This week:William GibsonNeal StephensonHellstroms's HiveIron Man 3Star Trek XIIMusic for the show provided by Reed Love.

Today on the 5: The news has been reporting on the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, a "red line" to the United States. Why is it we consider chemical weapons so much worse than conventional arms?

Today on the 5: Recently the creator of Minecraft made some interesting comments about game narratives. Does a game with no story really sound that good?

Today on the 5: There's a 'remastered' series of Space Battleship Yamato currently being made. I had my doubts about it, but I think it's managed to preserve what made the original so good while smoothing out the rough edges.

Today on the 5: I've just finished playing through Metal Gear Solid 4. I think it remains one of the best examples of a game as art.

This week:Thor 2Iron Man 3Star Trek 2Doctor WhoMusic for the show provided by Reed Love.

Today on the 5: The Oculus Rift is being paraded around as the hot new solution to making virtual reality popular. I'm not buying it.

Today on the 5: Reports are that Microsoft is adding back an empty version of the Start button to Windows 8. Why bother?

Today on the 5: I noticed recently that some of the changes made to the Spider-Man film series don't bother me, but the Man Of Steel ones do. I think it has to do with the mediums that really drew me to liking the characters.

Today on the 5: Cube 2: Hypercube is not a very well regarded film in the Cube series. I recently re-watched it, and it's not really that bad.