I am not editing a word of this. No italics, not quotes, nothing. You’ll know why. —The Editor My arm hurts. My hand hurts. My fingers hurt. As a writer this presents a bit of a problem. I am so used to using a keyboard that it never occurred to me how much I rely…
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Captain America: Civil War ever since I saw ‘Winter Soldier’ two years ago. Yet when I went and actually saw the film, my friends and I (who by the way are pretty big comic book and sci-fi fans), left the cinema feeling a bit “meh.” Don’t get me wrong;…
I haven’t been able to write on Sci-Fi Bloggers for quite some time due to the fact that I’ve been on the planet Vulcan. Well, not really. But I have been working on various projects & geeking out at conferences and events over the summer. I’ve missed it. But thanks to Dylan and the team…
Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus: two virtual reality experiments currently being tested by Oculus VR and Sony. Both pieces of technology boast that, for the first time, users can play their favorite games and watch their favorite movies as if they were there. The headsets look like something out of science fiction, except they’re not. …
In the UK, three years before Captain Kirk boldly went where no man had gone before, a shabby-looking, blue police telephone box materialized out of thin air and into the hearts and minds of a new generation of viewers. The Doctor had just announced his presence to an early 60s Saturday teatime audience. The blue…
Ceony Twill arrives at Magician Emery Thane’s house upset and hesitant. She has just been assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic under Thane’s tutelage, despite her dreams of bespelling metal. Once bonded to paper, it will be the only magic she can perform until the day she dies. However Ceony soon learns that there is…
This topic is a potential minefield to navigate, yet it is one that keeps cropping up on the internet the more and more I search. I recently went to the Science Museum in central London. As a kid, this was one of my favorite museums (the Geological was a close second—it had an earthquake machine!),…
Ever since The Avengers was released in 2012, DC comics has been desperately trying to wrangle their own characters together to compete with the Marvel Juggernaut. However, before Batman and Superman have even warmed up for their much touted ‘fight’, Joss Whedon has deposited another 2+ hours of “Marvelous” entertainment. Avengers, Assemble! Some detractors I spoke…
With the release of the second trailer, Star Wars fever is beginning to infect even the most jaded of fans. Just seeing a speeder cruising past a downed Star Destroyer in the desert was enough to get even me salivating at the thought of a decent film. However, I was reminded to keep my optimism…
Anything Google can do, Facebook can do better. So thinks Mark Zuckerberg the billionaire founder of the definitive social media platform. To give Zuckerberg his due, pretty much everything that’s introduced on Facebook gets used by the 1.393 billion active users (figures accurate as of February 28th 2015). Spherical video will be another fun addition…
In the UK a General Election is due to take place on the 7th of May this year. Like all “democratic” countries, the same old rounds of suit-wearing male dullards flood the airwaves with false promise and hope. The electorate is tired and angry and valiantly vows to vote differently this time—except they never do. Politicians…
I want to believe. I want to believe that season nine of The X-Files never happened. I recently bought the entire series off of Amazon for a bargain! My girlfriend had never really watched the show so I’ve been using her as an excuse to blast my way through classic X-Files episodes from the very beginning. She…
