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Tweet for a Chance to Win @R4D: Hobs End CD

Requiem for Delinquency: Hobs End
Requiem for Delinquency: Hobs End

In the gift-giving spirit of Christmas, we’re giving away 2 copies of the Requiem for Delinquency CD Hobs End.

Back in August, I discovered R4D, fell in love and told you about it here at ÜberSciFiGeek.

Some elements of Hobs End remind me of Bill Leeb projects such as Delerium and Fauxliage… Requiem for Delinquency is the kind of electronica music you might find on a Six Degrees or Nettwerk label… Some tracks are similar to but have more synth than Robert Miles and Enigma compositions, but are not as heavily reliant on synth as Tangerine Dream or Vangelis tend to be. (For the full review click here.)

Now we’re giving you a chance to win your own copy of R4D’s Hobs End. Beginning Christmas Eve, Thursday December 24th, and running through New Year’s Eve, Thursday December 31st, all tweets of this article (just click “Tweet This Post”) or retweets from Twitter will be entered into a random drawing to receive a copy of R4D’s Hobs End CD.

You can check out a preview of their music at RequiemForDelinquency.com and then tweet to enter!

Merry Christmas from all of us at ÜberSciFiGeek!

Merry Riffmas! The Night Before Christmas now available!

from RiffTrax:

It’s the sunniest Night Before Christmas yet. Not a creature is stirring, not even the stuffed, mummified mouse that’s lovingly stapled to the floor. Sugarplums dance in the heads of children, causing the children to wonder, what’s a sugarplum, and why would it dance so suggestively? At the heart of it all is a man with one simple goal — a long winter’s nap, uninterrupted by any sort of clatter. Boy is he in for a surprise!

A Very Special Final Episode of “Safety Geeks: SVI” Season One

from Dave and Tom:

Yes, it is upon us… a Very Special FINAL Episode of Safety Geeks: SVI Season One , just in time for the holidays. It really has nothing to do with the holidays, but it is very special indeed. To go out with a bang, we’ve combined the final two episodes into one 13 minute episode. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

We’d love to take a moment and acknowledge all of the people who helped to create Safety Geeks: SVI, KoldCast.tv and you, our fans, who have followed it. As you probably know, we are in the process of being nominated for a couple of awards. If you would be so kind to vote for us, winning one of these would be invaluable as we seek funding and sponsorship for Season 2. Instructions on voting below.

AND NOW… Safety Geeks: SVI Season Finale: A Strange Sucking Sound

And may we suggest watching the entire season to get the full flow of the show? Finally, we wish you and yours the happiest of holidays and a wonderful New Year!

AWARDS:

Help us win a Streamy Award!

Between now and January 22nd, click on the badges below and vote. The series with the greatest number of Public Submissions will automatically become an Official Nominee. You are allowed one vote per day per category. Feel free to nominate us for more than one category such as Best New Comedy Series, Best New Series, Best Ensemble Cast and to nominate individuals (more below)…

Thank you for the support!

1. Go to: http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/

2. Use the drop down to choose the category (for example: “Best Comedy Web Series”).

3. Fill in Series Name: Safety Geeks: SVI. Series url: www.daveandtom.com

Rinse & Repeat under additional categories: Best New Web Series, Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series

4. Click on “Submit an individual”. Use the drop-down for the category and nominate as many of the following as you can or would like to:

For your consideration…

Safety Geeks: SVI

  • Special Effects — Thor Melsted, Mike Smith, Tom Konkle
  • Writing (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle
  • Best Actress (comedy) — Brittney Powell
  • Best Actor (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle
  • Director — Roger Tonry
  • Cinematography — Vince Delaney and Angie Pop
  • Editing — Tom Konkle
  • Music — The Whotles
  • Sound — Tom Konkle
  • Guest Star — Frank Payne, Mary Cseh, Benton Jennings, Ransford Doherty, Jim Woods, Steve Tom, Marie del Marco, March Teich, Laura Hayes
  • Best Comedy Series
  • Best New Series
  • Best Ensemble

Invention with Brian Forbes

  • Writing (comedy) — Tom Konkle, David Beeler
  • Camera/DP — Thor Melsted
  • Directing — Tom Konkle
  • Editing — Tom Konkle
  • Acting (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle

Vote daily! You are allowed one vote per day.

