Monday, March 14, 2011

Geeks of Doom Invade Your Inbox

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Geeks of Doom Invade Your Inbox

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Deal: Xbox 360 Live 12-Month Subscription

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:47 AM PDT

Xbox 360 Live 12-Month Subscription

Amazon is currently running a deal on an Xbox 360 12-Month Live Gold Card, available now for $39.99 (that's 33% off the regular price of $59.99).

The price now is even lower than it was during the last sale. I'm not sure when this deal expires, so grab it now while you can [...]

Marvel To Invade C2E2 2011

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:21 PM PDT

Marvel Entertainment

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, also known as C2E2, is quickly becoming one of the country's premiere comic book-centric yearly events. This year, C2E2 is happening on March 18th thru the 20th at the West Building at McCormick Place.

Eliza Dushku, Patton Oswalt, Mark Sheppard, Chris Fedak, Joshua Gomez, and Laurie Holden are some of the entertainment guests appearing at the event. The comic book guests include Mark Waid, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb, David Liss, Fred Van Lente, Tom Brennan, Daniel Ketchum, C.B. Cebulski, and Joe Quesada. Marvel Comics is making a big splash at the event with a large selection of panels running Friday to Sunday. Plan your weekend now with this list of all of the Marvel panels [...]

Royal Mail Releases Harry Potter, Chronicles Of Narnia, Discworld & King Arthur Stamps

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT



An exciting new set of stamps have been released by the UK's Royal Mail that should have collectors and fans of fantasy itching to pick them up.

The stamps include many characters of fantasy lore from books and movies and legend, known for their abilities as witches, wizards, and enchanters. Featured is Albus Dumbledore and the Dark Lord Voldemort from J.K. Rowling's juggernaut Harry Potter books and movies series, Aslan and The White Witch from C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia books and movies, Nanny Ogg and Rincewind from Terry Pratchett's Discworld book series, and finally, Merlin and Morgan Le Fay from the legend of King Arthur.

You can see all of the stamps by clicking on over to the other side now! [...]

Comics Of Doom: Episode 51: Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #2

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PDT



Recorded March 13, 2011.

Our March Doom Of The Month will be the first pocketbook of Terry Moore's Strangers In Paradise! If you want to read along with us, head on over to Instocktrades.com or DCBService.com to pick up Strangers In Paradise for a super price! Be sure to check back at the end of March for our special review episode.

Check out Episode 51 of Comics of Doom, the official comics podcast of Geeks of Doom. Click HERE to open the podcast player in a new window.

Podcast player is here below, along with an Episode Guide.

Listen now!

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Book Review: Death Masks: The Dresden Files Book 5

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Death Masks The Dresden Files, Book 5

Death Masks The Dresden Files, Book 5
By Jim Butcher
Hardcover | Paperback | Kindle
Roc
Released November 3, 2009

Today I present to you a book that has been out for a while, but represents a huge pivotal point in an ongoing series. If you haven't read The Dresden Files books by Jim Butcher, you are seriously missing out. Butcher blends magic, mystery, and sarcasm in the perfect ratio to produce what I (and many who have read them) consider the best Contemporary Fantasy books available. I have recommended this series to probably a thousand folks in the past eight years and not one has ever returned one or complained they didn't like it. That said, on to the review of Death Masks, which is Book 5 of the series.

Without giving away plot points, and thereby ruining the story or series for others, let me just say that so much happens in Death Masks that you don't realize half of what's happening until you are reminded of it in later volumes. This novel is a major turning point in the series in that it introduces a plethora of new characters that really help to flesh out the world of the protagonist [...]

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