Once again scientists hasten the demise of mankind’s dominion over the Earth. CNN is reporting that scientists “have trained a group of monkeys to...
May 2008
Comedian Harvey Korman, a fixture on The Carol Burnett Show who played the celestial chef Gormaanda in the apocryphal 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, has...
Daniel Floyd of the Savannah College of Art and Design put together this stimulating presentation on the role of sex in gaming’s history and its future...
"AVH." "Transmorphers." "Monster." I discovered these doppelgängers while surfing Netflix recently. They popped up as recommendations in "Sci-Fi & Fantasy"...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO (LEFT) AND PETER JACKSON (RIGHT) ANSWER FANS’ QUESTIONS. The live Internet chat “An Unexpected Party” between The Hobbit...
Welcome to Geek in Review, a look back at the last seven days or so in the work of all things geeky. This week we had the release of the long-awaited fourth...
IMAGES COURTESY OF NINTENDO AND IGN The Wii Fit hit stores yesterday in Nintendo’s attempt to help us all lose some weight, get fit and have fun. After...
Windows XP holdouts were blinded by a ray of hope with the release of Service Pack 3, a major update consisting of existing patches with a few enhancements...
Grab your +2 holy avenger sword and dust off that old Crown Royal bag stuffed with your hidden polyhedral dice: The fourth edition of the Dungeons &...
Now, this one is a little tricky … To pwn: to wipe the floor with your opposition, usually in a multiplayer PC or next-gen console game. The legends...
IMAGE COURTESY OF WETA It’s called “An Unexpected Party” and we’re all invited. The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro and producer...
My teenage son came home from school yesterday with a lava lamp. Yes, a lava lamp. No, he wasn’t reeking of patchouli. He made it himself. His science...
The Associated Press is reporting that in Wales “A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a...
Last weekend USA Network cracked the whip in anticipation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by showing all three previous films. This...
IMAGES COURTESY OF MARVEL COMICS Marvel fans rejoice! There are more super-hero movies coming our way in the next few years, including Iron Man 2 and the long...
LOSTWINDS IMAGE COURTESY OF NINTENDO Nintendo has launched its new version of Wii Ware, turning the download station for Wii features into an online outlet for...
The trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe is now online: [kml_flashembed movie="" width="433" height="360" wmode="transparent" /] The movie, starring...
BIG DADDY FROM TAKE-TWO’S BIOSHOCK It’s official. Take-Two’s critically acclaimed video game BioShock is being adapted into a live-action...
Go to Toys “R” Us online now through May 17 and you can help choose the Star Wars scene that will be turned into a Toys “R” Us...
The Clone Wars. It’s almost upon us (Aug. 15). And I find myself not really caring anymore. The poster is cool, right? And a new trailer debuted this...
Monday (May 12) you can catch the trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe online. The movie, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as former FBI...
NBC UNIVERSAL PHOTOS Here’s a roundup of the sci-fi offerings on TV Friday (5/9): Doctor Who The Doctor (David Tennant) takes Donna (comedian Catherine...
LUCASFILM It’s an Indy film festival! Indiana Jones, that is. See Indy run. See Indy jump. See Indy find the Ark of the Covenant and Holy Grail and kick Nazi...
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KIRCHHOFER/TRIBUNE After tapping comic books for creative ideas with box office success, Hollywood has turned its attention to...
If your Wii was flashing blue yesterday, as mine was, then you should know it’s not your friends leaving you a message or sending you their Mii avatar...
Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro that rules the Dungeons & Dragons universe, is sponsoring a Photoshop contest seeking promotional art by fans...
Fans of science fiction and fantasy will gather this weekend in Casa Grande for three days of panels, art shows, dancing, stargazing and more.
Is this the work of Batman or The Joker or some new threat we haven’t heard of yet? Whatever it is, it’s hitting close to home – literally.
IMAGES COURTESY OF MARVEL STUDIOS I saw Iron Man this morning and it was amazing! After drooling for months over the images and trailers and overall hype...
Want to get in on the ground floor of what may be the next great MMORPG? Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, which is based in Mesa, is currently taking...
For those of us without BBC America, the raucous Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood is now available on the iTunes Store. Excuse me while I hunt down those gift...
