Art by Danyasaur It started with a simple idea really. One city-sized ship leaves the solar system to explore the stars. Men and women live, and die aboard it. Their children’s children will be born before they reach one of many interstellar destinations. In this way I imagine mankind might explore the heavens. I spoke…
Some friends and I wanted to watch the original Tron a few weeks ago in preparation for Tron Legacy. We went to our local Best Buy to pick up the special blue ray edition… that didn’t exist. We looked for some sort of display with gobs and gobs of Tron DVDs… which were curiously absent.…
Two curses have befallen my writers group. We’re churning out good stuff mind you. Algrea’s writing an escapist fantasy set in Louisiana (until they find the proverbial wardrobe into another world). I just edited the first 5 chapters with plenty of mystery and magic to boot. VigRoco’s writing a high-browed sci-fi adventure where nothing is…
You are not looking at a cloudy sky. This is the Reflection Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope near the end of the Millennium. You can find more pictures like this at the Hubble Heritage Project. The singular brilliant idea for the orbiting telescope was submitted in 1962. Congress voted for the funding in…
About Metroid Origins Prologue Over time the Varia Suit would shed parts of itself, lethal weapons that were studied by the Chozo scientist. The study of these weapons was a holy process given only to the most-gifted archeologists and scientist. What they gleamed from this technology influenced every bit of Chozo society from their culture…
About Metroid Origins Prologue Art by Julie Dillon Brroch taught everyone about what he had learned from the Varia Suit. By his teachings the Chozo united to meet the challenge of exploring space. The name Samshus was taken by the Chozo from Brroch’s teachings. It was spoken in reverence with regards to the name…
About Metroid Origins Prologue Art by David 1309 Upon the Sunborn’s death, her armored power suit had shriveled into silence. Any attempt to touch it was meant with a hostile hiss. One bird ignored the hiss and touched it telepathically. The suit came to life then, wrapped itself around the bird and consumed him. …
About Metroid Origins Prologue The remains of the Demon Mother were found within the cursed crater of her fallen ship. Once lush farmlands became desolate deserts. The Chozo renamed the place Crateria. Most simply dismissed the deformed terrain as forbidden and moved on with their lives. A select few obsessed over it. It was an…
About Metroid Origins Prologue Art by 3ihard The Chozo were primitive, warring tribes when they made first contact with a bug-like race 8,000 years ago. No handshake protocols were enacted between the races. It was simply an invasion from a space-faring race with parasitic tendencies. The aliens called themselves Tourians. The Chozo called them, demons.…
About Metroid Origins Prologue Art by 3ihard The most anticipated festival by the youthful Chozo is the Feast of Hunt where creatures such as the Brood and the Shriek Bat awake from hibernation. It is a war between sentient being and beast. The Chozo word for hunt and war were once the same. Until the…
Deepwell Bridge 