By John Gaudiosi
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–While the next season of the critically acclaimed sci-fi TV series, “Battlestar Galactica,” won’t air until 2008 on Sci-Fi, fans of the show have plenty to keep them busy this fall. There’s the complete first season from Universal Studios Home Entertainment on HD-DVD as well as the new extended cut of the Battlestar Galactica Razor movie out on DVD. Game maker Blackdot has created a free online game, Raptor’s Revenge, to tie into this new DVD release at www.battlestargalacticadvd.com. There’s also Vivendi Games new Xbox Live Arcade downloadable high-definition Battlestar Galactica game.
Actor Tahmoh Penikett, who plays Lt. Karl C. “Helo” Agathon on the series, is the resident gamer of the cast. When he’s not filming the series, he’s playing his PSP or PlayStation 3. The actor got a chance to pilot the new Xbox 360 game on set and he took some time to talk about his gaming background, as well as his love of all things sci-fi.
Penikett grew up in a small northern town and he lived in a suburb that was near the airport. He said that was the only place they had videogames and there were only three games to choose from–Pac-Man, Asteroids and Galaga.
