Category Archives: Episodes

Wall of Touchscreens Makes Fleet Commander a Hutt-Size Star Wars Game Arthur Nishimoto, a graduate student in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, has developed his real-time strategy game to be played on a wall-size LCD screen. … Continue reading →

An appreciation of ’60s and ’70s bubblegum trading cards Dangerous Minds recently did a nice image gallery of selected bubblegum trading cards of the 1960s and ’70s, including some sci-fi classics, Bo Derek, What’s Happening, and Dukes of Hazzard. [Audio … Continue reading →

LED Moon shines message of hope, no dark side to see Scale models of manmade wonders are usually the stuff of gimmicky travel souvenirs, but could you resist a faithful replica that was a topographic clone of our closest celestial … Continue reading →

The Evolution of the Batmobile – Thanks @daghall! Few vehicles, real or fictional, have had as much of an effect on pop culture and geek dreams as the Batmobile. It represents the gadgetized car that every geek had envisioned at … Continue reading →

Usenet With a 30 Year Lag The early A-News days of Usenet are being played out on olduse.net in realtime with a 30 year time delay. You can catch up on what rms and Postel are doing, Keep informed of … Continue reading →

History of Science Fiction Captured in an Amazingly Detailed Work of Art Ever wonder how cyberpunk fits in with hard science fiction? What about the connections between horror and SF? How does the golden age differ from new wave science … Continue reading →

Pakistani Starfleet Explorers [M]illions of courageous men and women heroes that span the cosmos who know no bounds, no limits and explore in a bold way as far as their Bedford Truck Starships will take them to the very ends … Continue reading →

Pro Football League Will Hold Player Draft on Twitter “For those looking to be innovative and drum up some free publicity, social media offer an infinite number of possibilities, especially if you’re, say, a fledgling pro-football league looking to seize … Continue reading →

Portal turret replica has real laser, insatiable bloodlust You might not remember Ryan Palser by name, but you’ll surely recall the good gent’s homemade Fallout 3 plasma rifle. He has since stepped his game up to bigger and badder video … Continue reading →

No more excuses: start playing Dungeons and Dragons on May 11 The next series of Dungeons and Dragons Encounters is beginning on May 11. This is a program we’ve written about in the past. The concept is simple: by offering … Continue reading →