Reviews Category

Eclipse Phase
Monday 25 March, 2013

Review: Eclipse Phase RPG

This game is the cyberpunk concept flipped on its head and cranked to eleven. In the old cyberpunk world you only had to worry about being killed once, in the world of Eclipse Phase you can be killed dozens of times before the first adventure is over.


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Friday 22 March, 2013

Review: Diaspora Tabletop RPG

Diaspora is a fantastic game. It dares go places that others don’t. It has the gritty feel of a trip to the outlands, the sort of retro space feel that harkens back to 50’s B-movies.


The Really Geeky Sci-Fi Quiz Book
Friday 07 December, 2012

The Really Geeky Sci-Fi Quiz Book

The Really Geeky Sci-Fi Quiz Book contains over 750 of the geekiest quiz questions you’re likely to find anywhere.


WoW Steve Kelly
Monday 19 November, 2012

The War of the Worlds: Updated and Reverse Engineered

A comedic take on H.G. Wells’ classic Martian invasion story by author (and friend of SciFi Ideas) Steve Kelly.


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Tuesday 25 September, 2012

The Adventures of Nana Barb

A thrilling new satirical sci-fi fantasy novel that started as a university creative writing project is about to take the science fiction and fantasy communities by storm. It tells the story of ‘Nana Barb’, a quirky time-travelling grandma.


Alien Week 2012
Tuesday 28 August, 2012

The Aliens of Endless Space

These are the factions currently available in Endless Space. The developer is promising that more factions will become available as the game expands, but I’m not holding out hope that anything truly interesting will come of this.


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Thursday 08 March, 2012

Somebody Please Remake Earth 2

This short-lived sci-fi show includes all the standards and cliches of the colonization format, plus a few uniquely 90′s ideas that might give you food for thought.