io9: Wil Wheaton

What Star Trek really looks like through Geordi's visor

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:20:00 PST

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This adorable Star Trek webcomic by Caldwell Tanner and Patrick Cassels — titled "Unforeseen Consequences" — reveals exactly what the Enterprise looks like through Geordi La Forge's visor. What is seen can't be unseen!

Tremble before Wil Wheaton's evil magical cloak from The Guild!

Cyriaque Lamar — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:00 PST

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On Felicia Day's fantasy gaming webseries The Guild, Wil Wheaton plays Fawkes, the Machiavellian leader of the Axis of Anarchy online guild. Fawkes is the antagonist (and occasional paramour) of Day's heroic cleric, Cyd "Codex" Sherman. And even though Wheaton's played a major role on The Guild, we've never seen what his in-game avatar looks like...until now. More »

Eureka throws itself into a black hole... with awesome results

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:30:00 PDT

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Yesterday's Eureka wrapped up the season in spectacular fashion, with a bunch of awesome guest stars, one of the biggest threats ever, a lovely celebration of space exploration, and a truly epic cliffhanger. Eureka doesn't get much better than this. More »

On Eureka, the past is a dangerous place

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:58:39 PDT

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Yesterday's Eureka found our heroes confronting their pasts. For most, these flashbacks were the final test for the Astraeus mission. For Carter, it involved stopping Wallace Shawn as he tried to reenact all the sheriff's greatest, most dangerous moments. More »

Eureka proves that indestructible, tungsten-eating robot bugs aren't all they're cracked up to be

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:00:00 PDT

Last night's Eureka episode had a mild case of the grey goo, as Carter and company had to stop a bunch of runaway mini-bots before they devoured all metal in sight. It also revealed the hidden dangers of wearing neckties. More »

Eureka turns up the comedy with the ultimate bank robbery

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:57:33 PDT

Last night's Eureka was one of the funniest episodes in a while — Carter is forced to endure disappearing banks, floating jeeps, obnoxious geniuses, and, most terrifyingly, out-of-shape physicists. And somewhere, amid all the hijinks, an evil plot is brewing. More »

Wil Wheaton says the technobabble on Eureka is better than Star Trek's

Alasdair Wilkins — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:30:00 PDT

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Nerd icon Wil Wheaton has returned to sci-fi television as Eureka's slimy Dr. Isaac Parrish. We spoke with him at Comic-Con about just what makes good (and bad) technobabble, the secret to playing a scientist, and what's ahead on Eureka! More »

Eureka does its best impression of Minority Report

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:53:43 PDT

Yesterday's Eureka loaded up on guest stars, adding Wil Wheaton and Stan Lee alongside Felicia Day's socially awkward physicist. But there's no time to bask in all the guests, as some psychic contact lenses have predicted the town's imminent annihilation. More »

Eureka will go animated for their next Christmas special

Alasdair Wilkins — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:00 PDT

Yesterday's Eureka panel promised an animated Christmas special, a big mission into deep space, sinister forces plotting against the town, and a love triangle between Fargo, Felicia Day, and a hugely dickish Wil Wheaton. More »

Discover the shocking stories behind the year's most baffling image!

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:27:41 PDT

We all marveled at the fan art that showed Wil Wheaton riding a unicorn-dragon-kitten into battle with an Orc John Scalzi. And now you can read the true, and unquestionable stories behind the image. For charity! More »

Why is Wil Wheaton charging down on orc John Scalzi while riding a unicorn-dragon-kitten?

Marc Bernardin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:30:00 PDT

There are some questions that simply don't have answers...yet. Wheaton and Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America. Explain the picture, win the contest, get paid, and help people. More »

Wil Wheaton's Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:40:00 PST

It's pretty amazing that Zachary Quinto's interest in playing Spock was sparked by mere message-board chatter — a newly released DVD featurette shows how it all began. Plus Wil Wheaton's Trek movie cameo is revealed. More »

Nerd Meltdown As Wil Wheaton Fights Crime Beside Batman

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:43:07 PST

Geek icon Wil Wheaton has finally transcended his Wesley Crusher roots... by teaming up with Batman. Wheaton plays the silver-age Blue Beetle in this week's Brave and The Bold, and we couldn't be happier. More »

Actors Who Get Fandom

Nivair H. Gabriel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:00:00 PST

The best part of falling for a show is discovering that the actors in it are just as shamelessly fannish as you are. Lo and behold, there are a lot more actor geeks than you think! More »

What Superpower Should Wil Wheaton Have On Heroes?

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:25:41 PST

Final proof that social networking can make the world a better place: Heroes' Greg Grunberg and baby-faced Wil Wheaton (Star Trek:The Next Generation) have been networking publicly on Twitter. And the upshot may be that Wheaton becomes the latest Trek veteran to pass on his wisdom to those troubled mutants. But which superpower should Wil Wheaton have? Click through to vote. More »

Some Notable Absences at Comic-Con

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:23:53 PDT

With this year's San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, now is normally the time that publishers, movie studios, comic creators and various other celebrities start making the kind of noises that get fans excited about what's to come. This year, however, things are starting out slightly differently with the news that Paramount Pictures and publisher Tokyopop won't be exhibiting at the show. More »

Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT

The Star Trek franchise has always been about "big picture" stories, but the next Trek series should take the opposite approach, narrow the scope and focus on a few well-developed characters - primarily Wesley Crusher. Yes, the much maligned ensign should be brought back as the captain of a Starfleet science vessel that warps around the Alpha Quadrant solving mysteries for the Federation. Think of it as CSI . . . in space! Here's how it would work.
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