What the Hugo Awards Actually Tell Us About Where Sci-Fi Is Going (And Why I Care)
So I was procrastinating on a bug report last Tuesday night—you know how it is, sometimes you just can’t face writing “player can clip through...
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How Van Damme’s Scrappy Cyborg Movie Got the Future Right
Back in ’89, I was working on satellite propulsion systems during the day and watching whatever sci-fi I could find at night. Cable TV was...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Mix Classic Sci-Fi with Modern Masterpieces
Last weekend I got into this ridiculous argument with my coworker Dave about whether *Blade Runner 2049* deserves to be called a classic yet. He’s...
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The Netflix Sci-Fi Shows That Made Me Forget I’m a Responsible Adult
You know that moment when you’re three episodes deep into some sci-fi series at 2 AM and you’re suddenly having an existential crisis about whether...
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Why I Stopped Being a Sci-Fi Gatekeeper (And You Should Too)
Man, I used to be the worst kind of sci-fi fan. You know the type – the guy who’d jump into online discussions just to...
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The Spin That Changes Everything: How Science Fiction Twists Reality (And Why That Matters)
I was watching *Arrival* again last week — probably my seventh or eighth time through, which is embarrassing to admit but here we are —...
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Why Sci-Fi Worlds Fall Apart (And How to Build Ones That Don’t)
I was cutting together footage for a corporate video last month—something about manufacturing efficiency, boring as hell—when I noticed something in the B-roll that stopped...
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Why Old Sci-Fi Films Still Kick Modern Movies’ Asses
You know what’s weird? I was going through some old paperbacks at a garage sale last weekend – the kind of beat-up 70s editions with...
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When Starships Meet Sorcery: An Engineer’s Guide to Stories That Break All the Rules
You know, after forty years of designing spacecraft components, you’d think I’d be a purist about keeping science fiction and fantasy in their separate corners....
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Why Nolan’s Time-Bending Thriller Makes My Engineering Brain Hurt (In the Best Way)
So there I was, settling into my usual seat at the Regal downtown — you know, row J, dead center for optimal acoustics — when...
