This past weekend, Neil Armstrong passed away. Like firefighters and saints, NASA astronauts are some of the most uncontroversially awesome people to walk the Earth—or any cosmic body, for that matter—and his passing is felt by all. But heroes are heroic for different reasons to...More →
It’s almost fall TV time, Masterminds! We recently learned that sci-fi fave Lucy Lawless is slated to guest star on Parks and Recreation this fall, and that got us thinking—many of our geeky heroes in the sci-fi genre have demonstrated some serious comedic chops (Katee...More →
We have loads of Game of Thrones casting news to report, Masterminds! Several pivotal roles for season three have recently been cast, and with them, a few questions the readers of the Song of Ice and Fire had have been answered (namely: yes! We will...More →
So… there are these girls—Penn, Thea, and Lexi. These gorgeous, almost otherworldly girls that are randomly in this little seaside town for some reason. It’s not necessarily strange that they’re there; after all, lots of visitors flock to the town for the summer months. But...More →
Alec Holland was one of the world's top botanists, and he was just about to complete his master work: a bio-restorative formula that could re-grow plant life around the planet, effectively ending famine forever. Certain dubious enemies of the project had him killed. A group...More →
Dr. Who’s greatest and perennial nemeses, the Daleks, have always been a bizarre lot, even in light of Doc W’s entire pandimensional rogues gallery. While they are indeed a murderous race of diminutive octopus-like creatures with a massive chip on their shoulders, the Daleks’ staccato...More →
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1: At convention appearances over the last few months, Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan writer J. Michael Stracyznski has been fond of saying that this prequel comic will employ "quantum storytelling" to relate a tale of Watchmen's big...More →
When the fifth installment in the famed Assassin's Creed series was announced back in July, we were beyond excited. Not only is the trailer fantastic, the gameplay looks like it's going to follow in the same great vein as the previous four games, while building...More →
Last week, archeologists in Oaxaca, Mexico, found a crazy pyramid left by the Zapotec civilization. Part-tomb, part-sports-bar, the 1,500-year-old structure contains graves laid to rest next to pictographs of the ritual ball game the Zapotecs loved to play, which actually sounds a little like Battlestar...More →
