We Need More Videogame Folklorists

Author Wes Locher believes chronicling the offline lives of players is important. He's right.

Here’s An Idea: Replace Trials With Virtual Reality Duels

Sci-fi author Ben Bova thinks it's a viable alternative to prolonged, expensive lawsuits.

A Fantasy Novel About Building a Big, Dumb Wall

Bestselling author David Baldacci's latest is about a town that builds a barrier to exclude "Outliers."

‘Future Man’ Is Shockingly Gross and It’s Amazing

The Hulu series about an underachieving gamer combines 'Back to the Future' with 'There's Something About…

Game Design Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Videogame creator Lori Ann Cole says stress was an everyday occurrence when she was working on…

Sci-Fi Author Robert Heinlein Was Basically MacGyver

Gregory Benford's new book portrays the writer as a man of action and improvised traps.

Will We Ever Get Another Season of ‘Dimension 404’?

The sci-fi anthology show deserves a second run. Come on, Hulu.

The History of Women in Sci-Fi Isn’t What You Think

Conventional wisdom holds that science fiction was written mostly by men until the 1960s and '70s.…

How ‘Star Trek’ and Sci-Fi Influenced Jeff Bezos

The Amazon founder spent his summers reading Asimov and has named pets and companies after 'Star…

Being a Hollywood Science Consultant Isn’t Exactly Glamorous

It's not all fact-checking physics and rubbing elbows with celebs, it turns out.