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-The FTL Team

Episode 22 - New and Upcoming Sci-Fi Video Games

Dead Space, Spore, Fallout 3, and EVE Online. Just four of the awesome Sci-Fi video games that are out there!

We also briefly talk about a couple other Sci-Fi video games. Also, here's our spore handles if you want to download our content: meymoon, ptery, and dobre27.

Hope you enjoy the show!

This Week's Trivia:
Which Science Fiction video games was considered to be one of the first RTS games? Hint: It was based on a popular Sci-Fi movie that was based on an even more popular Sci-Fi novel.

a) Ender's Game
b) Dune
c) Star Wars
d) Blade Runner

Episode 21 - Alchohol in Space and Sci-Fi

Mos Eisley, Ten Forward, Quark's Bar, Joe's Bar, Cloud 9 Bars, Heaven (from The Forever War), The Restaurant At the End of the Universe.

Which bar would you go to? Which bar is good for just relaxing, getting in a brawl, finding some adventure? These are the questions that we answer this episode.

Hope you enjoy the show!


This Week's Trivia:
What do the Newcomers get drunk off of in Alien Nation?

Episode 20 - Sci-Fi Superhero Showdown II

Invisible Man, Spiderman, Phoenix, Yoda, Agent K, The Hulk, Predator, and Neo are pitted against each other in a tournament-style battle for ultimate championship.

Seeing as this is the second Sci-Fi Superhero Showdown, there may be a championship battle royal in the future...hint hint.

Thanks for tuning in!

This Week's Trivia:
Where did the name Morpheus come from for the character in The Matrix films?

Episode 19 - Graphic Novels in Film

Superman,Blade,X-Men,Spiderman,Hellboy,Sin City,Constantine,V For Vendetta,300,Batman,Watchmen, and much more!

Don't forget to send in your favorite Sci-Fi character to compete in Sci-Fi Superhero Showdown II!

This Week's Trivia:
Who created Batman?

Episode 18 - Clones

Embryo Cloning,Reproductive Cloning, Gene Cloning, Animals that have been cloned, Jurassic Park, Frozen Zoo, Clone Wars, The Island, and much more.

Don't forget to email your contestants in for Episode 20, Sci-Fi Superhero Showdown II!

This Week's Trivia Question:
Who was the donor for the clones in Star Wars Clone Wars?

Episode 17 - Dystopian Societies in Sci-Fi

The Time Machine, Brave New World, 1984, Farenheit 451, A Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Aeon Flux, Brazil, The Matrix, Samurai Jack, Equilibrium, and Wall-E.

Dystopia Defined
The vision of a society that is the opposite of utopia. A dystopian society is a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad, characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution.

We discuss why these books and films represent Dystopian Society, and how they are related to our possible future.

Enjoy the show!


This Week's Trivia:
In the book 1984 what is the main character Winston most afraid of?