Building Mass Effect: How Bioware Imagines the Future Whatever the Reapers are working toward, it must be big! September 11, 2021September 9, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Building Baubles: How Revenger Fails at Technology Revenger's setting is both intriguing and highly confused. May 1, 2021September 23, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 306: Transportation in Spec Fic Before your hero can clock in for a space 9 to 5, they first have to commute to work. December 20, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Five Tips for Creating an Engaging Space Battle Space battles are an important aspect of science fiction, especially space opera, and we want them to be engaging. June 2, 2018May 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
Episode 156: Space Opera vs Science Space opera has always had a tenuous relationship with science, from sound in space to the main deflector dish. February 4, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Five Plausible Scenarios for Planetary Evacuation How your protagonist's plans to depart from the planet can make a little more sense. June 2, 2017June 30, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Inspiration, Worldbuilding
Episode 95: Good Elements From Terrible Stories Do even the worst train wrecks have something good to take from them? December 4, 2016August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Graham Swanson
Episode 92: Fantasy in Space Going to another planet and finding gnomes there November 13, 2016August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Episode 79: Scifi Roleplaying Systems Do you like dice? July 31, 2016August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Five More Illogical Design Choices in Spaceships The workings of these spacecraft models don't add up on a second watch. May 21, 2016July 19, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Illogical Design Choices in Spaceships It took billions to build this thing, but why would we make sure it works first? May 7, 2016July 19, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Obstacles to a Realistic Interstellar Empire Space might be mostly empty, but these realities would still get in the way. March 20, 2016July 20, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Uses of Real Science in The Expanse How this massive, multiplanetary series puts the "sci" in sci-fi. December 5, 2015July 23, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Designing Aliens From an Alternate Earth How to spice up the workings of your extra-terrestrials. April 19, 2015August 1, 2021 by Brandon Kier in Inspiration, Worldbuilding
Eight Natural Phenomena to Use in Your Stories Ball lightning is something entirely different. April 4, 2015June 15, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Inspiration, Worldbuilding
Designing Your Spaceship How to start crafting your star craft. January 25, 2015August 3, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Worldbuilding
Changing the Way Your World Moves How planetary science can help your fictional world stand out. November 2, 2014August 4, 2021 by Brandon Kier in Worldbuilding
Giving Your World Fantastic Skies How a brilliant celestial visual will change the world it's seen from. September 13, 2014August 6, 2021 by Brandon Kier in Worldbuilding
Episode 28: Space Captains Oren, Chris, and Mike talk about captains in futuristic space settings. August 17, 2014June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Mike Hernandez
Obeying the Celestial Speed Limit What this universal constant means for your interstellar stories. August 10, 2014August 7, 2021 by Brandon Kier in Worldbuilding
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