Fun Stuff

A look at the lighter hearted side of sci-fi. Includes the SFX Spurious Awards, Tweets Of The Week and From The SFX Office

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

at 12:47pm February 10 2012

Bane impressions, Being Human emoticons, high speed Harry Potter, lightsaber duels, Mario trainers and a whole load more

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Sci-Fi Bargains Of The Week

at 10:32am February 10 2012

King of the Cheapskates Steven Ellis delivers his weekly money-saving sci-fi advice

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10 Classic Haunted House Movies

at 01:28pm February 9 2012

With The Woman In Black currently on release, Jayne Nelson looks back at some its haunted house predecessors

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From The SFX Weekender

at 01:14pm February 9 2012

AKA. From Outside The SFX Office with the team’s highlights and random memories from the weekend that was

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Toys And Tat Time Telescope

at 05:40pm February 8 2012

Super-power your egg and look like the future Marty McFly with our monthly pick of the coolest and quirkiest examples of forthcoming SF merch

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The SFX Sci-Fi Quiz App is now available for free

at 08:26pm February 7 2012

Yes that’s right. No longer must you shell out 69 whole pee for our awesome trivia game, we’ve gone and made it gratis

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Tweets Of The Week

at 03:24pm February 6 2012

An SFX Weekender special! Plus: proof Nathan Fillion fans are everywhere and what sci-fi show are the bunnies watching in the Playboy mansion right now?

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Tony Lee & Dan Boultwood Create A Live Comic At The SFX Weekender

at 02:43pm February 6 2012

Two of comics’ most hardworking creators cooked up this bonkers and mightily fun offering for the SFX Weekender, showing people the thought processes that go into writing a comic book story.

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Top 10 Wrestlers Turned Sci-Fi Actors*

at 10:37am February 6 2012

*Although we use the word “actors” very loosely in some cases… Jayne Nelson is your referee

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Robert Rankin Sings Perfect Day At The SFX Awards (Updated)

at 07:36pm February 5 2012

This was how Robert Rankin and Raygun brought the 2012 SFX Awards to a close at the SFX Weekender 3 last night. Our camera actually ran out of battery power before the end, so thanks to David Howe for YouTubing this (this is a better version than the one we posted yesterday, but it wasn’t tdrury’s fault he was further away!).

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

at 07:23am February 3 2012

Ugly aliens, Superman’s not-so-super pants, Kurosawa Yoda, LEGO hobbits and a whole load more,

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SCRIPTEASE Quantum Leap

at 08:40am February 2 2012

The Reduced SFX Company presents five years of Quantum Leap in one, handy, bite-sized script

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Best And Worst Greek Myths On Screen

at 12:18pm February 1 2012

With Wrath Of The Titans shortly to be unleashed in cinemas, Jayne Nelson takes a look at some of the best – and worst – examples of Greek mythology to hit both small and big screens…

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Tweets Of The Week

at 10:29am January 30 2012

A fond farewell to Chuck, Dead Ewok action figures and Star Trek sweeps the boards at the porn awards, all in this week’s tweets

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

at 01:14pm January 28 2012

Fringe one-upmanship, Darth Vader in the ladies’ toilets, Enterprising constructions and loads, loads more

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