Minds Beneath Us
A game for now and the future—Keep an open mind to subtext Minds Beneath Us is a narrative game where choices can get a little more complicated. You play as Jason Dai… sort of. Actually, you are an MBU (Mind-Body Unit), basically a digital mind that can be...
Poll: Who creates the AI Singularity?
With AI on everyone's mind these days, it's as good a time as any to talk about the Singularity (the kind where the S is capitalized). Tech CEOs throw around buzzwords, diluting the traditional meanings of sci-fi concepts, so let's start with defining...
Elio – a lighthearted sci-fi romp
Elio is a Pixar film that rigorously ticks all the boxes. Protagonist is an orphan? Yep. Found family? Check. A minor on a poorly supervised adventure? Let’s get this thing in gear! Elio lost his parents before the start of the film to an undisclosed accident. He...
Blade Runner TTRPG
Do Androids Dream of Tabletop RPGs? Is roleplaying a replicant a step less human than being one? I'm trying something different this week. Rather than share a game I've played and enjoyed, I'm sharing one I've heard about and want to hear if YOU'VE played it. Because...
Tangible holograms
Images you can move with your hands Did you ever watch Minority Report or any MCU movie and drool over the idea of having a computer interface you could reach into and manipulate through touch? Well, researchers at Universidad de Navarra have come up with a...
Wheel of Time
There Are Neither Beginnings or Endings to the Turning of the Wheel of Time. But the show had to begin somewhere... Amazon Prime’s adaptation of the Wheel of Time has been fraught with controversy. For a beloved series older than many of the viewers, changes...
Children of Silentown
…you’ll love this mysterious village Stay quiet. Do as you’re told. DON’T go into the forest. These are the rules for the Children of Silentown. In many ways, this sleepy village feels like the spot for an idyllic childhood. There are other kids to play with and...
Tech-enhanced instruments
You don’t need a music teacher to get started When Guitar Hero came out in 2005, a lot of players caught flack for playing plastic guitars instead of learning to play a real one (note: this never seemed to apply to Counterstrike, F1 Manager, or Madden...
Resident Alien
He came in peace to leave us in pieces. Still a better doctor than the town had before. In Resident Alien, Alan Tudyk crashes on Earth and needs a device lost from his wrecked spaceship to complete his mission: wiping out life on Earth. Of course, Alan Tudyk...
Solar Storm
The Ship is Falling Apart. Can You Escape? It's a race against time with an hourglass full of broken parts. Evacuating a starship is a common enough trope in sci-fi that it really needs no additional explanation as a game premise. In Solar Storm, you and your fellow...