Clicker Award

Tis’ the Season to be jolly and — it would seem — tis the season for webseries award shows… Looks like we’re up for another possible award. This one is Clicker.

1. Go to: http://www.clicker.com/gallery/best-web-original-comedy-2009/

2. Scroll down to Geeks, hit “VOTE”. The page will refresh and next to the Geeks entry will say, “You Voted”.

3. Tweet about it or Facebook it (the little icons for this will be next to the “You Voted” tag).

As you’ll see, the field for Comedy is very crowded, so please do vote.

And finally, forward this to friends and family asking for their votes if you would be so kind — it really is a numbers game at this point.

Awesome.

Happy Crimble!

Dave & Tom

Split Reason: The Holidays Have Invaded!

from Split Reason:

Today brings our last newsletter of 2009, right before we take a small break and start gaming until our eyes bleed, pausing only for small increments to ingest junk food and take a few turkey naps. It’s been an amazing year, and we’d like to thank everyone that managed to drop a few items in their shopping cart to help keep our Japanese Packing Specialist employed. Every company needs a Ninja on site for a variety of unexpected scenarios, so we appreciate your support.

If you didn’t get a chance to order in time for Christmas, you can still send the geeks and gamers in your life a gift certificate, which will be delivered via email before the big day.

We’re going to continue offering our 15% OFF promotion until January 1st, you can claim your discount by entering the promo code ANTIGRINCH during the check-out process.

We have a slew of recent products and designs to recap, and much more on the way in 2010. So for now, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, happy zombie killing, noob fragging, dungeon raiding, or whatever it is you do when the office shuts down. Let the games begin!

Last Chance: Get a “Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls” Doll before Christmas!

from Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls:

Last Chance to get your MWGG Doll before Christmas!!!

Still need a gift for your little girl, but thought you missed your window? Well think again. Today is your last day to order a Galaxy Girl at FAO.com!

Use Express Shipping (before 3 pm EST) and your doll will be sent warp-speed so it arrives next day. Choose your favorite Series 1 Dolls: Milky Way, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Pluto, and have it under the tree just in time for Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Two more holiday shorts: Christmas Dream and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

from RiffTrax:

Christmas Dream

One Christmas Eve, a foolhardy young girl discards a toy she is no longer interested in upon seeing her new, less-horrible toys. Never mind that the forgotten toy was little more than a hot dog with hair, this is a transgression that the patron saint of creepiness cannot forgive! While the girl slumbers peacefully, like the total selfish jerk that she is, St. Nick enters her dreams to give the monstrous doll life. It proceeds to torment her with its special brand of high-pitched Christmas horror. Will she learn her lesson and accept that change is always bad, or crack under the pressure and find herself in an asylum for children, gnawing on her own hair? Either way, this doll is gonna break a lot of her stuff!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

The story of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has been told and retold countless times, in film, TV and song. All of those other versions are better than this one. Even the cold war-era East German version “Rudolf van der Schlittenfahrt”, which features far more marching and distant machine gun fire than a Christmas special ever should.

Happy Merry Bacon

from Jim Gaffigan:

Just wanted to wish you and yours the very best during this holiday season. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets to one of my shows or purchased one of my CDs/DVDs. I really do appreciate it.

If you feel inspired, you can vote for me everyday in the Comedy Central Stand Up Showdown. (See, I was thin once.)

Have a great 2010,

Jim

P.S. King Baby was one of iTunes’ top 10 comedy albums. Get it here.

P.P.S. Follow me on Twitter.

Submit to the Sect… er… I Mean, Nominate “Riese” for the Streamy Awards!

from Riese the Series:

On December 15th, the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards opened for submissions! The Streamys are awards that recognize the best of episodic web content in a variety of categories. In addition to their jury awards, there are also Audience Choice Awards. Viewers (that means you!) can submit their favorite web shows to be nominated for audience choice categories. You may vote for each category once per day.

