Maxime Desmettre is an environment concept artist who has worked on titles like Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia and King Kong. You can access his person site and portfolio at MaxisLand.net and admire his Deviant Art gallery too.
Exploring Asimov’s Three Laws: A review of Time of Eve
Most sci-fi geeks know Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect […]
Real enough for you? A review of Appleseed Alpha
I think the Appleseed series is underrated. It’s always been great fun and always pushed ahead to explore with what animation can do. Appleseed Alpha is no exception. At times, for the scenery, I actually wondered whether it was a photo still that had been animated over the top of. The animation quality in Appleseed […]
Alien invasions with the Ultimum tabletop RPG
Ultimum is an ambitious Kickstarter for a tabletop RPG enhanced with lots of hi-tech options. The pitch video gives a clear idea of the project scope. Give it a watch and then read on for our interview with lead designer Christian Muckler. If you need more insight after that then pop over to our peek […]
Short Film: E N V O Y
It may be another child finds alien/robot, wants to play and then the military get involved but David Weinstein’s short film is better than most. It was put together without a big budget and does very well. The dog. The trick with the ball. The special effects. All great. Ready to watch more? Use this […]
Short film: Nothing Safer
It’s the eve of an alien invasion and a husband and wife team are testing an experimental pocket panic room. What could go wrong? This short was edited, photographed and written by Marc Leidy. Joe was played by Brian Kinney, Irene by Kestrin Pantera, the desert girl by Jessica Schwartz and the spokeswoman Julie Ness. […]
Tomorrowland’s trailer will intrigue but it’s not Star Wars
Disney have a themepark called Tomorrowland and they’re working on a movie too. Once rumoured to be a Star Wars film we can now see that’s not true but there is sci-fi here. George Clooney and Britt Robertson star. They can access a place called Tomorrowland and while they visit their actions have a direct […]
War of the Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu in this great video
This is a must see video. It’s called the “Great Martian War” but this gamer took one look and immediately saw War of Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu. The footage here comes from World War 1 footage… with, yeah, aliens added. It gets better. If you pop over to History.co.uk you’ll find more of the same. […]
Competition: Win The Lost Stars – Imperfect Sword
Calling all Jack Campbell fans! Are you reading your way through The Lost Stars series? This sci-fi series is popular because it is very good. This week saw the release of book three – The Lost Stars – Imperfect Sword from Titan Books in the UK. The story picks up after the successful coup and […]
Short film: Aphelion Point
This may mess with your head. Imagine, if you will, a damaged spacecraft that is floating towards a giant sun – it is caught; being pulled in. Imagine also the effect on the remaining crew as the baleful star gets ever closer. Combine that with some jazz and you’ll have a sci-fi short called Aphelion […]
