Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

Roku City is a true landmark of the streaming era, and the company behind the iconic screensaver has officially taken things a step further with a full interactive game. Roku City Dash, a ...

On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in ...

The draw to science fiction is that the genre is wide-spanning. In one film, you could be watching your favorite superhero saving the day, and in the next, you're preparing for a life after an ...

Bring up aliens and a lot of people will scoff. But not everyone is laughing. Around the turn of the century, 3.8 million people banded together in a real-time search for aliens — with screensavers.

Michael Block is a 14 time GLAM Award nominated writer, producer, and host of the podcast Block Talk. Throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he has worked on and off Broadway as a stage ...

Fact: Released during the first big wave of Hollywood’s 1980s 3D craze, complete with those flimsy red-and-blue cardboard glasses that never stayed on your face. The studio hoped gimmicks would revive ...

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War of the Worlds star Ice Cube says the critically maligned remake of the H.G. Wells alien invasion classic, was shot with no director or actors on set. The film, which was released in early August ...

Glorious hand-drawn intensity can unravel the second rough 3D models hit the frame. A single stiff walk cycle, an expressionless face, a texture that shines like wet plastic, each mistake whispers ...

At the turn of the century, 3.8 million people banded together in a real-time search for aliens — with screensavers. The project was called SETI@home. The hope was that with the power of millions of ...

British academic Professor Simon Holland, who has extensive experience in collaborating with NASA on projects such as tracking Earth-threatening asteroids, is convinced he's onto groundbreaking ...