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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

By Carol on July 7, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd Edition will be free online, according to Abigail Nussbaum, who’s been writing tv entries for the encyclopedia.

Sample the Awesomeness at Book View Cafe

By Carol on May 31, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Primates love samplers. It’s not something out of speculative fiction. It’s a fact and Book View Cafe knows it, so they’re offering a free sampler of their premium content.

Games, Games, Games

By Carol on February 2, 2006 • ( Leave a comment )

Clive Thompson writes up 6 indie games, all free (my fav: RSVP), saying “If you really want to see innovation, there’s only one place to go: Off the grid.” Peter Butler lists the 10 best free games at Download.com (my pick is Mono). Also making the rounds: the […]

Lovely Free Flash Game

By Carol on December 10, 2005 • ( Leave a comment )

Samorost 2 is a point and click adventure puzzle game you can play in your browser. It begins with our protagonist in his nightcap rocketing off to save his kidnapped dog, and he must explore a romantic-industrial planet to do so.

Indie-meets-industry shindig

By nomediakings on March 31, 2005 • ( Leave a comment )

It might have been the buckets of beer or just the balmy San Francisco night that had me feeling so upbeat after the Game Developers Choice Awards and the Independent Games Festival but even in sober retrospect it was pretty remarkable. On a basic level, it was simply […]

The Power of N

By nomediakings on April 1, 2004 • ( 1 Comment )

N (MetaNet Software, 2004) is a perfect pop song of a videogame, an addictive platformer in which you use three keys to direct your ninja towards the gold and away from the robots. Its two-dimensional and mostly two-colour simplicity lure you into its cunning level designs and give […]