What the movies Star Wars, War of the Worlds and Batman Begins tell us about America's political mood. Read the full story.

A look at what the expanded PC, Xbox and Mac versions of this computer RPG will offer, including rundowns of new quests, items and enemies. Read the full story.

The third of the weekly shows gets underway with a short review of the sci-fi western movie Serenity and then takes a look at two gaming podcasts: Pulp Gamer and Dice Make Bonk. This week's book review is The Great Book of Amber which collects all ten books of Roger Zelazny's excellent Chronicles of Amber series into one tome.