• Bethesda's recent post-apocalyptic RPG, Fallout 3, has the awesomest backpage advertisement.

• Uh, what? This is the face of the new Day the Earth Stood Still's Gort?

• This is pretty rough: Michael Crichton, noted science fiction author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, has died of cancer. What a pity -- he had more than a few scifi books still in him.

• Simon Pegg urges a return to traditional zombie values.

• SF Signal asks if Heroes can be saved. I answer, No.

• So now that David Tennant is retiring from the role, who will be the next Doctor Who? I'm hoping for a return to the old and ugly Doctors of yore.