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

7:20AM August 18, 2011 | Mike Fahey

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? More »


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

3:20AM May 18, 2011 | Joel Johnson

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


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

12:00PM May 3, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

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. More »


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In Search Of Serious Science Fiction Gaming Epics

3:00AM January 4, 2011 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


In Real Life

Phasers Set To Fun

3:00AM February 4, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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


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Nintendo Asks You To Get LOST On Wuhu Island

8:00AM January 29, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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


Six PADDs I Would Actually Buy

3:00AM January 29, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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. More »


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There’s Another Battlestar Galactica Game In The Works

6:40AM March 31, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

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.

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Get Your Battlestar Galactica Fix With These Games

6:00PM March 23, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

After a run of over five years, Battlestar Galactica finished over the weekend, and there’s a hole in my heart. Probably one in yours, too. One that needs filling.

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Sci Fi Channel Readies GameQuest

4:30AM October 31, 2008 | Mike Fahey

The Sci Fi Channel has given producers Granada America and World Cyber Games the green light to produce a new competitive gaming television series, tentatively titled GameQuest. The 8 episode series will bring together 12 gamers, who will compete in a variety of elimination events including both video games and game-themed physical challenges for the title of “best all-around gamer”, with a prize of $100,000 and trips to World Cyber Games events up for grabs. “With two out of every three American households playing video games, it’s clear that this mainstream phenomenon is a perfect arena for the channel’s agenda of broadening the brand while celebrating imagination,” Sci Fi channel president Dave Howe said.

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