Monthly Archives: December 2010

Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 7

by Dina Ely
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Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 7

Politics, warfare, business, ecology, biology, and entertainment – this litany only scratches the surface of developments in geekdom over what’s proved to be a very eventful week. We’ve got the best morsels from the throng of news stories, so let’s get right down to business in this, our seventh installment of Wins and Fails This Week in Geek. WIN: Safe Shopping Following a New York Times article about an unsavory businessman who’s in essence gaming Google’s search rankings by garnering negative reviews about his retail operation through all manner of creative and repulsive means, Google have altered their ultra-secret algorithm to not reward back-linking points for bad reviews. So, this Read more »

Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition

by Noemi Twigg
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Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition

If you ever needed a reason to pay Seattle a visit, here is one: Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM). To be honest, I had never heard of them till this morning. (How wonderful is the Internet?) The museum has a two-fold goal. EMP focuses on popular music – the creativity and innovation behind it, while SFM focuses on science fiction in various media. Needless to say, their exhibits are bliss for science fiction fans. Read more »

Give Me Pizza, or Give Me Death

by Noemi Twigg
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Give Me Pizza, or Give Me Death

Everyone loves pizza in any form. Hot pizza fresh out of the oven, dripping with melted cheese. Cold pizza in the morning left over from the previous night’s party. Who cares? If it’s pizza, it must be good, right? I, for one, do not mind having pizza every single day! How can you make pizza better? How about mashing it up with one of the most loved cartoons? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles played a huge role in many a person’s childhood, and what can be better than a t-shirt combining the TMNT concept with the world’s best sustenance? Read more »

Robots Invade Japan

by Robin Parrish
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Robots Invade Japan

Sega today announced the next big game from Toshihiro Nagoshi, the celebrated game-producer behind Shenmue, Yakuza, Super Monkey Ball, and many more classic Sega titles. His new game is Binary Domain, a squad-based shooter set in Tokyo in 2080. Binary Domain pits you and your human peace-keeping squad against a robot invasion force, fighting through the derelict lower levels of futuristic Tokyo. Nagoshi says that despite its focus on mechanical enemies, life is the game’s theme, with a very human drama at its core. It asks the provocative question, “Are the robots becoming more human, or are humans becoming more like machines?” The game is using a “highly advanced AI” Read more »

Comings And Goings

by Darren Burr
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Comings And Goings

It was with great regret I heard yesterday of the passing of artist Jon D’Agostino, and we at ForeverGeek wish to express our condolences to his family and friends. As an artist who has worked in the industry since the days of Timely Comics, Jon D’Agostino has contributed immeasurably to the medium, helping to enthrall generations of comics’ fans. He also contributed to a title that I confess has become a secret favourite of mine, that being Sonic The Hedgehog! I know I am way too old for this title, but it’s fun, a little like Captain Carrot but without all the terrible jokes. I have confessed before that I Read more »

The Mothership Has Come. To Montana.

by Robin Parrish
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The Mothership Has Come. To Montana.

Have you ever in your life seen anything so freaky? It’s like concept art from an alien invasion movie. Seriously: wow. This is no visual effect. According to NASA, it’s an actual supercell storm cloud photographed this past July over Glasgow, Montana. If it looks like the biggest tornado ever, there’s good reason. Apparently it’s a “rotating updraft” spanning several kilometers, and dropping heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. NASA says that in this type of storm cell, it’s common for the outer edges to sport “jagged, sculptured clouds” while “wind swept dust and rain” are what’s coming down out of the center. That tiny little thing on the ground is Read more »

$10 Equals Extra ‘Deus Ex’ Goodies

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$10 Equals Extra ‘Deus Ex’ Goodies

A special “Augmented Edition” of Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be available for $10 more when the game arrives in March of next year. The added goodies in the Augmented Edition include a 40-page book filled with concept art, a making-of DVD, a “motion comic” graphic novel, and the game’s soundtrack disc. You get all this in special packaging, along with the full retail version of the game, of course. Pre-order the game now, and you’ll get even more. Pre-orders at GameStop come with the “Explosive Mission Pack,” which includes a Linebacker G-87 multi-shot grenade launcher, an M-28 Utility Remote-Detonated Explosive Device, an autopick (fans of the first game will Read more »