If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Normally computer games are made based on films, not the other way round, but the reverse trend started some time ago with the likes of Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Doom hitting the silver screen due to the popularity [...]
Robocalypse is a great word, and a great title for the upcoming sci-fi film which is to be helmed by none other than Mr Spielberg. As you might imagine, the flick is all about a future world where humanity has developed robots to help with menial tasks as servants, and also as warriors to fight [...]
It seems that a fourth Jurassic Park film could be happening. Well, why not, after all the film industry these days seems to be doing more rebooting than a virus-infested PC. Jurassic Park 3 was out in 2001 and although it did well enough at the box office, critics gave it a lukewarm-to-hostile reception. But [...]
It was a while ago when it was announced that Steven Spielberg was getting is hands dirty on a new science fiction TV series for TNT. The series has no working title yet, but there are a few trickles of information coming out to wet our appetites. The series begins six months after an alien [...]
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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