In and amongst the many sequels, prequels, and relaunches coming out this year, there are a few gems to speak of. I came across this one in the course of reading about upcoming sci-fi films that previewed at Comic Con. Known as “Pacific Rim”, the story takes place in a dark future when giant aliens […]
More Giant Robots
by storiesbywilliams on May 22, 2012 in Books, Giant Robots, Movies, Series, Video games and tagged battletech, cain, dragoons, giant robots, gundam wing, h.g. wells, immortals, mad cat, mad dog, madox 01, martians, mech, mechas, metal gear ray, metal gear rex, metal gear solid, metal gear sons of liberty, metal skin panic, mobile suit, robocain, robocop, robocop 2, robotech, starcraft, stephen spieldberg, templar, tripod walker, war of the worlds, z gundam, zentraedi, zentraedi battlepod
Welcome back. I had a lot of fun with the last installment, so here’s another! Updated, expanded, and with plenty of additions. Ah, screw it! Let’s get to it. Immortal: Back to the Starcraft universe for a sequel. Much like its predecessor, the Immortal was a vehicle for severely wounded Templars who still wanted to […]
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GIANT ROBOTS!
by storiesbywilliams on May 20, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged at-at walkers, battle of hoth, battletech, broadside battlesuit, brood war, clone war, confederacy, dark templar, darpa, destroid tomahawk, dominion, dragoon, echo base, empire, fuchikoma, general veers, ghost in the shell, giant robots, goliath, guild wars, luke skywalker, mech, mechas, metal gear rex, metal gear solid, old republic, omnimech, protoss, robotech, rogue squadron, solid snake, Star Wars, starcraft, tachikoma, tau army, templar, the matrix of leadership, think tanks, timberworld mad cat, Transformers, UED, unicron, warhammer 40k, zentraedi, zerg
Forgive the all caps, but with a name like this, you gotta go big! Thanks to a helpful suggestion from a respected colleague (thanks Rami!), I’ve finally found the latest for my series on conceptual post. And I think my reasons for going with it are clear. Whether we are talking about mechs, mechas, walkers […]
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