Star Wars 40: You WON'T believe WHAT inspired Darth Vader & the whole evil Galactic Empire

Is it the rise of fascism in the 1930’s? Or perhaps the despotic regimes behind the Iron Curtain for decades after the Second World War? Incredibly, Lucas has admitted that it was something much closer to home. It seems almost impossible to believe, but it involves the unspeakable evil of photocopy machine supplies, biros and […]

Scientists Think They Know What’s Behind Those Mysterious Gamma Rays in the Galactic Center

Image: NASA; A. Mellinger/Central Michigan University; T. Linden/University of Chicago Count up all the stuff in a galaxy and you should have a pretty good understanding of how much light is being emitted. But that doesn’t seem to be the case for our own Milky Way. Our galaxy’s got a source of extra gamma rays, […]

Virgin Galactic tests Unity’s re-entry system for the first time

Virgin Galactic has successfully tested its newest spacecraft’s “feather” re-entry system for the first time. That’s what it calls the mechanism wherein the vehicle folds up its twin tail booms so that it can behave more like a more capsule and increase stability upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Virgin has conducted VSS Unity’s flight […]

Stardock plans Crusade update for Galactic Civilizations III on May 4

Games in the explore-expand-exploit-exterminate (4X) strategy genre can last forever. That’s not just a commentary on how long they can often take to finish, because they can also last forever as viable products on PC gaming marketplaces like Steam. And publisher Stardock is planning an update to one of its games to keep it going […]

Hauling A Glutonous Galactic Prince Has Surprising Benefits In Star Saver

Star Saver will have you dragging the ravenous Prince of the Galaxy around, having him devour enemies, items, and anything else that gets in the way of you saving the missing stars. Doing so will let him change shape into handy items, making him a useful companion for helping out the galaxy. You know, that […]

‘Galactic Junk League’ Drops On Steam: Free-To-Play Build’n’Shoot New Robocraft?

Galactic Junk League dropped on Steam earlier this month, and the free-to-play build’n’shoot game reminiscent of Robocraft is worth checking out. Galactic Junk League revolves around the construction of four primary ship types, Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser, and Battleship with a rookie ship class until a player reaches level 10 with the rookie. Each of the […]