocabulary, a noir feel, and a cast with lots of geek cred.
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Where Valve's rumored SteamBox could go
By Matthew Nawrocki | October 5, 2012, 3:54 AM PDT
Geekend contributor Matthew Nawrocki speculates about the rumored concept of a Linux-powered PC-like console by Valve for the consumer.
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The top 10 sci-fi horror films of all time
By Jay Garmon | October 4, 2012, 4:19 AM PDT
Five years after debuting its top five sci-fi horror flicks, Geekend returns with an amended and extended top 10 catalog of science-fiction scarefests.
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Interview with Geek & Sundry cofounder and The Guild producer Kim Evey
By Jessica Mills | October 4, 2012, 1:57 AM PDT
Felicia Day's producing partner Kim Evey talks about working on Geek & Sundry, shooting a convention for The Guild, geeking out over Doctor Who and John Scalzi, and more.
