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GEEKGASM: New Media Talk from “Internet Superstar” Scott Sigler

Bestselling horror novelist, podcaster and new media maven Scott Sigler recently appeared on the hawesome Revision3 show Internet Superstar. For those who don’t know much about Sigler’s bone-chilling work — or how he uses the Internet in trailblazing ways to promote his fiction — this is a must-watch.
Since a great many of us MINERS are [...]

9Sep2008 | MINE admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GEEKGASM: They finally made me want an iPhone

While everyone else has been frothing at the mouth to get an iPhone, I just saw “expensive,” and “not on my phone plan,” and “expensive.” I also wondered how those shiny touch-screens kept clean with all that poking. But now, dangit, it looks like there are geniuses out there who are going to make an [...]

11Aug2008 | MINE admin | 4 comments | Continued
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GEEKGASM: Grit, gears, magic and tech

Steampunk enthusiasts cried out in pain when the fabulous Steampunk Magazine went from quarterly release to a bi-annual periodical. But now we fans of this steam-powered storytelling subgenre (if you have a fascination with clockwork gears, Victorian-era technology and alternate history, you’ll love it) have something to keep us entertained while editor Magpie works her [...]

1Aug2008 | MINE admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Paging Dr. Horrible … Dr. Horrible …

The groundbreaking and hilarious Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog launched on July 15 … and immediately fans sent the server up in smoke. Master storyteller Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, the upcoming Dollhouse) is once again receiving attention and accolades, this time as a major Hollywood Somebody who’s developing free new media.
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21Jul2008 | MINE admin | 6 comments | Continued
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Gobwins and Dwagons and Spidews, Oh My!

Mur Lafferty’s Geekgasm! is an occasional series that explores the landscape of geek culture: music, games, tech, whatever’s on Ms. Lafferty’s mind. If it’s good geek, she’s got the street cred to know about it. Mur is walking, talking proof that it really is hip to be square.
Take the geekiness of your local Dungeons & [...]

7Jul2008 | MINE admin | 3 comments | Continued