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Genre Police: Taking Up Space?

June 4, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Okay….this is gonna be a difficult one. It’s gonna really be a column about how we can’t do a column that turns into a column. We’re going to look at how we look at science fiction, how historically it has evolved and how that isnt’ helpful to us. We might even learn something about games […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: alien, dead space, dune, Eclipse Phase, genre police, John Carter of Mars, sci-fi, serenity, space 1889, star trek, star wars, stargate, warhammer 40k

Blasted and torn: The sci-fi artof A.J. Trahan

November 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

A.J. Trahan is a professional artist who’s worked at Midway Games, Junction Point, Steamboat Studios and Kojima Studios. He has a range of styles and covers various topics but the sample gallery below has a focus on his sci-fi art and pieces in the aftermath of destruction. You can see more illustrations and find out […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: dune, sci-fi

The Parable of the Donkey – as told by a geek

August 11, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You may know the Parable of the Donkey. Some say it teaches us not to try and bury our mistakes and others say that it reminds us things will work out in the end. When the donkey fell down the well and the farmer decided to shovel lots of dirt in to get rid of […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dune, humour

The movie timeline of the future [infographic]

June 17, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This infographic from Michael Hobson is pretty cool. He’s a designer and illustrator based in London and one of the founders of Digital Sizzle. I’m not entirely sure he’s a fan of Ghost in the Shell. Then again; Cowboy Bebop is on the list so perhaps he’s an anime fan after all. The future, according […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Akira, alien, Avatar, blade runner, Cowboy Bebop, dune, Futurama, ghost in the shell, highlander, infographics, judge dredd, Lost In Space, Pitch Black, red dwarf, robocop, star trek, Tank Girl, terminator, The Matrix, total recall

Sci-fi amigurumi masterpieces

January 4, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Deviant artist Smapte has a fantastic collection of geeky and sci-fi amigurumi. If you’re not familiar with amigurumi then we’re talking about cute crochet figures. The pictures below are just a sample. Highly recommend checking out Smapte’s Deviant Artpage and soaking up the rest of the goodness. There’s more Firefly and Tron behind the link. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Amigurumi, dune, final fantasy vii, firefly, mass effect, star trek

Lego Dune

September 1, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Another  instant classic from Make:Online. At this rate I’ll be signing up to their RSS feed. Of course; what the clever artist has  done here is combine to success stories and that’s the fastest route I know to an instant classic. Makes me wish for a bucket of Lego!

Filed Under: Art, Geek Stuff Tagged With: dune, lego

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