Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

GameCentral runs through the biggest video games still lacking release dates and running down why they won't be launching in 2026.

Nvidia's 'AI NPC' technology, ACE, is coming to more games in 2026 — and I've got some concerns about the direction this is ...

These are practical maybe even commonsensical but given the times in which we live, they re easy to neglect with the result that we flourish less than we could ...

The animators pack so many enriching details into their adaptation that even the most incidental scene feels consequential.

We trace the history of the Metroidvania genre to find the best representative from every console generation.

Wherever you look, at residential aged care institutions, at retirement village life, at the home support package scheme, or talk to the people over 65 — called the old — living at home making no ...

Chimera Squad has no pods. Every encounter is a small space, maybe a rooftop or a nightclub, and you can see every enemy from ...

Modders have tended to focus on first-person animations, both because it's the more popular view and the easiest to tweak.

The search for extraterrestrial life in this vast universe needs all hands on deck. A crowd-sourced project from UC Berkeley ...

13 years later, nothing comes close to seeing Shepard get spaced ...

Looking for a new sci-fi shooter to take a spin on? Sub-Species is an interesting mix of genres; here’s The Escapist’s first ...