Fox News recently went back on its anti-games soapbox. Much like it had its two cents to throw in about the deplorable, sexist, violent [insert other negative entertainment-related adjectives here] nature of highly anticipated “M”-rated games, Fox’s wrathful gaze has turned toward the game Duke Nukem Forever.

Facebook gaming, the final frontier.

Almost every license that can become a browser-based game is getting that treatment, so it figures Star Trek would be coming along. Publisher Gameforge has announced Star Trek: Infinite Space, a free social game set during in the universe as portrayed in Deep Space Nine. Keen Games will handle development duties.

The final season of the groundbreaking revamp TV series, Battlestar Galactica, wraps up all of the mysteries, visions and even relationships that had been developing throughout the series. Even with all the bonus footage, extended episodes and commentary tracks, that doesn’t mean the ending will make any more sense.

But do not despair. This is the perfect followup to the amazing first half of the final season and a beautiful, even if somewhat intentionally enigmatic conclusion to the series.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope is the latest installation to the Star Ocean franchise and serves as the prequel to the entire series of games released so far. Players are thrust into a not so distant future where the planet Earth we know and love is no longer able to sustain life on its surface thanks to the mass destruction resulting from World War III. Earthlings now have no other choice but to rely on the ambitions of the Space Reconnaissance Force and must abandon their beloved blue planet for the great star ocean in search of another terrain capable of sustaining life.

Title: Quark: The Complete SeriesPrice: $19.95Release Date: September 2, 2008Studio: Sony PicturesRating: Not Rated.Pros: A relatively unknown sci fi parody TV series resurrected for home video for the first time. Hokey humor, cheesy Star Trek homages, blatant stereotyping and over-the-top acting make this so bad it’s funny.Cons: Complete lack of extra features.Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 80/100; B-; * * * out of five.

Yes, the name might be a bit confusing to some. This is not a desktop publishing application. This is not about subatomic particles. It is not even about a big-eared bartender from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Quark is, simply put, a disco parody of mid-’70s sci fi that’s so bad, it’s good…

ICV2 has just reported that graphic novels will soon be eligible for the prestigious Hugo Award. The notion does have to be ratified, but if it goes through, “‘Any science fiction or fantasy story told in graphic form appearing for the first time in the previous calendar year’ will be eligible.” It got me thinking – if graphic novels are enjoying literary legitimacy these days, could videogames be next?

We all have our favorite examples of which games we feel qualify as bona-fide works of art or pieces of literature.

After months of talking, debating writing, art and music production and numerous people coming and going, we have finally come to the early stage of our first working demo.

The journey of getting to a demo phase is a long and difficult one and there is still so much more for us to do. Even so, if your company manages to get to this stage, then you have been doing most things right.

By now you should have…

This week, Burning Ambition includes an Interview with Andreas Wieslander, project manager for Burning Man Studios…

This week in Burning ambition, Christopher Buckner takes a closer look at the blessings and biggest hardships that Burning Man Studios has faced to date: finding the right Project Manager and a number of skilled programmers (the blessings) and finding 3D modelers that are able to measure up to the artistic demands of production (the hardships)…

In this dual interview, Chistopher interviews Burning Man Studios two composers, Nathan Pinard and Eike Steffe. Find out how two professional composers living in different countries manage make beautiful videogame music together…

Click through to download an exclusive MP3 (“Arkady”) from the game!