We are always on the lookout for new, unusual or unique projects in the world of geekdom and this week we are highlighting some of the better ones we have found recently. We talk with Dane Ault from Monkey Minion Press about his zombie greeting cards, Dave Calabrese from Cerulean Games about their first game for the iPhone, playwright Alexander Harris about his new superhero themed project and we welcome back Star Trek historian Larry Nemecek who fills us in on the significance of the number 47 in the Star Trek universe.

All that plus a new giveaway contest and the weekly geek news and geek events in the Seattle area!

Our Geek Week

• Still reading The Silver Ship and the Sea books by Brenda Cooper (check out our Author Spotlight with Brenda Cooper if you haven’t already)
• Playing Heavenly Sword and Burnout Paradise on the PS3
• Watching Slayers Revolution streaming on YouTube
• Watched The Book of Eli and Legion in the theater. Mixed review. Shannon enjoyed them both, Matt not so much.
  

• Listening to the Yoda and Me podcast.

I Didn’t Know That Existed!

• Dane Ault of Monkey Minion Press
  Dane was struck down by The Funk™ and rather than cough and sneeze his way through an interview, he sent us an e-mail
  

  I have been enamoured of drawing monsters and geeky things since the tender age of 5 when I would attempt to draw the Universal Monsters faces from my mother’s Halloween Pepsi boxes. when I started middle school, I learned about comic books and my route was set. I spent the next few years drawing instead of paying attention, drawing temporary sharpie tattoos for kids in my high school, etc. Then I started college. While there I met my wife, Ashlie who has really been the driving force behind Monkey Minion Press, our illustration, design and geekery shop. Now, as Monkey Minion Press, we make all kinds of geek-related items from hand-made buttons and wallets made from actual comic books and original creations, our unique all-occasions Zombie Greeting Cards, to our upcoming Zombie book, “Zombies Next Door”

  

• Dave Calabrese from Cerulean Games
  Dave was NOT struck down by The Funk™ but sent us an e-mail anyway to talk about a couple really cool features of Cerulean’s first game Shinobi Ninja Attacks!
  

  When we were doing the interview, there was one huge and very awesome feature of the game that slipped my mind. If you take the game on your iPhone physically to a Shinobi Ninja concert, you can unlock freebies such a free music through the Shinobi Live feature in the game. Also, playing through the game will unlock other music tracks as well as music videos.

  Check out some screenshots from the game! (click to embiggen)
  
  

  And be sure to follow Cerulean Games on Twitter

  

• Leo from Geeky Cookies
  
  
  As of this posting the Geeky Cookies site is still being upgraded, but you can find them on Facebook and Twitter

  

• Alexander Harris, author of Alecto Issue #1
  
  
  Alecto Issue #1 is playing at the Annex Theatre until February 20.

  

• Larry Nemecek, author of Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion and all around guru of Trek.
  
  We can’t pretend that we didn’t know Larry Nemecek existed, but the whole story behind the number 47 in the Star Trek Universe was new to us. You can keep up with Larry on Twitter and look for him at Emerald City ComiCon in March!

  We’ll have another show like this in the future, so if you know about something geeky that isn’t well known, email us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com!

  Thanks to Dane, Dave, Leo, Alex and Larry for all of the info!

Dare Shannon to Watch a bad Movie

This week’s movie was Forbidden Zone (1982) dared by Ogre from the Stabbing Contest podcast.

If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352

Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.

Next week’s movie will be Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

News

• Seattle Geekly T-Shirt Sale! The sale has been extended since some dork of a “web guy” broke the store widget. Well it’s working again and from today until February 28th our t-shirts will be on sale for $15 (down from $20) with free shipping to U.S. addresses!
• Lobo loses its director to a Sherlock sequel
• Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter VII to be 3-D
  

• Marvel Begins Exciting New Direction. Beginning in May 2010 with the release of AVENGERS #1, The Heroic Age ushers in a brighter Marvel Universe and a bold new era for the world’s greatest super heroes as they emerge from darkness with a renewed sense of hope and optimism, leading to the formation of all new teams with new members…and brand new characters! (But it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Disney buyout. Honest! Really!)
• Court Upholds Ban on ‘D&D’ For Wisconsin Prisoners

Geeks With Heart

A fundraiser for earthquake relief in Haiti.

Geek Girls Network’s Geeks With Heart fundraiser is still accepting donations. The fun part is that everyone that donates is automatically entered into a raffle to win some awesome prizes from Geeky Clean, a signed print from Scott Johnson, caffeinated java brownie mixes, etc! TONS of cool things for geeks and gamers. Follow the link and make a donation!

Events

• Jan 22 – Feb 20, 2010 Annex Theatre 1100 E Pike St, Seattle – Alecto, Issue #1. A troubled heroine with an incredible power discovers that the popular superhero team she’s joined has questionable notions of good and evil. Alecto, Issue #1 translates the world of comic books to the stage, mixing social satire, physical spectacle, sly comedy, and an imaginary pig. Performances Friday and Saturday at 8 pm and Monday February 8 at 8pm
• January 29, 2010 9pm The Blue Moon 712 NE 45th St – Nerdcore Night at The Blue Moon. Live performances by Billy the Fridge, All Purpose and Death*Star. Tickets are $5 at the door.
• January 30, 2010 EMP|SFM 325 5th Ave N Seattle – Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival 2010. Bringing together industry professionals in both filmmaking and the genre of science fiction and fantasy to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction and fantasy cinema arts.
• January 31, 2010 3:30pm Key Arena 305 Harrison Street, Seattle – Rat City Rollergirls Key Arena Bout #1. The economy is still spiraling down, but the Rat City Rollergirls are here to help! The Rat City Rollergirls are having their first home bout of the 2010 season Sunday, Jan. 31 at KeyArena. All four home teams will be playing against each other in short, tournament-style bouts for their favorite charities.
• February 2, 2010 8pm The Blue Moon 712 NE 45th St – Blue Moon Double Feature Tuesday. Screening at 8:00 Big Trouble in Little China and at 10:00 The Goonies! Free admission!
• February 5 – February 15, 2010 SIFF Cinema 321 Mercer Street, Seattle – Akira Kurosawa Screenings. SIFF presents five films from one of the world’s great masters—Akira Kurosawa—in beautiful 35mm prints from Janus Films. Films showing are Stray Dog (1949), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), The Hidden Fortress (1958), High and Low (1963), The Seven Samurai (1954). See the SIFF site for details.

Contests

NEW CONTEST

We have a selection of 8 greeting cards from Monkey Minion Press including 4 valentines, 1 birthday, 1 St. Patrick’s Day card and 2 generic greeting cards. The cards are sealed individually in plastic and would make great wall-art if you didn’t want to use them as cards.

The contest runs from today until February 7 with the winner picked on February 8. We’ll ship them to you via USPS in time for Valentine’s Day!

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Giveaway!

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s Roland – an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland’s past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times bestseller Peter David, this series delves in depth into Roland’s origins – the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world; while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature!
–Amazon Review

We have a BRAND NEW hardback copy of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born to give away. This volume collects the first seven issues of the comic and is a perfect way to start catching up on the series.

This contest runs from now until Sunday, January 31 and the winner will be picked Monday, February 1. We’ll ship the book to you via USPS.

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!

Music

Music this week was Space and Time by Sci-Fried off of their album Geek Unite.

Next show: Episode #48 Seattle Geekly’s 1st Anniversary show! We have a special interview for that show! Stay Tuned!

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