We can now rejoice!
How many SF books of the past are now way more plausible? Is there going to be a sudden rise in Mars SF speculation?
Also, if you do want to read a book about Mars, let me recommend Mars Crossing by Geoffrey Landis, and NOT Mars by Ben Bova.

Hopefully more than just pillow talk, Evil Dead 4 may be in the works!
Sam Raimi speaks from San Diego Comic Con:
“I love working with Bruce Campbell and he’s like Allison [Lohman, of Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell]. He’s super willing to do anything to make it right. He’s a very funny guy, but mostly he’s […]

Then NASAimages.org (a project run by the internet archive) may be your dream come true! The site just launched, and looks like it’s still in a testing stage, but it seems like it will be a really good resource. All images are archived and tagged by dates, keywords, categories, etc. and have sidebars with scientific […]

Sorry for the couple-day delay in getting this review out there. Hopefully there are still some people out there who haven’t seen this movie and want to read a review of it. My mini-review is below, and a full review (with spoilers) is after the jump.
The X Files: I Want To Believe: 4 stars/ 5.
Pros: […]

I’m going to see the movie in 3 hours and I cannot wait!!! I am avoiding all blog posts and reviews so as not to spoil it for myself, but I can’t stop thinking about the X-Files. So, I’m doing a post about two of my favorite things in the world: tattoos, and The X-Files.

Some of you may remember the article I wrote about space in science fiction shows, specifically Battlestar Galactica. Well, apparently there was a panel at the San Diego Comic Con yesterday called “The Science Behind Science Fiction” which included Kevin Grazier, the science adviser for BSG. If only I had been there! Luckily, other people […]

Who knew that lunch could be this awesome? After the jump, more incredibly nerdy bento boxes.

To continue my Doctor Who for Beginners series I began a million years ago with Daleks for Dummies, I’d like to start a new subseries where I introduce you to each of the Doctors and plow my way through the first four so I can start talking shit about Davison, Colin Baker, and McCoy. […]

So! The X-Files: I Want To Believe comes out tonight at midnight. Unfortunately I’m not seeing it tonight, I have to wait until tomorrow night, but I figured I’d post background info on the show for those of you who are seeing the film but may not be caught up in the series.

I visited my mom’s house a few weeks ago and happened upon a container of old toys, many of which i thought were lost to time. It was lovely to take a walk down memory lane and say hello to them again. Posted after the jump are many more photos for your pleasure. Feel free […]

In the Dark Knight one of the Joker’s schemes to bring anarchy to Gotham makes use of a classic game theory puzzle called the Prisoner’s Dilemma. However it isn’t clear whether the film’s writing team didn’t understand game theory or didn’t care. One thing is for sure, they got it wrong…

USC’s Gamepipe brings us Lockdown, which they describe as “a serious game for incident response to school shootings.” Obviously, this game, or simulator, or training application, however you want to bill it, isn’t about graphics, but I can’t stop thinking of Playmobil as I look at the video.
It’s supposed to be used to teach SWAT […]

According to The Daily Mail, Dr. Edgar Mitchell says that aliens have visited earth several times. In an interview with Kerrang! radio, he said, “It’s been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it’s leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been […]

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a huge soft spot for what I call “nerdy scientist movies”. These movies are always terrible, but the plucky and endearing scientist characters make the movies worth watching. Think: Twister, The Core, andJurassic Park (though Jurassic Park is also awesome because of the dinosaurs, obviously). […]

Apparently a bunch of poor, poor souls at EA bought and watched 100 Sci-Fi and Horror DVDs as research for their new game Dead Space. They are now giving all 100 away to a lucky winner. You have to sign up for their newsletter to enter to win.
The list includes the 4-disc collector’s set of […]

I’m taking a few days off to get some sunburn at the Jersey Shore. If you are sticking around the Philly area, you should check this stuff out…

Oh no! 215hiphop is reporting that Colby is no longer going to be Program Director or on the air at 100.3 The Beat. Colby has always been one of my favorite Philly radio DJ’s. He’d always have great stories about ‘back-in-the-day’ topics and he seemed to genuinely love hip-hop.
In his absence, look forward to […]

Here’s a weird one - back in the middle of the night in August 2007, a guy began to spray-paint a congratulatory message to a newlywed couple on the side wall of a store. Two of his friends acted as lookouts. Two Philly cops allegedly jumped out of their squad car and chased the graffiti artist. When they caught […]