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Mostly because the best Teen Titans show—yep, Young Justice—has already been made. And then canceled.

You know, while I was editing and writing my interview with William Gibson for this piece, I kept lamenting about…

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a fantasy game. That word—fantasy—is a sort of shorthand, with a bunch of connotations.…

Lugdash Broken-Shield. Now there was a tricky orc to assassinate. Until I discovered he was scared of fire. Once I…

It was a moment to bear witness to. This is how ludicrous the video game pre-order bonus had become. This is how…

Earlier today, numerous websites reported that Hello Kitty is not a cat. That's not only an oversimplification,…

Buried underneath the VMAs, something else important also took place on TV last night. True Blood, HBO's…

When I was young, I would have my parents buy me multiple copies of trooper-style action figures in order to amass…

It's the unwritten rule of the video game industry: "Have Hit, Will Franchise." Of the 441 video games on review…

Actual science writers don't always have to write about real planets. Sometimes, when the fancy takes them, they can…