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Scifi Sports Franchises Demand Your Fandom [Mascots]io9 - Oct 14, 2008 Before basketball season, the new Oklahoma City franchise had to pick a new basketball nickname — the first new one since Toronto chose the Raptors in 1995, on the heels of the popularity of Jurassic Park. We're … Also tagged: raptors, battlestar galactica, mascots, jurassic park |
io9 - Sep 17, 2008
Let's be honest here: the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy was a wonderful radio show, some 30 years ago. It managed to survive the transformation into a couple of decent books and a TV show, more or less intact …
Also tagged: god, and, no, douglas, another, thing, please, adams, eoin, colfer
io9 - Aug 18, 2008
One day, when you hear someone is a construction worker, you'll have to ask whether he or she wears a spacesuit on the job. We're already assembling massive structures in space — like the International Space Station …
Also tagged: star trek, star wars, top, solar energy, isaac asimov, mega environmentalism, r cordwainer smith, space mega construction
io9 - Aug 6, 2008
The best friendships between humans and artificial intelligences are like Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice. A.I.s can be our pals, sharing witty banter and friendly advice. Just look at Knight Rider and Transformers …
Also tagged: doctor who, star trek, star wars, top, knight rider, transformers, short circuit, the iron giant, isaac asimov, star cops, artificial intelligence buddy comedy
io9 - Jul 25, 2008
Sometimes you just want to escape into a heroic universe of wish fulfillment, with just the right kind of angst. And let's face it, some heroes do a better job of hitting your escapism sweet spots than others. We've …
Also tagged: doctor who, aliens, star trek, star wars, top, lost, heroes, the matrix, transformers, spider man, batman, barbarella, iron man, stargate, stargate sg 1, wanted, alien, battlestar galactica, chart, wall e, incredible hulk, ender s game, wish fulfillment, info porn, chart porn, miles vorkosigan, honor harrington
io9 - Jun 28, 2008
If you've been watching Doctor Who at all this season (and you should, if only for Catherine Tate), you'll know that the show has been laying subtle ground for giant Earth doom that somehow relates to the recent …
Also tagged: doctor who, christian science monitor, disappearing bees, disappearing fish, ecological dystopia, surly fisherman
io9 - Apr 20, 2008
One of the coolest text adventure games of the 1980s was Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, based on Douglas Adams' bestselling novel of the same name. Though the game was wildly popular, and a sequel to it …
Also tagged: games, books, videogames, infocom, douglas adams, restaurant at the end of the universe, text adventure