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One of our partners is offering a rather fabulous prize for a bit of help. For filling out their survey, they’ll enter you for a chance to win a brand new Xbox and $400 to boot. It’s quite easy, and legit as feedback is quite important to companies and as such, they’re willing to offer rather cool stuff for it. Marketing!

Anyway, here’s the survey link. Takes about 5 minutes to complete. Good luck!

by David R.

And now it’s March. Summer’s sneaking right on up behind us at this point; it should be here any minute. And what’s kicking off the blockbuster season this year? The Avengers. The biggest superhero movie ever except for that other superhero movie coming out this summer.

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This year’s Oscars are not going to be exciting. That might be like telling you that tonight is going to be dark, but trust me, it’s going to be worse than usual. I can’t remember if the Oscars have been called the “gay Superbowl” (because of the fashion and hot people) or the “nerd Superbowl” (because of the movies ), but in either case, it is an event I look forward to every year.

But this time around? Not so much. The slate of nominees this year for the most part ranges from tame at best to dull at worst, and the safest of safe hosts, Billy Crystal, likely won’t be creating any controversies to be talked about the next day.

I want to quickly break down the nine best picture nominees this year, and you might get some idea of why the ceremony isn’t exactly going to be riveting. Ever since they opened up the nominations to up to ten films, there have always been one or two that elicit a “really?” This year, there are several, if not the majority. Let’s take a look.

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Another year, another time when I watched exactly zero seconds of the Golden Globes, but I know some people are curious to see who won what.

The award show covers both movies AND television, so you have the potential to get doubly pissed when your favorites don’t win things.

Surprises? For me, it was how weak the Best Dramatic Motion Picture category was, though I suppose I really should see The Descendants now. Also, the fact that Homeland and Claire Danes both won awards for Best Show and Best Actress in the drama category for TV. Granted, I still have to watch the last three episodes of the season, but I thought what started off promising got derailed by an increasingly crazy plotline that was too far fetched to make sense, and I truly hate Claire Danes’ character on that show. In fact I hate most of the characters. And now I hate it further because it beat out Game of Thrones.

Anyway, check out the full list below, and now prepare yourself for the REAL awards, the Oscars, coming up in a month or so.

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She’s been something of a staple of this site for the last two years, between inspiring various articles and showing off her Halloween costumes, but now my girlfriend is going to eventually be Mrs. Unreality.

You may not have noticed due to the fact I had about 100 posts prewritten for the last two weeks, but I was out of town on vacation over the holidays, and I ended up proposing to my girlfriend on New Year’s. No, it wasn’t anything fabulously geeky (no Pokeball ring box and I did not say “I choose you!”), but it was still pretty cool and she did somehow say yes, and was nowhere near as bummed as she is in this picture.

So yeah, just a bit of a personal note as I like the site to actually be a reflection of who I am and what’s going on in my life, and this was a pretty big deal. Now, back to business as usual!

Hope everyone is having a good holiday! I’m heading out of town, but my spirit will be with you in all the posts I pre-wrote for next week. Take care.

As you all know, our “Write for Unreality” contest entry deadline was a few days ago. I thought this was going to mean less work for me before I left on my trip as I wouldn’t be writing as much, but whoops! I didn’t expect to be reading through FIFTY different full length submissions before I left.

As there were so many applicants, I can’t feature everybody, and though I’ve increased the total amount of winners being featured from 5 to 8, there are going to be a lot of you who didn’t quite make the cut. But I really appreciate everyone who applied, and I’m glad you took the time. We’ll probably do this again in the future, so never fear!

The winners’ posts will be going online every day at noon EST starting the 27th and ending the 6th, even though I’ll be back by the 4th. Some winners have been contacted, some haven’t, so tune in every day to see who’s being featured, along with my brief description of why I chose their piece.

A lot of great stuff came in, and it was awesome to see you guys so passionate. Even if you didn’t win, I promise I read every word you all wrote. If at the end of all this, you want me to give you some specific criticisms, re-email me and I’ll do my best. Thanks!

Since many of you keep asking me when this contest ends and how long you have to get your pieces written for consideration, the answer is 5PM EST WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21ST. The reason being is I have a million other things to prep before I take my leave, and I want to have this done a bit ahead of time as I have to edit and format all the winning pieces.

We’ve received MANY great entries so far, but it’s still an open field and if you apply before the deadline, you have as good a chance as any of getting published. And keep in mind we might be looking for more regular contributions in the future…

Not to go all affirmative action here, but ladies, feel free to try your luck writing something up if you’re  fan. I know our audience is 90% male, but it might be nice to have a female perspective on pop culture for a change. You won’t get special consideration when applying, but if your stuff is good enough, you can win like anyone else, so definitely give it a shot!

And to recap: Stick with Unreality content meaning TV, movies, video games or comics. Make it over 800 words and under 2000. Once again, the new deadline is dinner time Wednesday.

Alright, time for a….different sort of contest on the site here. Normally we’re offering free DVDs or Halloween costumes or such, but I’ve concocted a different prize today that I think might be interesting to some of you.

I’m heading out of town between Christmas and New Years. Normally, that would entail me writing about 40 odd posts for Unreality ahead of time to make sure you have something to read while I’m away. But I thought it might be nice to only write 35, and so I’m recruiting five readers to write five posts (one each) to be published on Unreality while I’m away.

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Are you a hot girl that’s been cosplaying for years just for the hell of it? Well you’re in luck, now you might actually get paid to do it! Gearbox, makers of Borderlands, is looking for a real life Lilith to be featured in the second game. How the hell is that going to work? Well, remember how the “Guardian Angel” was sort of a real person? Turns out as a Siren Lilith can communicate the same way.

The details of what you need to qualify are below. Pretty much it’s “look like Lilith.”

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As you can tell judging by the sheer volume of Skyrim posts this week, I’m currently in love with the game, and judging by the responses, many of you are too. But there’s a limit to enthusiasm, and mine would top about nine steps before naming my firstborn child after the game.

But not for some. Meet Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer, born on 11/11/11 who was named after the Dragon language translation of “Dragonborn.” Bethesda heard about this folly, and decided to reward him with free versions of any Bethesda games he could ever want over the course of his life, and I think the same goes for his parents.

Judging by the fact that his middle name is “Tom” and no one on earth can correctly pronounce “Dovahkiin,” I’m guessing this kid will be Tom Kellermeyer his whole life until he goes to apply for his drivers license and is in for a nasty surprise. On the plus side, maybe he’ll discover he has the ability to shoot fire out of his mouth or turn ethereal and immune from damage.