The Anime That Broke My Brain (And Why That’s Actually Good)
So there I was last week, sprawled on my couch at 2 AM, four episodes into *Serial Experiments Lain*, seriously questioning whether the weird digital...
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Small Press Sci-Fi Books That Actually Get What the Genre Should Be About
You know how sometimes you stumble across something that completely changes your perspective on what you thought you already understood? That happened to me last...
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Those Weird 80s Sci-Fi Shows That Rewired My Brain Before I Knew What Good TV Was
Look, I need to be honest about something that’s been bugging me for years. Everyone talks about how great modern sci-fi television is, and yeah,...
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The Sci-Fi Books That Broke My Brain (And Maybe Predicted Everything)
So there’s this moment that happens sometimes when you’re reading — like, you’re just sitting there turning pages and then WHAM, the book basically reprograms...
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When Dystopian Movies Stop Feeling Like Fiction and Start Feeling Like Previews
So there I was last Tuesday night, couldn’t sleep again, ended up putting on *Children of Men* for probably the tenth time this year. Something...
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Why Every AI in Sci-Fi is Either Jesus or the Terminator (And I’m Sick of It)
You know what pisses me off? Every single artificial intelligence in science fiction is either humanity’s digital messiah or our chrome-plated executioner. I’ve been binge-watching...
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Why 80s Practical Effects Still Beat Modern CGI (And I Can Prove It)
I’ve got this beaten-up VHS copy of The Terminator that I grabbed from a garage sale maybe ten years ago. The case is cracked, the...
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The Sci-Fi Shows and Movies That Actually Got Space Physics Right (And Why It Matters)
I was probably fourteen when I first watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in my friend Jake’s basement, and honestly? It completely screwed up my expectations...
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Why I Keep Going Back to That Worn-Out Blade Runner VHS When I Could Just Stream It in 4K
Last Tuesday night I did something that probably makes me look like a complete weirdo to anyone under 25 – I fired up my old...
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Why I Can’t Stop Watching AI Movies (Even Though They’re All the Same)
You know what’s funny? I spend my days testing video games for bugs, which means I’m basically paid to break things that other people spent...
