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Lite brite Your project–nay, your magnum opus–has finally been completed. It’s a perfect gem of a game, one you know will resonate with the masses, sell hundreds of thousands of copies, and inspire children to follow their dreams, collapsed economy be damned. But something’s off. Something’s missing… Aha! You’ve got …

The science fiction legend is bringing his Doctor Who novel to Bath in July Space opera heavyweight Alastair Reynolds is the latest big-name author to contribute to the growing canon of Doctor Who novels. Following in the footsteps of Stephen Baxter and Michael Moorcock , Reynolds – famous to SFX …

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright give their final word on Spaced, John Hurt trends and Damon Lindelof mourns three years since the end of Lost in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) @DamonLindelof Best. Vine. EVER. http://vine.co/v/bVzmtBWEg6u (opens in new tab) They …

Joss Whedon is bringing culture to the masses, assembling a bunch of fan-friendly old acting mates (Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion among many others) for a new version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (which you can learn more about – and enter a competition to win free tickets …

Peter Cushing: Centenary Tribute. 26 May 2013 marks exactly 100 years since Peter Cushing – Hammer’s Van Helsing and Baron Frankenstein – was born, in Kenley in Surrey. To celebrate the fact, we’ve dug out this piece from the SFX archives: a back-page tribute to the great man. I’ve never …

Pulp Fiction (1994) Original Line: “My eyes are wide fucking open.” Edited Version: “My eyes are wide focused open.” Welcome to the weird world of movie ‘bowdlerising’, the process of removing offensive material from something to protect the fragile little minds of audiences everywhere. Aeroplane and TV edits of some …

Look, up in the sky Scribblenauts “Write Anything, Solve Everything” puzzle gameplay has only grown since it came to the DS in 2009. Each new entry in the series has deepened the massive vocabulary of items that protagonist Maxwell conjures with his Magic Notepad, but will expand the collection of …

In our regular polarising-opinion series, Total Film contributor George Bass asks, ‘Is it just me?… or is Superman IV more noble failure than outright dud? Don’t shoot! Rightly accused of derailing the franchise, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) is a hard film to love. The nonsensical storyline. The …

For this week’s Retro edition of RadarPlays, we switched on the coin-op classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Released by Konami in 1989, the game was based on the colorful cartoon that was all the rage back then. It later became a popular 360 downloadable in 2007, but now it’s no …

Back in 1999 I did something that seems amazing to me now: I avoided every ounce of hype for Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace . All of it. Everything. Completely. (opens in new tab) If you were around in 1999, which I’m sure most of you were, you …