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Geek Syndicate
Editorial
Welcome everyone to the first issue of Geek Syndicate Magazine. Hmm. I wonder if it feels as weird to you reading that sentence as it does to me typing it. If someone had told me five years ago when Dave and I first started the Geek Syndicate podcast that I would end up sitting here with my head in my hands trying to come up with something witty to say for our first editorial I would have told them to stop smoking/drinking or injecting the drug of their choice and come back to the real world. By real world of course I mean a world filled with Bullwhips, Fedoras, Lightsabers, Capes, Tights, a bald Megalomaniac called Lex, Time Lords and Galaxies far, far away. It’s a crazy, fun-filled world and one this magazine hopes to show you the best of. I want to take a moment to thank the GS Team who have been working hard to put this magazine together and I hope they’re as pleased with the final result as I am. So sit back, kick off your shoes and let us drag you kicking and screaming into the world of Geekdom. Who knows you might just love it. if not… well let’s just say there may a Terminator on standby with your name and address programmed into it’s memory. You have been warned.
Reviews
Voices of the Syndicate - Meet the Team ............................4 2012 - The Year Mainstream Geek Culture Peaks?..............6 OnLive - True Cloud Gaming? ..................................................8 GADGET ZONE - Top Five Gadgets ........................................13 WOMEN IN THE PANELS - Barbara Gordon ........................21 CONVENTION ROUNDUP - February 2012 ...........................30 FROM PAGE TO SCREEN - The Hunger Games ..................32 COMIC REVIEW - Knights of the Old Republic: War # 001 .........................................................................................36 GAME REVIEW - Star Marine: Infinite Ammo ...................39 BOOK REVIEW - Empire State By Adam Christopher ......41 COMIC REVIEW - XIII Vol 10: El Cascador ...........................42 COMIC REVIEW - Avatar The Last Airbender: The Promise Pt 1 ....................................................................47 BOOK REVIEW - The Weird ....................................................50 TV REVIEW - Sherlock Series 2 ..............................................51 DVD REVIEW - Largo Winch: The Burma Conspiracy .......55 BOOK REVIEW - Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure ......60 MOVIE REVIEW - The Muppets .............................................61 COMIC REVIEW - Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #001 .........................................................................................63 MOVIE PREVIEW - John Carter .............................................66 COMIC PREVIEW - Stiffs ........................................................67 MOVIE PREVIEW - Prometheus ............................................68 COMIC PREVIEW - The Pride Issue #002 ...........................69 COMIC PREVIEW - Nosferatu Wars ......................................71 Comic & Graphic Novel - Genre Recomendations ...........72 ELEVATOR PITCH - White Knuckle .......................................73 ELEVATOR PITCH - Halcyon & Tenderfoot .........................80 On the Red Carpet with the Cast and Crew of Spartacus Vengeance ...............................................................................11 INTERVIEW - Be Tempted by the Cast of Syfy’s Being Human .........................................................................16 INTERVIEW - Mary and Bryan Talbot ................................24 INTERVIEW: Author of “Empire State”, Adam Christopher ............................................................................33
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Interviews
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