For a huge chuck of Christians around the world, today is Resurrection Day (or Good Saturday), which is easily one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, no matter when you observe it. For those that do, therefore, I hope you have the happiest one yet, and since ...

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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...

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The phrase “Correlation doesn't equal causation” is something associated with science and statistics but it really applies to EVERYTHING and that's important to understand. But was does it mean? If a bunch of things happened ...

Sena dreams of the legends of old, the fantastic tales of the past with the four mighty kingdoms and heroes with the power of bending fire, earth, water, and air. And of course the stories of the fabled avatars. His current world is a very different place from the one ...

It's Valentine's Day as I write this, and the day after (or many days after) when you're reading this.

Anyway, I thought I'd run down (or run up) my top five science fiction romantic couples. I don't think I've done this topic before, but ...

During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...

Welcome to the first interview of the Creator Interviews! Today, we're asking the awesome Inky Moondrop questions about her, her DD award winning comics, her art, and her creative process.

I'm not using the royal ‘we’ by the way. While some questions come from me, most are from ...

Nothing really coherent occurred to me to write about this week, so here's a little ramble…

I was watching a little interview with an actress who was a lot more candid than most. She talked about experiences with some famous performers, and she had some things to say that ...

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We're up to number 666 Quackcasts so our topic this time is evil! Evil is a complicated subject, we all think we know what it is but we really don't, there are just so many ...

For those who don’t know, having a hypothesis means assuming or entertaining a theoretical possibility. We see this be applied to fictional stories time and time again, particularly those that tries to paint a picture of a future society. Star Trek for example can be seen as a massive ...