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SFX ‘s sister magazine Science Uncovered explains how antimatter could power starships But scientists are now just learning how to create antimatter in meaningful amounts – to understand it’s properties and to learn how it might be used to propel spacecraft to other solar systems. In the March edition of …

Developed by Nintendo R&D1–the outfit later responsible for classics like Kid Icarus and Metroid–it featured now-iconic characters like Glass Joe and Bald Bull as well as lesser-known fighters like Pizza Pasta. It was also the first title with music by Koji Kondo, the composer of unforgettable Nintendo songs like the …

The Truman Show (1998) The Unlikely Leading Man: Rubber-faced goofball Jim Carrey, who’d previously spent most of his time in outlandish comedies like Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber. Here, he plays Truman, who’s the unwitting lead in a complex reality TV show. How He Got The Part: It was …

It’s All The President’s Superheroes ! It’s even got Robert Redford in it (opens in new tab) One thing Marvel has proved since it moved into the moviemaking arena is that it never likes to cover the same ground twice. Captain America’s second solo outing on the big screen is …

Rumour? Controversy? Twitter storms? An Arthur C Clarke Award judge craves not these things, says Tom Hunter This is a guest blog by the director of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction, Tom Hunter… (opens in new tab) Look back over the winners of the last 27 …

The Munchies The Source: Pac-Man Cereal Commercial (1984) The Moment: We all have to start somewhere. Bale’s first recorded acting gig saw him one of four kids dancing in delight at the prospect of cereal shaped like Atari’s ghost-bothering pill-guzzler. Shoes The Source: Shaft (2000) The Moment: The same year …

11 of the easiest rare trophies – and how to unlock them A Trophy is initially rated as Common, which drops to Rare if less than 50% of players who own the game have earned it, Very Rare if the figure is below 15% and Ultra Rare if under 5% …

What do you get if you combine an RPG, a propane tank, a grenade, a gasoline canister, a microwave and a laptop? Well, you’d end up with a dangerously volatile pile of junk you madman, but in the world of Dead Rising 3 you can cobble all these elements together …

Following our Christmas break, Cape Expectations (opens in new tab) is back and bigger than ever. We’ve got contributions from Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve McQueen, Jonah Hill, Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone, but that’s not all! There’s shades of Wayne’s World 2 as Sam & Gav have moved their sofa …

Calling inhabitants of planet SFX! Let us know your thoughts and we’ll print them in a future issue! So The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped $400 million at the US box office, making it 2013’s number one film in America and enshrining Jennifer Lawrence as the biggest female star on …