Geekery — June 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm

The Week in Geek: June 29, 2012

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Ace of Bass is a tribute band to ‘90s Swedish pop group that performs entirely on…wait for it….upright basses. Didn’t see that coming, did you? You probably did; I telegraphed it pretty clearly.

Sailor Loki

I imagined Loki being more of a tart as a girl. Image courtesy of Ann Marcellino.

It’s a good question, and one I don’t hear asked enough – Why is rape worse than death in video games?

Maybe now that Atari is 40, it will being to make amends for its youthful indiscretions – E.T., anyone?

Speaking of video games, Tim delves into what really happened with 38 Studios.

After pulling in Thanos at the end of The Avengers, we all knew this was coming (You didn’t? Really? Well, I mean it has been rumored for a while. Look, I’m a level 9,000 geek. Sorry.). Marvel is expected to announce a Guardians of the Galaxy feature film for 2014 at this years San Diego Comic Con.

Japanese student Chooo-San knows you don’t need expensive prosthetics or a tattoo parlor to create terrifying body modifications – you just need a few paints.

Want to add to your movie and music collection but you’re too afraid of the soul-searing heat to leave your house? TJ has the rundown of everything released this week.

Gak was awesome; we were all too legit to quit; and half our lives was spent begging our parents for a bigger Nerf gun. 1992 was a great time to be a kid, so great that Nickelodeon buried a time capsule to commemorate it. Find out what’s inside.

Avengers as Nicktunes

For some reason, I thought Spongebob would be Hawkeye. Image courtesy of Dennis Culver.

Thanks to the power of real estate You can rest your head where a young man once dreamed of mice. No, not where they filmed Willard. Walt Disney’s childhood home is for sale.

Emily has some tips to turn your writer’s block into the first step on the stairway to creative genius.

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. In response, crazies on both sides of the aisle on Twitter lost their friggin minds more than usual. Here’s some stuff you need to know to sound slightly less than crazy.

See, this is why I don’t let costumed people touch me. You never know who has run a disturbing porn website in Cambodia or the last time they cleaned that suit.

Great scott! Gabrielle’s been betrayed!

Being a teen girl is tough – fortunately Judd Apatow, Jon Hamm, and B.L. Novak know how you feel because they’re grown men. Watching them earnestly try to answer questions that flummox them is heartwarming and amusing.

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