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Why aren’t aliens in video games more… alien?
-Aliens are a staple of sci-fi and seem like they’ve always been a cornerstone of our fiction. Chances are, if you were asked to make a list of all the aliens from popular media that you can think of right now, your list is going to feature quite a few that look or act pretty much like a human
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Generic Adventure Module: We found a body
-In Issue 4, we introduced our new irregular series: Generic Adventure Modules. In each of these, we give you a framework for a scenario to use in a roleplaying game.
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Parallel Worlds Audio Issue 5
-In this issue, we’re all about aliens: we look back at Ridley Scott’s seminal 1979 film, scare ourselves silly in…
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Homeworld: Past and Future
-With the announcement of an upcoming release in one of PC gaming’s most loved franchises, we go back to the start to find out what it is that makes Homeworld so magical. In PC games, what we identify as a classic can be ephemeral. There are many elements that go into the design and production of a game, and many subjective factors that can influence our view of the experience playing it. We don’t just watch games, we participate in them; and that participation should allow us to shape what happens. The best games make us feel like we have affected their outcome and connect with the circumstances and role we’ve taken on in the game’s fictional premise.
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Keeping – Trek Part 2
-In the second part of our focus on Star Trek, we look back over the 1990s, 2000s, and the famous franchise today. The 1980s saw Star Trek successfully transition to the cinema screen. However, the reliance on the same actors and characters would gradually take its toll, and whilst the six movies that focused on original Enterprise crew would continue until 1991, Gene Roddenberry, creator of the brand, had some other ideas up his sleeve.
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Book Review: Duchamp Versus Einstein
-What if a transcendent alien intelligence made Marcel Duchamp and Albert Einstein play chess together? This is the premise of the pleasingly-named Duchamp Versus Einstein, a new novelette co-written by Christopher Hinz and Etan Ilfeld. The latter is the director of the company that owns Angry Robot, the book’s publisher.
