Jason Sheehan has an interesting piece on the distinctions between steampunk and dieselpunk.
Goonies Sequel
I’m not saying there could be a Goonies sequel, but there could be a Goonies sequel.
The Goonies — Doing more to inspire an interest in children for 17th-century pirate archeology than any other movie.
All’s Well that Ends Well
We’re starting a new weekly feature, courtesy of Good Tickle-Brain — “Three Panel Plays” Mya Gosling has got all sorts of other great stuff there too, so click on over and check it out!
The Red Wedding and Game of Thrones
Ross Crawford gives readers “The Historical Inspiration of for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones.” Spoilers, so be forewarned.
Somehow I missed the link to this on Medievalists.net last year. Shame on me.
Economics in Game of Thrones
Matthew McCaffrey discusses “The Economic Sense in Game of Thrones.“
Darth Pooh
http://youtu.be/eLXTDirrQ5w
Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, reads Darth Vader’s lines. The effect is indescribable.
The feature image is taken from Birna Dröfn, an Icelandic artist with a lot of great fantasy and Star Wars work.
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 2)
Brantley Bryant on Game of Thrones and Medieval Lit
Rap Nerdy to Me
We’re starting a new feature here at Professor Awesome’s University, Nerdcore Fridays! To help ease you into the weekend, every Friday we’ll be posting new nerdcore audio or video.
For our maiden voyage, we have a really short (less than 5 minutes) documentary about nerdcore for those unfamiliar with it.
Also, the feature image on this post was viciously and immorally stolen from Level Up Video Games. If any minions want to produce a Nerdcore Friday cover image, that would be awesome.
Kill All Humans
On certain days, I think we can all agree with great thinkers Philip J. Frye and Bender Bending Rodriguez:
Wesley J. Smith writes about Hollywood’s general anti-human trend in “Hollywood Hates Humans.“