Geek Media Round-Up: June 18, 2010

Art

• Artist Lou Romano (The Incredibles) illustrates Ray Bradbury in honor of his ninetieth birthday.
• Geek Art Gallery points the way to this Futurama / X-Men Mash-up.

Film

• Innsmouth Press names Hollywood’s 10 Worst Horror Movie Fathers.
• Paranormal Haze looks back at The Evolution of the Zombie.
• PopCrunch reveals 7 Great Movie Endings Demolished By Test Audiences.
• Recently, the documentary Hackers Wanted leaked onto bittorrent. Download it quick before seeders’ interest wanes.

Internet

• Crazy Gaijin! The Truth About Japanese Food. [SLYT]
• This may be the funniest 4Chan thread ever. [NSFW] Sometimes, I think we underestimate 4Chan users.

Literature

• Interview: Fantasy Book Critic interviews N.K. Jemisin.
• Interview: Ghost in the Machine talks with Gail Carriger.
• Interview: UgoTrade interviews Bruce Sterling.
• News: ‘Minotaurs The New Vampires‘ Says Publishing Executive Desperate To Find New Vampires.
• McSweeney offers Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website Traffic.

Science

• Interview: Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker for “The Genius of Charles Darwin.”
• Could this Palm-Size NMR lead to real-life tricorders?
• The Doctor Who Crack in Time has been sighted. We are sooo screwed.
• GreenBiz wonders Will Synthetic Biology Lead to Truly Living Buildings?
• Sadly, people are beginning to wonder Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?

Technology

• IBM’s Watson AI trumps humans in “Jeopardy!”

Television

• Vanessa Hudgens has allegedly turned down a role alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in a Buffy-reboot, and I’m honestly not sure whether to be disappointed over overjoyed.

Video Games

• Ink Art has a gallery of Video Game Characters with Cool Tattoos.
• Innesoft Blog takes a look at The Anatomy of Addictive Gameplay.

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