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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.
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Diamonds in the Rough: Read Adventurous
-Self-published books — how can you tell if you’ll enjoy one? These days, finding a good book to read can be tricky. Not because there aren’t enough books around; the science fiction, fantasy, and horror markets are absolutely saturated, so navigating through the flood to get to something you’ll enjoy can be difficult.
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Book Review: Rosewater
-Winner of the Clarke Award this year, Tade Thompson’s Rosewater is the first in the Wormwood trilogy. It tells the story of an alternative future with a transformed Nigeria playing host to an alien dome, right in the centre of the eponymous new city.
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FrightFest
-The UK’s foremost horror film festival is celebrating its 20th year. As they prepare for their Halloween event, we take a look at two decades of FrightFest… The first time I went to FrightFest, I didn’t think of myself as a horror fan. I liked vampires, and I would tell anyone who would sit still for it about the time I’d seen The Woman in Black on stage and then couldn’t sleep until the sun came up, but I didn’t know much about the genre as a whole. However, FrightFest was hosting the first UK screening of Timur Bekmambetov’s Day Watch and I was desperate to see it, having fallen in love with its predecessor, Night Watch.
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Wargaming On A Budget
-Wargames are a fantastically popular, but surprisingly expensive, hobby. However, if you’re smart about it, there are ways to get started without breaking the bank.
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The Witcher’s New Frontier
-There’s always a certain trepidation when a franchise branches out. And for the Witcher franchise, a new frontier is rapidly opening that could see it elevated to the same level as Game Of Thrones, or Lord Of The Rings. The upcoming Netflix series has already amazed critics and fans alike with pre-screenings and a generous amount of teasing. But will the aard-ent fanbase of both novels and video games be able to deal with changes the show has made?
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