For the Oct. 8 Second Friday event, Evermore Nevermore owner Bob Leeper is planning to fill the south side of Main Street from Robson to MacDonald with as much “steampunk” as it can handle. In case you’ve been living in Tajikistan for the last few years, steampunk is a popular genre that crosses all media […]
ContinueNote: This post originally appeared on Sept. 1, 2008. In honor of Labor Day, today we salute the redshirts: those thankless legions of faceless Starfleet security officers who boldly go in front of their captain … and usually pay the price. Very early in the episode. As the Klingons say: “Today is a good day […]
ContinueStar Trek and Transformers screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman seem to have a thing for someone called Laurence.
ContinueGamers are furious that Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming real-time sci-fi strategy game Starcraft II will have no LAN support. They’ve been storming the message boards to express their displeasure with the decision, and, as reported by Wired’s Game Life blog, some have even started an online petition to implore Blizzard to reconsider.
ContinueBritish educators are being told to throw out one of the most widely recognized rules in English spelling: “I before E except after C.” BBC News and The Associated Press reported this weekend on a U.K. government document that argues the rhyming device simply has too many exceptions to be worth teaching. Some experts agree, […]
ContinueAh, canon. It can be such a tricky thing in a genre that takes itself so seriously. Take this update on the official Web site for the upcoming online roleplaying game Star Trek Online: You may be curious to know how the new Star Trek movie affects Star Trek Online. Wonder no further, as we’ve […]
ContinueVideo games and the Internet have already made huge impacts on modern society and all of our lives. Now it may happen in a new way. Always one of gaming’s most beloved and over-used terms, “noob” is set to become the one millionth word added to the English language. “Noob,” short for “newbie”, is a […]
ContinueFrak! Battlestar Galactica’s much-hyped final episode airs tonight. To mark this bittersweet occasion, I give you a list of 10 fake swear words that have each, to some extent, bled into the fan vernacular from science fiction. Feel free to employ any or all as the show’s grand finale can’t possibly live up to your […]
ContinueIn honor of Labor Day, today we salute the redshirts: those thankless legions of faceless Starfleet security officers who boldly go in front of their captain … and usually pay the price. Very early in the episode. As the Klingons say: “Today is a good day to die!” Paramount image
Continue“New” words you’ll find in the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary: fanboy (a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee of such things as comics or movies) and Texas hold ’em (the poker game). Also making the cut: netroots (like grassroots, but online) and subprime (like the mortgage). Source: CBC News
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