Giant monsters normally don’t need any help to accomplish their city destroying, fire breathing rampages, but these do. A Kickstarter for an ambitious monster mash up game is in the works, but it won’t see the light of day unless Kaiju fans unite and make it happen. Need convincing? Here are some reasons why Kaiju…
Neill Blomkamp wowed science fiction fans with his feature film debut, District 9, but can his next film, Elysium, live up to the now incredibly high expectations? Elysium shares many of the visual qualities of District 9, and may even be set in the same film world but decades in the future. The financial gap…
Giant monster films aren’t a staple of American culture. Past attempts to bring the Kaiju (giant monster) genre back to life, such as the 1998 Godzilla reboot and the 2008 Cloverfield, did little. While both films were large financial successes, neither spawned a sequel and left many fans disappointed. But Guillermo del Toro is looking…
It happened. G-fans rejoice! Comic Con 2012 delivered the goods with not only a poster for the upcoming Godzilla reboot by Legendary pictures, but a teaser trailer as well! In honor of this monumental occasion I’ve decided to count down my favorite Godzilla films. Let’s get things started with one of Godzilla’s craziest films… Godzilla…
Out of the vast science fiction library, every once in a while a book will come along that becomes an instant classic. A novel that captures the imagination, evokes emotion, and stirs thought in the reader about what could be. For me, these are the novels that do just that – novels that define science…
A great book often inspires a movie (often worse than the book). Some books get songs inspired by them, or even entire concept albums. Of course this being a science fiction and fantasy blog, I’ve gathered up the best songs inspired by some of fantasy and science fictions greatest works. To Take the Black –…
Star Wars games have a long history. For the longest time the vast majority of Star Wars games were exceptional, games such as X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Dark Forces and the Super Star Wars series. But alas, as the prequels came to fruition Star Wars games would never be the same. The quantity of Star Wars…
The massive world of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim got even bigger recently with the addition of the anticipated Dawnguard DLC. Does the $20 entry fee provide enough new content to further fill the already content filled game? I think so, and heres why. Dawnguard adds a fairly large new quest line named, you guessed…
The name Shadowrun, at least among role-playing fans, instantly brings up images of Elves with katanas and cybernetic implants leaping from rooftop to rooftop, trolls and orcs dressed in suits serving as bouncers, and of course street savvy hackers making their way through the matrix to find their next prize. It’s a world filled with…
Bioware’s Mass Effect series has millions of fans, and if the internet has taught us anything, fans are often the biggest critics. Upon the release of Mass Effect 3, the game received universal praise from the video game press. But within a couple of days an internet firestorm was brewing, one the likes of any…
Whether they are a wookie, a conehead, or just an average looking guy, Jedi in Star Wars come literally in almost every shape and color. With so many Jedi comes an equally diverse array of force powers. Here are some of the more exclusive powers, and some of the Jedi that put them to use….
Genre and franchise crossovers aren’t especially uncommon in the world of video games. Games such as Super Smash Brothers or Marvel vs. Capcom combine different worlds and characters to craft an entirely new game experience. Such is the case with Pokémon Conquest, a combination of the strategy series Nobunaga’s Ambition and of course, Pokémon. The…
