Archive for the ‘Random Geekiness’ category

*** PRESS RELEASE *** AGAWAM, Mass., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Six Flags New England will celebrate its most celebrated coaster with 125 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) on Sunday, October 25. BIZARRO, formerly SUPERMAN Ride of Steel, has once again received the Golden Ticket Award for Best Steel Coaster. The Golden Ticket Awards, [...]

After moving the space shuttle Atlantis to the launch pad today for it’s planned liftoff on November 12th, NASA also announced plans for a new contest, allowing the winners to get front-row seats for the launch. The space agency is holding it’s first ever liftoff Tweetup for people who use Twitter. The first 100 NASA [...]

PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — The stars are aligned for Spike TV’s “SCREAM 2009!” The 4th annual event commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book will feature the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors, creators, and icons who have influenced and shaped these genres. “SCREAM 2009″ will also feature World [...]

I can hear you thinking “Yeah, just what the world needs – another Star Wars Parody/Remake/Reboot/Spoof/Brick Flick/Fan Film.”
But imagine chopping the original film into 472 separate 15 second segments and giving each to a different filmmaker….

 Neil Patrick Harris was the athletic, yet luminous host to the Emmys, last night. He did his usual, quirky, amusing best, but the highlight for fans and members of the Evil League of Evil the world over occurred when Dr. Horrible took over the 2009 Emmys for one brief, sort-of shiny, slightly buffered moment. Just as [...]

*** Press Release *** Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) August 18, 2009 — Full Sail University (fullsail.edu), an award winning media institution near Orlando Florida, is pleased to announce a new Online Game Art Bachelor of Science Degree Program. The newly developed 32-month degree program is based on the core disciplines of the on-campus Game Art [...]

Over the last 40 or 50 years, we’ve seen a variety of technology become popular only to have it’s position as ‘state of the art’ usurped by the ‘next big thing’. Records gave way to 8-track tapes, which led to cassette tapes, then cd’s and now MP3s and other digital forms. It happens all the [...]

Here’s a quickie for fans of Doctor Who, Torchwood or just really good kisses…yeah, kisses…It’s the kiss fans of both show have been waiting for! Can we say David Tennant AND John Barrowman? (And a little something for Russell T. Davies, too.) Yes, totally squee-worthy stuff, ladies and geekymen… http://tinyurl.com/lfuh55 Ummmm, don’t miss that drool…and [...]