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Want a Swiss Army Knife with a 1TB Flash Drive?

GADGETS Tuesday, January 31 by Captain

Times change.

Remember when you could board an aeroplane with a katana in your overcoat – Connor McLeod-style?

“No,” you would say, “I will not remove my shoes, because if I do that you will discover the supercool ninja shurikens that I have secreted on my person. Also my unique odour.”

Or, in the worst case scenario, you'd just hand the pouty-faced airline attendant your Swiss Army Knife safe in the knowledge that you would get it back without them fearing you may fold out the spork mid-flight and try to hack off the pilot’s head with it.
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Alphas Premieres on SCI FI this FRIDAY!

CAPTAIN'S BLOG Tuesday, January 31 by Captain

Impossible is what they do best!

There’s a new gang in town, Alphas, and they’ll be premiering on SCI FI Channel Australia on Friday, February 3, from 9:30pm.

Alphas is about a team of supernaturally gifted humans (called, funnily enough, Alphas) operating with the Defence Criminal Investigation Services of the U.S. Department of Defence, and led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn), an expert in Alpha phenomena.
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Smell Like A Superhero With The Avengers Cologne!

NEWS Monday, January 30 by Captain

No, we don’t mean gain a heightened, Daredevil-like sense of smell.

We mean actually SMELL like a superhero, as in his scent, his odour, his MUSK.

An intriguing proposition, no?

No?

Surely you've wondered what the scent of an Asgardian legend would be like? If your armpits were immortal - would they smell strange?

No?

Oh well then. Prepare for the end of the 'film promo tie-in' spectrum for The Avengers that may not apply to you.


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Top 10 Robot Uprisings

SPECIAL FEATURES Monday, January 30 by Captain

Since the beginning of human history mankind has been torn between the desire for ever-more-sophisticated technology, and fear of how that technology will change us, or destroy us.

The myth of the Golem, a humanoid made from mud, animated by the aleph, the first sound in the name of God, turning on its masters, as we have turned on God - or on our parents, or on our teachers - is ancient and archetypal.

Zeus destroying the Titans.

Frankenstein’s monster turned on his creator.

These fears and desires are fundamental to being human.
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Mass Effect 3 Demo Drops On Valentine's Day

GAMES Sunday, January 29 by Captain

Whilst it's still a few weeks away from February's favourite day, we'd like to wish you a Happy Valentine's.

Why? *blushing*

The demo for Mass Effect 3 drops that day. That's right. The hugely anticipated, trilogy-ending March 8 release of Mass Effect 3, from developer BioWare, will be preceded by a mouth-watering demo of the game on February 14.

Yes, on Valentine’s Day. Date or Mass Effect 3?

(insert cruel gamer joke here)

The extensive demo will allow players to experience the all-out galactic war against the Reapers from multiple fronts, including the mind-blowing opening attack on Earth that kicks off the single-player campaign.
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Space Nazis To Launch In Berlin

NEWS Saturday, January 28 by Captain

We’re super-psyched to report that our current favourite Nazis-on-the-moon sci fi comedy film, Iron Sky, is finally complete and will be premiering at none other than Germany’s Berlinale on February 11.

Iron Sky will be part of the official selection in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, which screens films that push the envelope with unique vision.

A co-production that includes Australian financing (it was partially shot in Queensland) and financing from every day normal Moon Nazi fans, this is a six year labour of love that stars Udo Kier and Götz Otto.
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Alien V Predator: The Ultimate Chess Set

GAMES Friday, January 27 by Captain

I must admit when I first saw the recent pics of the AVP chess set my little geek heart skipped a beat.

Here were three things I love dearly – chess, Aliens and Predator (though generally I’ve much preferred when the latter two are kept as far from each other as possible) – brought together in a super-stylish, frak-I-gotta-have-it type way by UK-based artist Joker-Laugh (aka Francis Gray) – who put pics of his marvellous creation up on the deviantART website.

I mean, the use of clear plastic to depict the Predators’ cloaking devices, the fine detail on each of the xenomorphs, even the board itself, spoke of rare artistry.
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The Week in Geek Issue # 92

THIS WEEK IN GEEK Friday, January 27 by The Shadow


Greetings dear readers!

The Shadow’s been busy this week, what with his submitting a game for Eyecon 2012, which he’s very much looking forward to. He’s also looking forward to a holiday, but more about that later.

Right, no waffling and straight to the news!

There’s instructions on how to make your own Cyclops visor and the Torchwood/Star Trek crossover you always wanted happened in 1994, when John Barrowman interviewed William Shatner. There’s the f...
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Find out about Darth Plagueis - The Emperor's Master - In The All New Star Wars Novel

BOOKS Thursday, January 26 by Captain


If you want to find out who Darth Vader's father really is, you might want to read this book.

A new chapter in the expanded Star Wars universe has been unveiled with the release of Darth Plagueis – a Star Wars novel by renowned New York Times best-selling author James Luceno.

George Lucas himself worked closely with the author to make sure the story was deeply in line with his universe.

Darth Plagueis, if you're not familiar with the extended Star Wars universe lore, was born under the name of Hego Damask, and remembered as Darth Plagueis the Wise - technically, however, he was a Muun Dark Lord of the Sith, heir to the lineage of Darth Bane and a master of midi-chlorian manipulation, who lived during the century leading up to the Invasion of Naboo.
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In The Future, We Will Eat Human Burgers: 2032, 2092 predicted. Spoilers!

SPECIAL FEATURES Wednesday, January 25 by Captain

Would you like to have a peek at the future? See what's going to happen in 2032 and 2092?

Sure you would!

When it comes to the future, we're always keen. That's why loving Sci FI is so great - what will become reality one day is more often than not mirrored in what we watch as entertainment today.

“Imagine a very smart networked computer attached to every genetically engineered maize plant in a field in a poor rural backwater of Uganda. And that they discuss how fast they're growing via wifi and agree a nutrient plan to optimize growth, including restricting water to one particular plant that's shadowing a couple of others. The farmer, aged 80, harvests them via a quadrotor drone from the comfort of his air-conditioned farmhouse. (The quadrotor is powered by methanol fermented from their discarded husks.)
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