If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, which recognizes the best science fiction short story of the year, have been announced. The winner will be announced during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, which will take place as part of [...]
The 2010 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award was given to Paolo Bacigalupi for his novel The Windup Girl (Night Shade). The novel is already a Nebula Award winner and is nominated for a Hugo. Other finalists for the award included Dying Bites, by D. D. Barant (St. Martin’s); Soulless, by Gail Carriger (Orbit), and Johannes Cabal, [...]
To say the final double episode of Lost provoked a reaction would be an understatement. Critics and viewers alike seemed to either love or hate it. The end was either a rich and poignant exploration of the characters we’d come to know and love, a final goodbye, cleverly reminding us that this was what Lost [...]
Team 17 has announced that it will be bringing its remake of Alien Breed to the PS3 and PC. Originally released in the early nineties, Alien Breed was a top-down survival shooter, where you face hordes of vicious aliens on a spaceship (possibly inspired by a certain film). The remade for the 21st Century version, [...]
Okay, so we’ve established that 3D is the new big thing when it comes to cinema films, television, and indeed games. The new graphics engine from the makers of Far Cry, the CryEngine 3, will boast full 3D support. And lots of developers have announced 3D intentions, including big names such as three-quel Killzone 3. [...]
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light will be out on the Nintendo DS later this year. The role-playing game has already been released in Japan last year, but will see the shelves on these shores come the autumn. The game is designed to be traditional RPG fare, with a tale of four young heroes [...]
A couple of new actors have signed up to a fresh adaptation of the famous Three Musketeers tale, which is due to begin filming in the summer. With Paul W. S. Anderson co-writing and directing, the film will follow the 3D trend, and go for an all-action and adventure take. Heat Vision blog reports that [...]
The possible Warner Bros remake of Logan’s Run has been on the back-burner for some time – it was actually first floated in the mid-nineties – but it appears that the movie may now be happening (again). The classic seventies sci-fi gem now looks set to get a Director in the form of Carl Rinsch, [...]
The next instalment of Killzone has been announced, and the big news is that the PS3 exclusive will be rendered in stereoscopic 3D. Killzone 3, or should that be Killzone 3D, will be in Sony’s words, “fully playable in Stereoscopic 3D, immersing you in… incredible, High Definition, 3D detail”. Killzone’s ferocious and cinematic action will [...]
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was the original Fighting Fantasy book that Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone penned together back in 1982. We still remember getting it in our Christmas stocking – well, pillow case – that year, and being enthralled by it for days on end. Even though it wasn’t the first choose-your-own-adventure style [...]
Today sees the arrival of Title Update 6 for Microsoft’s acclaimed shooter sequel. It brings one major new feature to Gears of War 2, along with some bug fixes, weapon balancing, tweaks to client-side hit detection, and the removal of some commonly known exploits. For instance, match time limits have been added to Submission, Annex, [...]
The upcoming three-day Memorial Day weekend in the United States is considered the unofficial start of summer, with school out for some students and about to be out for others. It is the time of year when people start planning road trips and barbeques and pool parties to escape the heat. Memorial Day weekend is [...]
City of Dreams and Nightmare, Ian Whates Angry Robot, 427pp, £7.99 pbk On the back cover of Ian Whates’ debut novel, City of Dreams and Nightmare, it says “FILE UNDER FANTASY”, but I’m not convinced. City of Dreams and Nightmare is certainly genre fiction, but its best fit would be science fiction. Yes, there are [...]
Microsoft is calling it the most anticipated game of the year, and the exact date it will hit stores has been announced. Halo: Reach will be out as an Xbox 360 exclusive on September 14th, to give you something to look forward to as the summer fades and autumn takes a hold. More than 2.7 [...]
Valve has launched a range of Prima guides on its game delivery service Steam. Prima guides are well known to most gamers, and contain the likes of full walkthroughs and solutions, strategies and tips. Handily, the guides can be read in-game via Steam’s interface overlay functionality, or outside of the game if you prefer. The [...]
Epic Games, the makers of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament, has confirmed its next first-person shooter project, in conjunction with People Can Fly (of Painkiller fame). Bulletstorm will be published by EA, and will employ the latest Unreal Engine 3 on the graphics front. The game tells the story of a futuristic confederation which [...]
Remember that classic movie from the eighties, Teen Wolf? No, neither do we. We do, however, recall a daft corny film where a ridiculous hairy Michael J. Fox (who looked more like Teen Ape) slam dunked a basketball a few times. And ordered a keg of beer by using the power of his red eyes. [...]
If you haven’t heard the bad news regarding Heroes, the sci-fi behemoth the BBC have been showing for several years, well, there’s no easy way to put this. It’s joined the long line of sci-fi efforts such as Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and been cancelled. Although unlike Terminator, which only ran for two seasons [...]
It looks as if Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar’s latest creation, could become the best-selling game of the year so far, according to Amazon. It wouldn’t be surprising, as many people hang on Rockstar’s every pixel. The company is the developer responsible for the juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto, and other acclaimed titles such as [...]
Atari and Cryptic Studios have announced a new adventure pack will soon be out for Champions Online. The superhero driven MMORPG witnesses players donning tight spandex outfits, capes, and utility belts, all in the name of crime fighting. And perhaps a little bit in the name of fetish dressing. The upcoming content pack is entitled [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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