In Real Life

Fantasy Author China Miéville Discusses Random Superpowers And More

China Mieville’s been trying to break into comics a long time. The native Londoner has busied himself with becoming an award-winning fantasy and science-fiction author in the meantime, turning out acclaimed work like Perdido Street Station and last year’s Railsea.


March 22, 2012
PC

This Sci-Fi Sexy Custom PC Is Nothing But Love

Swedish artist Love Hultén triumphantly returns to our PC Case Mod of the Week feature with his latest creation, 4M, a computer that answers the question “Does this HAL 9000 unit come in walnut?”


August 18, 2011
PC

I’m Falling In Love With WildStar, And I Don’t Care Who Knows It

It’s not the stunning CGI movie quality trailer for NCsoft and Carbine’s WildStar that has my heart beating so hard. Nor is it these 44 screenshots, covering the races, combat and environments of this gorgeous space-born adventure. It’s not even the bunny girls (though they certainly help). So what is it?


May 18, 2011
In Real Life

Voltron + TRON = VoltronTRON T-Shirt. Wait, That’s Not Right.

The manufacturers of this $US15 have simply called it “VolTRON”, which I suppose makes more sense than my first attempt, “VOLTR2N”.


May 3, 2011
News

Red Faction: Origins Trailer Transports Us To Made-For-TV Mars

THQ and SyFy have teamed up to produce Red Faction: Origins, a made for television movie that spans the time period between 2009′s Red Faction: Guerrilla and 2011′s Red Faction: Armageddon.


January 4, 2011
In Real Life

In Search Of Serious Science Fiction Gaming Epics

In the first installment of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku for the year 2011, commenter Murkurial wonders why game developers aren’t spending more time exploring the deeply detailed worlds created by science fiction’s greatest authors.


February 4, 2010
In Real Life

Phasers Set To Fun

Life in the 24th and 25th century wasn’t all about shooting people with phasers, knocking around aliens and “making it so”.


January 29, 2010
News

Nintendo Asks You To Get LOST On Wuhu Island

You know, pop-culture referencing television show Lost isn’t the only form of entertainment that includes island fun.


Six PADDs I Would Actually Buy

I may be tempted to one day buy the iPad as a crossover ereader, but there’s nothing magical about the device for me. Not unless you replace one of its vowels with a consonant.


March 31, 2009
News

There’s Another Battlestar Galactica Game In The Works

The Sci Fi Channel’s re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series may have ended its five-year-long run, giving its fans even less to do on Friday nights, but the property may still live on in video game form.