To nominate Riese, visit the Public Submission Area. It’s very simple, and you can nominate it as many times you like, in a number of categories. There are SERIES nominations and INDIVIDUAL nominations. Relevant SERIES categories are:

Best Drama Web Series
Best New Web Series
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
Best Foreign Web Series (We’re Canadian, eh!)

Relevant INDIVIDUAL categories are:

Best Director for a Dramatic Web Series — Kaleena Kiff
Best Writer for a Dramatic Web Series — Ryan Copple, Miguel Valdez Lopez, Kaleena Kiff
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series — Ben Cotton, Patrick Gilmore
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series — Christine Chatelain, Sharon Taylor
Best Editing in a Web Series — Matthew Lyons
Best Cinematography in a Web Series — Christopher Charles Kempinski
Best Art Direction in a Web Series — Chad Krowchuk
Best Sound Design in a Web Series — Kevin Belen, Bill Mellow
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series — Adam de Bosch Kemper, Brett Keyes
Best Original Music in a Web Series — Richard Walters

Again, we greatly appreciate your support, and taking the time to do this! Thank you so much!

$10 off new ThinkGeek goodies before time runs out!

from ThinkGeek:

Snow monkeys (and lucky tropical-dwelling monkeys),

Have you noticed the nerd rage about Avatar? Aliens-loving monkeys are totally stoked about it, but there are monkeys who say it’s FernGully 3D or a long, expensive ad for a video game. We have one monkey who claims he’s gonna stand up mid-movie and scream “I’m the king of the world!” before getting dragged out by theater security. But maybe you’re not worried about that cuz your shopping isn’t done? Save your holiday, we can!

Dear fellow procrastinators,

We could tell you why we’ve been so busy this year — quality testing the Tauntaun with extended napping trials, gorging ourselves on bacon-salted popcorn — but why bother. You’ve been busy, too. Let us reward you with $10 off your $40 or more order, now through 12 noon EST on 12/23. Just use code BUSYMONKEY at checkout and be on your merry way!

Find more What’s New items at ThinkGeek!

“The Clone Wars” Season Two Holiday Marathon on StarWars.com

from StarWars.com:

Have you missed any of the spectacular second season episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars? Did a run-in with a bounty hunter on Ord Mantell keep you from catching any of the first eight episodes?

For the holiday season, StarWars.com will be streaming all eight Season Two episodes for your viewing enjoyment. From the Rise of the Bounty Hunter Season Two launch that showcased Cad Bane to the explosive action in the epic Second Battle of Geonosis storyline.

Get started in our video player, or click below for the episodes you want.

Holocron Heist. The season premiere. Cad Bane infiltrates the Jedi Temple and attempts to steal an ancient Jedi Holocron.

Cargo of Doom. Anakin and Ahsoka intercept Cad Bane’s warship, hoping to recover the stolen Jedi Holocron.

Children of the Force. Darth Sidious has a new assignment: kidnap Force-sensitive children from across the galaxy and bring them to Mustafar.

Senate Spy. At the Jedi Council’s request, Padmé investigates a Separatist conspiracy in the Senate.

Landing at Point Rain. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ki-Adi-Mundi lead a landing party to destroy a droid factory on Geonosis.

Weapons Factory. Luminara and Anakin act as decoys to divert new enemy super-tanks while Padawans Barriss Offee and Ahsoka attempt to destroy a Separatist droid factory.

Legacy of Terror. When Luminara goes missing, Obi-Wan and Ki-Adi-Mundi lead a platoon of clones in search of her. When the search leads to a mysterious lair, the Jedi are faced with a horde of undead warriors.

Brain Invaders. When Geonosian brain worms take control of their supply ship, Ahsoka and Barriss must battle to stop the vessel from unleashing the deadly plague upon the galaxy.

New episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars start up again on January 1, 2010, with a special two-parter, “Grievous Intrigue” and “The Deserter.” Check local times.