May 9, 2013 | Forbes
UPDATED: You have but to google the words “release date” and “Star Trek Into Darkness” to learn that the highly anticipated sequel to the 2009 reboot of Star Trek will be released on Friday, May 17. But you—and Google—would be wrong. Recently, Paramount announced that...
May 9, 2013 | Forbes
According to Fusible, Lucasfilm registered multiple domain names on the same day that EA announced its exclusive deal to produce Star Wars videogames, and the timing leads many of us to believe that these domain names are future game titles. It’s good to think...
May 8, 2013 | Forbes
Neil Gaiman, the author of the famed Sandman comic book, as well as such novels as Coraline, American Gods, and many, many others, became a writer of Doctor Who last year, with the episode “The Doctor’s Wife.” His second time around the TARDIS, the fabulously titled...
May 8, 2013 | Forbes
Ask anyone who’s ever played Grand Theft Auto IV and not killed a pimp in real life: We say videogames don’t lead to violent behavior. But many studies, written by people who have more degrees than me, suggest they do. Ph.D candidate Paul Adachi, who co-authored an...
May 7, 2013 | Forbes
Ray Harryhausen, the special effects artist who name has become synonymous with stop-motion animation, has died at the age of 92. No cause of death has been given. Harryhausen created the effects for such ground-breaking movies as Mighty Joe Young (1949), Jason and...
May 7, 2013 | Forbes
Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of science officer Spock in Star Trek back in 1966, hasn’t become as popular to modern audiences as co-stars William Shatner, the self-parodying Internet sensation, or George Takei, the Facebook tastemaker. But if he continues to...