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Five projects the Lucasfilm+Disney+Marvel megastudio needs to make right now
The top five geek-favorite projects that can and should emerge from the Disney-Lucasfilm-Marvel conglomerate.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 15, 2012, 7:07 PM PST | Latest comment by garyq@...
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Geek Trivia: What's the 'real' reason James Bond's gadget-maker is codenamed Q?
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.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 9, 2012, 4:00 AM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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The Hobbit trilogy effect: More kids' books that should be made into three movies
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.
Posted by Ken Hardin | November 8, 2012, 1:40 PM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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An insider's take on geek Con panels
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.
Posted by Jessica Mills | November 2, 2012, 6:10 AM PDT
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George Lucas sells Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion
Wally Bahny contemplates what Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm might mean for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and ILM and Skywalker Sound.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 2, 2012, 5:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by Ndiaz.fuentes
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The 11 greatest enemies of creativity
What zaps your creativity? Let us know what you would change or add to this list of creativity killers.
Posted by Guest Contributor | November 1, 2012, 1:38 PM PDT | Latest comment by NWwoman
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November 2012 Geekend movie rundown
The six sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generally geek-related flicks that will hit U.S. cinemas in November of 2012.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 1, 2012, 8:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by boxfiddler
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10 reasons open source will survive the apocalypse
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.
Posted by Jack Wallen | October 27, 2012, 12:46 PM PDT | Latest comment by RealInIT
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Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait on worm holes, the Hubble telescope, spaghettification, and sci-fi
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...
Posted by Jessica Mills | October 26, 2012, 5:05 AM PDT
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Geek Trivia: What unlikely TV show first depicted a character accessing the Internet?
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.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 25, 2012, 1:27 PM PDT
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Five Lovecraft movie adaptations that will make you feel deeply unloved
Geekend contributor Ken Hardin lists five creepy film adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft works.
Posted by Ken Hardin | October 25, 2012, 4:41 AM PDT | Latest comment by Kenneth Hardin
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Doctor Who: Four horrible ways Russell T. Davies kicked us in the feels
Geekend contributor Jessica Mills shares some of her strong and critical feelings about four Doctor Who episodes written by Russell T. Davies.
Posted by Jessica Mills | October 19, 2012, 3:50 PM PDT | Latest comment by tammy.gould@...
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Top 10 best sci-fi inspired rock albums
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.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2012, 1:46 PM PDT | Latest comment by thomaskent@...
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GameCrush cofounder Eric Strasser on the controversial site's big changes
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.
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | October 18, 2012, 9:24 AM PDT
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Geek Trivia: What other sci-fi franchise unofficially 'shares' a universe with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
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.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 12, 2012, 5:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by tbenson2468
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The personification of the periodic table's elements
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.
Posted by Wally Bahny | October 11, 2012, 10:25 AM PDT
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Much Ado about Joss Whedon's new film
Joss Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing features Shakespearean vocabulary, a noir feel, and a cast with lots of geek cred.
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | October 11, 2012, 9:38 AM PDT | Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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Where Valve's rumored SteamBox could go
Geekend contributor Matthew Nawrocki speculates about the rumored concept of a Linux-powered PC-like console by Valve for the consumer.
Posted by Matthew Nawrocki | October 5, 2012, 3:54 AM PDT
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The top 10 sci-fi horror films of all time
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.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 4, 2012, 4:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by lehnerus2000
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Interview with Geek & Sundry cofounder and The Guild producer Kim Evey
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.
Posted by Jessica Mills | October 4, 2012, 1:57 AM PDT
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The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first
We've assembled a roll call of the worst episodes of every single Star Trek series. Now it's time to measure the worst and the best of Trek's silver screen adventures.
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 19, 2012, 1:17 PM PST | Latest comment by cmiller5400
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The five best Star Trek: Voyager episodes of all time!
Even Voyager haters have to concede the show flirted with greatness at times, as these five episodes ably demonstrate.
Posted by Jay Garmon | June 14, 2012, 11:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by Nytrydr
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The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time
Jay Garmon ranks the top five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. See if your favorite TNG episode is on his list.
Posted by Jay Garmon | March 15, 2012, 9:05 AM PDT | Latest comment by swjslj@...
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The five best Deep Space Nine episodes of all time!
