April 2008

Grand Theft Auto 4 delivers the goods

If you’re one of the millions of people who bought Grand Theft Auto IV yesterday you already know the truth: The game rocks! The open world of Liberty...

Steam ‘Wars’

What happens if you take Star Wars and re-imagine it in a Victorian world of steam engines, rivets and corsets?

Peruse Darwin’s manuscripts online

Time was you had to be a scholar and visit Cambridge University to study Charles Darwin’s manuscripts. Now you can just click your way to them, for free:...

Superman vs. Sub-Zero?

Okay, this is one of those internet rumors that’s been kicking around forever, but it appears like it’s finally coming true: Mortal Kombat vs. DC...

More Japanese ‘Star Wars’ stuff

“Does this pic make my head look big?” StarWars.com is at it again with its feature of all things Japanese and Star Wars, in advance of the Star...

Prologue: THE CLONE WARS

Sitting in my inbox this morning was the latest edition of the StarWars.com newsletter, Homing Beacon. It’s a roundup of articles from the official Web...

Earth Day: Word to your Mother

Every April 22 is Earth Day, a global observance of our terrestrial home. And at such a time, let us not wonder why so many forces across the galaxy have...

NerdWord: nerf

This is the second in a new series of irregular entries defining words from geek culture. If you have suggestions or requests, shoot me an e-mail or leave a...

POW! ZAP! ‘Batman’ cartoon cast

According to his blog WWdN, former Star Trek: The Next Generation wunderkind Wil Wheaton is one of the voices behind Cartoon Network’s upcoming series...

NerdWord: sandbox

Today a new feature debuts: the NerdWord. On a semi-regular basis you’ll see words from geek culture defined, explained and sometimes even illustrated...

WHO is Sarah Jane Smith?

SCI FI PHOTOS Journalist. Investigator. Adventurer. Feminist. And so much more. Sarah Jane Smith is a character Elizabeth Sladen has played since 1973, when...

SPOILERS from Indy IV soundtrack notes

(Don’t) Click through if you (don’t) want to know possible spoilers about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from the track list on...

Happy Monday! Have a toy for your desk

All you need to be the envy of your cubiclemates is a printer, a sheet of letter-size paper and this URL: . You can print out Cubeecraft paper toy versions of...

‘Battlestar’ is back in the game

I won’t go into much detail about the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica — my colleague Albert Ching has already done that over at Channel...

Just a movie? It’s INDIANA JONES!

George Lucas is trying to downplay the chances of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ever living up to the inevitable hype. He probably...

Geek in Review: Nothing but STAR WARS

Clear your schedules: George Lucas’ CGI Star Wars epic The Clone Wars will air on Friday nights along with Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which will...

NBC goes SCI FI

The Peacock network this week unveiled its new fall lineup for the 2008-09 television season, the earliest its ever done so. Does the early bird get the worm...