August 8th, 2010
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(Or Can Matt Smith Make It as the Eleventh Doctor)
by @dracona1031
Last season, many fans of the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, were saddened to learn he would be leaving his post on the hit BBC show Doctor Who. In his place, relative unknown Matt Smith would be joining the franchise as the Eleventh Doctor. Some long-time fans of the series were concerned with the change, as in 1976 it was revealed in “The Deadly Assassin” that the Doctor would only regenerate 12 times, for a total of 13 different forms before his final death. So this season, we wondered if the youngest Doctor Who since the series’ inception in 1963 could give the series enough staying power to avoid bringing in yet another Doctor in so short a time frame.
<<spoilers ahead>>
The season began with a new companion, Amy Pond, née Amelia. Amy brings a new adversary with her, in the form of a mysterious crack in the wall. The crack followed Amy and the Doctor throughout the season, sometimes overtly, and sometimes without notice. In a particularly heart-breaking episode, the Doctor, Amy, and her fiancee Rory experience first-hand the ability of the crack to remove a being completely from existence and memory. In the two-part finale, “The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big Bang”, viewers finally learned the reason behind the crack. Read the rest of this entry »
August 6th, 2010
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by @katiedoyle
Before you all grab your machetes and shotguns, hear me out! I love zombies as much as the next geek. Really, I do. Hell, I live in Pittsburgh, which may as well be the Zombie Movie capital of the world! I’ve been fascinated as long as I can remember with the idea and have made appropriate plans (as well YOU should! The Boy Scout motto, “Always Be Prepared” does not exclusively apply to boys or scouts). But, something in the back of my head recently moved through to the front of my head and now I’m FREAKING OUT!
I do NOT want there to be zombies! I don’t!
It would not be a good time and the human race…just…we can’t POSSIBLY survive! And honestly, I’m not sure I’d want to.
Have you read Y the Last Man? No!? Well, I won’t spoil anything for you, but you should really just go read it as soon as you can. Anyway, the premise of “Y” is that every male on Earth has died. Awesome!!! Except then you read about the effects of the catastrophe and think, “Gee, I guess him leaving the toilet seat up wasn’t THAT big of a deal!” No, no it was not. Read the rest of this entry »
August 3rd, 2010
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by Violet
Do you like old computers? Have you heard of chip music, then?
Geek girls are all over the geeky domains nowadays: we work in science, read comics, go to conventions, play role playing games, and bake nerdy cakes. But so far in the 8-bit radio communities and the retro-computing demoscene, girls still seem to be rare. Or at least I rarely meet other women who are into chiptune music. So I thought I’d tell you a bit about 8-bit music and about my favorite CD: Evolution (8-Bit Girl).
So, what’s chiptune music? Chiptunes are songs created by programming hardware: old home computers such as the Commodore 64, gaming consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Gameboy. The sound of the notes depends on which sound chip is used to generate it. It is called 8-bit music because those (now vintage) devices only had 8 bits of memory to work with. This used to be the pinnacle of music technology during the 70s and 80s; now of course it is something for nostalgics, retro gaming nerds and audio-science tech geeks. There is a whole scene devoted to this music, and various internet radio stations play chiptunes and other associated electronic music, such as modern remixes of classic computer game soundtracks. Read the rest of this entry »
August 1st, 2010
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by @geekgirls
So much was going on during the convention that I was a little overwhelmed this year. Although nothing truly buzz worthy was announced (well except for The Walking Dead panel) I promise to get you the rest of the Comic-Con news this week. In the meantime, here are all the other minor events that I felt were noteworthy: Read the rest of this entry »
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