sci-fi

Unqualified Gamers Podcast #117: Cody reviews Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Jon Reviews Rocket League and Dying Light, and Cody reviews Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Plus: Jon gives thoughts on the science-fiction short story Flowers for Algernon, and Cody raves and rants about a couple sci-fi movies—both good and bad.  

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Megacon 2014 Recap

So, I attended Megacon in Orlando, Florida this weekend for the 2nd year in a row and got the opportunity to rock my brand new GonnaGeek t-shirt and even snap a few pics with some actors and one legend. While I wasn’t technically there in any official capacity, I worked it out with our fearless…

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The Future is Here: 10 Sci-Fi Gadgets That You Can Buy Right Now

Next year, the movie ‘Back to the Future’ predicts that we’ll have flying cars and hoverboards as our modes of transportation. Unfortunately, from where we are standing now, it looks like there’s still a lot of technological advancements before we can reach that point in the future. We’re currently excelling in producing almost anything in touchscreen technology,…

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Bachman’s Best – Almost Human

The best thing I saw last week was Almost Human the new show that premiered last night on FOX. It’s a sci-fi procedural with all the good parts of Robocop without the crazy and a touch of the new DREDD without all the depressing scorched earth downside. Taking a small step into the future Almost…

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Doctor Who Knitters & Hookers

Fiber Geeks are everywhere in mainstream geekdom; you’ll see knitters and hookers (crocheters) at cons working a few rows at panels, interrogating cosplayers where they got or how they made their own knit or crocheted pieces, and if the stars are right you may even see a group of fiber geeks break out the spindles…

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Bachman’s Best – Firefly

  The best thing I saw last week was the complete run of Firefly. I again watched all 14 episodes over the week on Netflix streaming. I’ve done this 4 or 5 times since it became available on the Netflix instant queue, and this week I’ll probably watch the film Serenity again as for me…

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The Force Is Strong With Star Trek

The folks over at WizKids know a good thing when they see it.  According to StarTrek.com, they will be adapting their popular Star Trek HeroClix Tactics line of miniatures into a new game called “Star Trek Attack Wing”.  Licensing the “FlightPath Maneuver System” from Fantasy Flight Games, this game looks to be a solid copy…

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I missed out on good Sci-Fi: Farscape Edition

Awhile back one of my co-hosts over at the Fanboy Buzz podcast told me about how much he enjoyed the TV series Farscape. While I had heard of it , I never actually got into it. I discovered the entire series was on Netflix so I set out on a quest to watch all the…

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