http://vimeo.com/88481807 Directed by the Hallvis Brothers, Shifter is full of tech and action. Our rebel first has to dodge a deadly drone and a rather brutal squad of soldiers sent to get him. What chance does he have? At least he’s the tech-based ability to leap into a clone body. Ready for a game of […]
Sci-Fi Articles
Delve into our stories on Sci-Fi. This collection covers topics in Geek Stuff, Anime, and Tabletop & RPGs.
Short film: Manifold
Anthony Scott Burns short films teases us a with blend of crime drama and sci-fi. It could be something out of Fringe except we’re left to piece things together – even more so than usual. Time for another? Click this teleport link and you’ll be taken over to a randomly selected short film.
Short film: Spacebound
Directed by Ellen Su and Kyle Moy, Spacebound is a short animation in the aftermath of an explosion. The spacebound character finds himself stranded and with his oxygen about to run out. Does the style of the animation give us any clues to whether a happy ending is incoming or not? Short film fan? Looking […]
Short film: PostHuman [NSFW]
This is the PostHuman film. Directed by Cole Drumb and produced by Jennifer Wai-Yin Luk it features the voice of Tricia Helfer as Kali. The near future is full of espionage, assassins and out of control fringe science. The animation shows a hacker and his dog as they help a mysterious woman free the remaining […]
Short film: Beyond
This sci-fi is less than 10 minutes long but manages to portray feelings of time and space. It’s a stunning short directed and co-produced by Raphael Rogers and stars fellow co-producer Bianca Mainowski. The film follows Arya – and that’s no small task as Arya is the last surviving human with the ability to withstand […]
Short film: ROSA
This is an action-packed sci-fi with plenty of blood. It’s the work of Jesús Orellana, a Spanish comic book artist, and was made without any budget. Don’t let “no budget” be a red flag. This is impressive CG. We follow ROSA as she awakens in a post-apocalytpic world and quickly discovers she’ll have to fight. […]
Knights of Sidonia trailers
Humans fled Earth a thousand years ago after it was destroyed by the shapeshifting giant monsters called Gauna. It’s not known what happened to the massive spaceships the last of mankind took to as they lost contact with one another and were chased by the Gauna. Sidonia is one such craft. It’s protected by large […]
Mind blowing: Mindjammer Roleplaying Game review
Space is big. Mindjammer is bigger. This review is based on the Thoughtcast Edition of the game which is available already to those roleplayers who preordred the game. Author Sarah Newton tells me it is 99.x% of the final game; with just some typos and textboxes to fill. I didn’t notice and I’ll tell you […]
From bar fights to RPGs: An interview with Damned author William C. Dietz
William C. Deitz is an American author who’s worked as a surgical technician, PR and marketing Director and in the Navy. Deitz has written Star Wars books, Halo novels including Halo: The Flood and has written the Legion of the Damned sci-fi series. This interview follows Geek Native’s review of the prequel Andromeda’s Fall and […]
Hope in the Legion of the Damned: A review of Andromeda’s Fall
Andromeda’s Fall is my first experience of a William C. Dietz Legion of the Damned novel. In fact, I took my prompt from the word “prequel” to go investigate the original series. There’s a tiny sliver of a summary on Wikipedia; When there’s no hope for the terminally ill or a condemned criminal they have […]
