Harlock has been many incarnations but this computer animated Space Pirate Captain Harlock looks like it’ll be one of the best. Jinx. You certainly can get a food feel for the movie with this chunky trailer, more than 3 minutes in length and full of beautiful space scenes of deadly battle and explosions. The Japanese […]
Doctor Who fans can help put a TARDIS in space
[Back the Campaign] That’s right; this father-daughter team are planning on putting a solar powered, picture sending, TARDIS into space. They need some money. No surprise there. For $15 you can get your name on the hard drie in the TARDIS. At $45 you get a t-shirt and this is one with bragging rights. That […]
Life in our solar system according to 1930s science
These are images from the Fantastic Adventures magazine which ran from 1939 to 1953. It was published by Ziff Davis, the company which now owns IGN, UGO, 1UP and Geek.com. These features speculate what life on other planets and large moons might be like based on the knowledge of scientists at the time. Via Imgur.
William Shatner leads social media charge for a second Vulcan
A trending post on Google+ today is a call to arms from William Shatner. The actor, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk, is trying to have one of Pluto’s moons officially named “Vulcan”. If successful, Vulcan would orbit Pluto along with a moon called Romulus. Want to vote? You can do so […]
Out of this world constellation cookies
Impressive constellation cookies. Over at Bake at 350 you can learn how to brew up your own batch. You’ll need toothpicks, a small paintbrush and meringue powder before you begin.
Designing a game world? How big is the sun?
When you design a world for your RPG how much effort do you put into astronomy? There are many reasons why you would want to keep the sky very similar to Earth. You’d want 24 hour days and 7 day weeks unless you want players to try and memorise new calendars. You might also want […]
Solar destruction or leap year correction?
Which would happen first? The solar destruction of the planet or enough leap year corrections to finally and accurately align the calendar? Sounds like a leading question? Yup. This video digs into what a leap year actually is, when they happen (not every 4 years) and why. Also, according to custom, February is when women […]
Planet sized Sun tornado
This video shows a tornado moving across the surface of the sun. The tornado itself is about the same size as the planet Earth. The speed of the wind gusts in this Earth sized tornado reach up 300,000 mph and the heat reaches 15,000° fahrenheit. There’s an encounter for your next sci-fi RPG!
LEGO overload [infographic]
It’s been a LEGO week. My guess is that the tills over at the LEGO shop are ringing happily. Where to start? Okay. Let’s start by trying to creep you out. This LEGO minifig of Gollum from the Lord of the Rings set is pretty darn creepy. Sinister little thing. That didn’t freak me out […]
The siren song of a meteor shower
The US Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas was able to record the weird and somewhat computer-game like echoes of the Perseid Meteors are they flew over the monitoring centre. These are not dramatic sounds but I found them entirely unexpected. The images from the video include photography from astronaut Ron Garan on the […]
