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Fyrine IV

Fyrine IV from Enemy Mine is a tough planet, but the payoff for living there is a bigger understanding of our universe and overcoming anti-alien racism. Sure, it has meteor showers and you sleep on rocks. But there's a variety of flora and fauna, including crazy animal life and rock pools. And more importantly, it has seasons. We actually see the planet's climate change as Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. hang out there. More »

1:28 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Meredith Woerner
2,983 views, 2 comments

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Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based on how many laws of physics they mangled, and here's our report card. More »

10:00 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
144,465 views, 138 comments

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Planet-Mining And Giant Parasites In "Dead Space"

Dead Space, a new game from Electronic Arts, brings parasitic "we want to kill you, kill you, kill you" aliens back into fashion just in time for next Halloween. In the far future, humans have depleted all of the natural resources on Earth, so private corporations begin sending out enormous ships called "Planetcrackers" that carve off enormous chunks of planets, and then mine them down to their bare essentials. Of course, as often happens in these games, this pisses off an "ancient and malevolent force" who decides to start unleashing hell. In space. More »

4:00 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,241 views, 27 comments

Latest by Rogue Justice: It looks pretty good, but I hope it doesn't turn out to be cheesy. more »