Geek Media Round-Up: January 12, 2010

Art

• Download sci-fi desktop wallpapers from CreatureBox.
• Fans of He-Man need to check out the I Have the Power Art blog!
• Inspire76 has rounded-up a selection of fan art takes on Storm (from the X-Men).
• SciFi Wire has posted a gallery of Famous Sci-Fi Scenes recreated with Face Paint.
• Stefanie Achtnig has drawn a cuter, cuddlier version of the District 9 Prawns.

Film

• News: Hollywood (Finally) Finds a Standard for Digital Movie Downloads.
• News: Say Goodbye to the Netflix New Release Rental.
• News: Wolverine Sequel To Shoot In 2011?
• CollegeHumor shares 6 Insane Fan Theories That Make Great Movies Better.
• MadAtoms charts out The Best Secondary Villains in Film.
• The Vatican critiques Avatar. Calls it “overly-sentimental”… wonders why Cameron put all that crap about religion in there.
• Who uses NetFlix? The New York Times has a heat map of NetFlix use.

Internet

• Downloaders defy Avatar 3D barrier. Cameron predicted that the film’s 3D technology would deter online theft, but almost one million pirate copies were downloaded within seven days of its release.
• PBS provides a Guide to Cutting the Cord to Cable TV.
• Sly Flourish offers advice on Giving 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons an Old School Feel.

Literature

• Interview: Bibliophile Stalker interviews Matthew Kressel.
• Interview: Charge of the Literary Brigade interviews Literary Agent Ginger Clark.
• Interview: DC Quarterly interviews Cory Doctorow.
• Interview: The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Interview: Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist interviews Joe Abercrombie.
• News: Firefly to live on in new book of short stories.
• MediaLoper explains How the Apple Tablet Will Help Amazon Dominate the eBooks.

Science

• Could we be in for 30 years of global COOLING?
• Here’s an infographic demonstrating The threat of a global water shortage.
• Google Earth helps find El Dorado. For nearly 500 years, explorers have hunted in vain for a lost city— now with Google Earth, it may have been found.

Television

• The Daily Maverick explains Why you won’t be buying a 3D TV (until forced to).

Video Games

• News: Ron Jeremy says violent video games ‘worse’ than porn. Obviously, the man isn’t watching the right porn.
• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom contends that Video games were invented by the devil.

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