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Does The Geek’s Guide to Dating Work on a Real Date?

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Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:00am
, || Finding someone to date shouldn't be like trying to party up in an MMORPG: running around, repeatedly spamming chat channels for a group, and anxiously seeking a random encounter. (Random casual encounters are for Craigslist. This isn't that kind of book.) No, seeking out Player Two is more like an old-school RPG: a gradual progression that, with the right walkthrough, becomes much, much easier.

What We Learned About the Star Wars Universe From The Force Awakens

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Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:00am 98 comments

“There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?” As Emily said in her non-spoiler review of The Force Awakens, the title refers in a big part to us, the fans, waiting for the start of a new Star Wars trilogy. But just as the Force got awakened on-screen, so did a greater understanding of the Star Wars universe off-screen. And The Force Awakens laid out a lot of new canonical groundwork. So, what do we know now that we didn’t know before we went into that theater?

SPOILERS for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

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Towering “Khaleesi” Building Planned for New York City

Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:00am 5 comments

Not satisfied with her seat at the top of Meereen, Daenerys “Stormborn” Targaryen, Khaleesi to Khal Drogo, has her sights set on conquering a new land: New York City.

In early December, architect Mark Foster Gage, director of Mark Foster Gage Architects and Assistant Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, unveiled a plan for a 102-story building on the southern edge of Central Park, nicknamed the “Khaleesi.” Why “Khaleesi”? Well…look at it.

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The Pros and Cons of That Star Trek Beyond Trailer

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Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:00am 51 comments

I needed help. Paramount put out a trailer for Star Trek Beyond, a movie that I think I kind of need to be good and evocative of Star Trek, and I thought it was the worst thing ever.

In flew Ryan Britt, noted Star Wars and geek culture expert, to assure me that the trailer wasn’t the worst thing ever. That there were, in fact, some good takeaways!

Being of two-and-a-half minds about everything, we thought we’d list out the pros and cons of the latest trailer for this thing we love called Star Trek. Because there’s truly a full spectrum of reaction here. So let’s consider the trailer beyond our own perspective!

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Christmas Books That Are Naughty…and Nice

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Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:38pm 11 comments
Art by Brom

Need an uplifting sci-fi/fantasy/horror story this holiday? Or a depressing one? We’ve got you covered either way with this list of naughty and nice Christmas tales!

It’s not a complete list. (How could it be? Fiction is forever!) Just a collection of genre books about Christmas, or that take place around Christmas, or that play with the idea of Christmas, that we’ve found comforting when we’re feeling naughty…and when we’re feeling nice. Be sure to add your own favorites in the comments!

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Independence Day: Resurgence Sequel Trailer Boldly Ushers in the 1990s

Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:38am 11 comments

Independence Day, the movie that introduced the cinema to world-shattering spectacle, is back! There’s a sequel! It’s sub-titled, um, hold on…Resurgence. And now there’s a trailer for it!

It’s got all the tired tropes you expect from a movie trailer: slow music, the BRAAAAAAM noise, nostalgic voice-over, gorgeous vistas, and lots of fiery explosions. These days, that all adds up to a great big “who cares?” but stop, haters to the left, because everything from the first half of the 1990s is a good idea again and this trailer also features Academy Award-winner Jeff Goldblum*, Academy Award-winner Judd Hirsch*, and Academy Award-winner Bill Pullman’s Beard*.

*Not actual Academy Award winners except in my head.

I am feeling this, you guys. Check out the trailer and realize how much of a chump Will Smith now looks like for not being a part of this.

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Astronauts Do the Silliest Dances in Zero Gravity

Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:00pm 2 comments

Need a pick-me-up? Watch this astronaut dance dance DANCE! his way out of the one perfect spot in the International Space Station where he’s been imprisoned by his own weightlessness.

Okay, he’s not actually in trouble. The astronauts on board the space station are simply demonstrating a design flaw in the Japanese Kibo module that was attached to the station in 2008. Turns out there’s a spot in the very middle of the module that is out of reach of every available handhold, so if an astronaut’s momentum comes to rest in that spot then they are essentially stuck.

Unless they do a very silly dance!

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Live Action The Tick Will Return, With Patrick Warburton!

Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:15am 4 comments

The Wrap is reporting that Amazon has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the live-action Tick TV show, starring Patrick Warburton!

The pilot is a test program for a full series of the revived show, which flared so bright, so briefly for 6 episodes in 2001. (There were actually 9 episodes, but Fox never even bothered to air the last three.) It’s somewhat understandable. We weren’t ready to make fun of superheroes in 2001.

We are the man of La Mancha… our dream is impossible.

[Fight fire with Arthur!]

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