Charlie Jane Anders

Seriously, why hasn't a video game been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards?

Of all the landmarks in science fiction history that we predicted would happen in your lifetime, there’s one that I really can’t believe hasn’t happened yet. Why hasn’t a video game been nominated for a Hugo or Nebula Award? With games like Dead Space, Bioshock, Mass Effect and Portal featuring complex world-building and multi-layered storytelling,…

77 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For in 2013

This year, legends walk the silver screen. From Captain Kirk to Superman, our greatest heroes are back, and facing their darkest hours. But 2013’s movies also include some brand new indies from Neill Blomkamp and Shane Carruth, plus a whole lot of fantasy insanity. Here’s our complete guide to 77 science fiction and fantasy movies…

Could Bloodrayne III: The Third Reich be Uwe Boll’s masterpiece?

Vampire Hitler attacks Rayne, the sexy young half-vampire heroine, in a crazy-pants dream sequence from Bloodrayne: The Third Reich. Yes, Uwe Boll’s World War II epic is out on DVD, and it’s chock full of crazy. Although to be fair, I’m not sure there’s anything in this movie that’s quite on the level of the…

X-Men: First Class: Not Your Same Old Mutant Angst

Are superpowers a blessing or a curse? Are mutants more like ethnic minorities, or queer people? For too long, TV shows and movies have been asking these same old questions, without really finding any interesting answers. So it’s a pleasure to watch a movie like X-Men: First Class, which blows past these tired old questions,…

Klingon for Beginners: A Video Tutorial!

Speaking Klingon means never having to say you’re sorry. And there are many other benefits to learning this most noble of languages. So we’re proud to be able to bring you this Klingon language tutorial from Star Trek: Infinite Space Star Trek: Infinite Space, of course, is the new free browser game set in the…

Does the Green Lantern movie introduce too many zany creatures?

Green Lantern isn’t just the story of an ordinary run-of-the-mill fighter pilot who gets a magic ring from space. It’s also the saga of a whole army of aliens, each with his/her/its own magic ring. The footage we saw at Wondercon laid the early fears of cheap, crappy CG work to rest. (Mostly. There’s still…

Smouldering first trailer for X-Men: First Class tells the real story of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Holy crap, it is on. The guitar-saturated trailer for X-Men: First Class issues a bold challenge to Green Lantern, Captain America and Thor to raise their game. And the Kennedy-era setting actually adds a whole new layer of coolness to the whole affair. But what do you think? [via Facebook]

Your First Look at an Intense Dead Space 2 Trailer

Dead Space 2 is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and we’ve got an inside look at the action-horror series’ next chapter. Check out an exclusive pulse-pounding trailer featuring Smashing Pumpkins, plus our interview with Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis. Who can Isaac Clarke trust? How can he survive on a whole space station full…

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When Larry Niven reinvented the Green Lantern universe

Larry Niven is best known as author of Ringworld novels and creator of the Known Space universe — but did you know he also helped to reinvent the Green Lantern Corps and their masters, the Guardians? You might have seen Larry Niven’s Green Lantern graphic novel, Ganthet’s Tale, which he co-created with artist John Byrne.…

Join these cute fluffy Star Wars mice… it is your Destiny!

We can’t resist cuteness of this magnitude! These Star Wars mice are the sort of thing you’ll buy as presents for your friends… and then wind up hoarding them for yourself. Plus check out Harry Potter and Hermione mice! George Lucas has been trying to make the Star Wars universe cuter ever since the days…

Hubble discovers Mordor in space!

Mount Doom doesn’t lay inside the heart of the black land of Mordor after all — it’s in a stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, judging from a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. According to the Hubble Site, the image is even more violent than it appears: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image,…