The 10 Best Video Game Characters of the Decade (2000-2009)
The aughties have delivered some incredibly memorable characters and we’re ready to count down our favorites.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayStart Press: The Spirit of Radio
The story is already legend. On October 30th, 1938, listeners who tuned in to hear CBS Radio’s regular broadcast of Mercury Theatre on the Air were whipped into a frenzy by a series of increasingly calamitous news bulletins chronicling a Martian invasion of Grover’s Mill, New Jersey. At that moment in history when Orson Welles staged his now-infamous radio drama War of the Worlds, the run-up to World War II was already in motion. The American public might as well have been collectively listening to the cadence of a wooden roller coaster clack-clacking inexorably toward the first of many stomach-turning... read more
Found in: Games, Features, ColumnsDistrict 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Talks Sequel Possibilities
District 9 has only been in theaters for two weeks, but critical buzz combined with sizable box-office returns has made everyone, including director Neill Blomkamp, mighty excited about the possibility of a sequel to the summer's sci-fi success story. Folks who haven't seen the movie yet should tread no further. Here there be spoilers:... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe 11 Best Villainous Species in all of Science Fiction
Whereas your typical Bond villain only wants to take over the earth, most of the dreamed-up civilizations below eat planets like earth for lunch—though our homeworld itself usually lies just beyond their grasp, thanks to often unappreciated heroic maneuvers of the good guys. When we imagine the great beyond, it's not the benign creatures out there that get the blood flowing, but the monstrous, treacherous aliens that would enslave or destroy the galaxy. Science fiction allows us to take up the banner of Us Against Them, where we are free to see Them without humanity, pity or compassion. We long... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayHalo Trilogy soundtrack previews Halo Wars
With Halo 3 having been released last fall and Halo: Wars... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHalo 3 spin-off announced for Fall 2009
Another Halo game for the Xbox 360 was a given; it is Microsoft's killer-app, mega-selling franchise, after all. So it certainly came as no surprise when Bungie, makers of all things Halo, announced a spin-off called Halo 3: Recon that will star a main character who isn't Master Chief.... read more
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