The five Deep Space Nine episodes that defied typical Star Trek boundaries and defined the franchise's most daring and unorthodox spinoff series.
Posted by Jay Garmon | May 17, 2012, 7:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by sniperlt@...
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The five worst Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes EVER!
Star Trek: The Next Generation is perhaps the pinnacle of the Trek franchise, which makes these five bottom-feeder episodes even more embarrassing.
Posted by Jay Garmon | September 23, 2011, 3:54 AM PDT | Latest comment by Slayer_
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The five worst Star Trek episodes of all time
More than a few of Kirk and Spock's original voyages were (ahem) less than stellar. We round out the bottom five for your reading...pleasure?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 26, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by P.F. Bruns
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The five worst Star Trek: Voyager episodes EVER!
Voyager is rarely held up as the high point of the Trek franchise, but these five Delta Quadrant dumpster-fires are indisputably the lowest episodes of the low.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 18, 2011, 6:23 AM PST | Latest comment by Rbrehm5912
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The five best Star Trek episodes EVER!
Behold the five greatest Star Trek episodes ranked fifth to first.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 17, 2012, 7:03 AM PST | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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75 words every sci-fi fan should know
Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know. But if you're going to learn obscure words and concepts, it may as well be terms you're...
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 14, 2008, 6:24 AM PST | Latest comment by ankits3a
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The five best Star Trek: Enterprise episodes of all time!
Say what you will about Enterprise, but these five episodes are worthy of the name "Star Trek."
Posted by Jay Garmon | July 12, 2012, 3:53 PM PDT | Latest comment by ffulton
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20 things that make Dr. Sheldon Cooper TV's biggest geek
What makes The Big Bang Theory's Dr. Sheldon Cooper so geeky? TechRepublic contributor Edmond Woychowsky shares his list of top 20 reasons.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | July 6, 2010, 4:05 PM PDT | Latest comment by wildcat375
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20 gift ideas for Star Wars fans
The LEGO Star Wars Death Star, the Jedi training manual, and a Yoda nutcracker are just three of the items featured in our Star Wars themed gift guide.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 28, 2011, 12:42 PM PST | Latest comment by zizzleshizzle
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The five worst Star Trek: Enterprise episodes EVER!
Enterprise is indisputably the least popular of the Star Trek TV series, but there's bad, and then there are these five continuity-confounding franchise-killers.
Posted by Jay Garmon | December 16, 2011, 8:12 AM PST | Latest comment by ydontugivemelotsofkiss
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The five worst Deep Space Nine episodes EVER!
The five most wormhole-sucking episodes in the history of Deep Space Nine, complete with unforgiving breakdowns.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 21, 2011, 7:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by revelated
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The top 25 best-selling video games...EVER!
Some folks are hyping Halo 3 as potentially the most successful video game ever, but a quick look at sales figures past shows that to be extremely unlikely--especially considering how low Halo 2...
Posted by Jay Garmon | September 25, 2007, 12:28 PM PDT | Latest comment by Paul.Witting@...
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20+ gift ideas for Star Trek fans
Geekend contributor Wally Bahny selected Star Trek-themed items for men, women, and babies for this gift guide.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 30, 2011, 7:59 AM PST
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Pic: The true story behind Pac-Man
Back before the days of cinematic cut scenes, tie-in novels and movie adaptations, video gamers had to presume much of the backstory for their beloved pixelated pastimes. Pac-Man, however, seemed...
Posted by Jay Garmon | May 22, 2008, 12:01 AM PDT
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The Geekend's fall 2012 sci-fi and fantasy TV preview
Which fall 2012 sci-fi/fantasy TV shows should earn time on your DVR hard drive, and which are unworthy of even Internet forum scorn?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 9, 2012, 9:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by pgit
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George R.R. Martin, please commit to a release date for book six
Fans of the "great bearded glacier's" A Song of Ice and Fire series and/or HBO's Game of Thrones will appreciate the Paul & Storm song "Write Like the Wind (George R.R. Martin)."
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 16, 2012, 8:10 AM PST | Latest comment by Dutchman61
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Sci-fi rant: Why giant mecha robots are stupid
The next person who says "I can't wait until the Army develops real mecha" gets a boot to the head, because in real life, giant robots are actually really stupid. Here's why.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 6, 2008, 8:42 AM PST | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
