My name is Aaron Percival - although I go by the handle Corporal Hicks in the Aliens/vs/Predator community - and I'm the co-administrator of AvPGalaxy. I also work specifically as editorial doing news posts, interviews, articles, etc and handle public relations for the website. I also host and edit the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast.
I first saw the first half of Aliens on my 5th birthday after going on the Aliens - Ride at the Speed of Fright 4D cinema at American Adventure. It gave me nightmares for 5 years until I finally saw the film in its entirety and became obsessed with the franchise.
I have worked on various Aliens vs Predator websites since 2003 when I learnt HMTL over a weekend and created a website called AvPWorld. In retrospect it was a terrible looking website but it further enhanced my love of the franchise and the online community. I became a newsposter for AbsoluteAvP (previously AvP2.net) later that year.
In 2005 I eventually decided to close AvPWorld and take on a more editorial role working for the re-incarnate version of AvPNews hosted on GameGossip. Unfortunately the administrator left and I was left to run an entire website by myself again. Following the AICN script review of Aliens vs. Predator 2 I eventually lost the heart and left AvPNews in April of 2006.
When I was contacted by Darkness in November 2006 about using my articles & reviews for AvPGalaxy, I volunteered to join him as permanent staff and have been here ever since.
I have a very open mind when it comes to the franchise so I enjoy reading the various comics and novels so I can experience other stories outside of the films. I enjoy attending various conventions and playing numerous games based on the series.
During my time working on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy I've had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Alien Encounters: 25 Years of Aliens Convention. I've been featured in a documentary about Alien fandom called Alien Fans by Dennis Lowe. There is also a ship in the Aliens vs. Predator novel trilogy, The Rage War, named after me.
We have just uploaded the 28th episode of the AvPGalaxy Podcast. In this episode RidgeTop and I interview the amazing Markus Pansegrau whom most of you may know better by his screen handle, Locusta.
Markus has been posting amazing CGI artwork on the Aliens for many years now and he was recently approached to provide the ... [Read More]
The good folk over at Albino Dragon have just been in touch with us to let us know about this fantastic looking set of Alien playing cards that they are putting out. The artwork was provided by Matt Demino (who you can find on Facebook or DeviantArt if you ... [Read More]
Well this is certainly a surprise! Alien Next Door is currently being advertised in the September issue of Previews. The advertisement bills Alien Next Door as the "first official Alien cartoon book" and comes from the artist Joey Spiotto, who seems to be quite well known for this style of artwork.
"See a new, caring side to the legendary science fiction ... [Read More]
With his latest science-fiction film, The Martian, due out at the end of September, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon are making the press rounds to promote the upcoming film. In an interview with Empire, Ridley Scott mentions that his next film is Prometheus 2 and he is currently location scouting:
"They faced another challenge when the film’s release ... [Read More]
I have just uploaded the 27th episode of the AvPGalaxy Podcast. This month RidgeTop, Xenomorphine and I are talking about Fire and Stone, the massive crossover comic event from Dark Horse. Fire and Stone marked Dark Horse's return to Aliens/vs/Predator comics since the last relaunch in 2010 and the first release of a Prometheus related ... [Read More]
Michael Biehn is currently in attendance at the Sheffield Film and Comic Con. I'm also at the convention and Michael Biehn just finished his talk. It primarily focused on his work aside from Aliens but the topic of Alien 5 inevitably came up.
Biehn confirmed that Neill Blomkamp had talked to him about Alien 5 but he hasn't read a script nor ... [Read More]
So after months of being subjected to the same none-news about Prometheus 2 (all that Hell on Earth misinformation), we finally have a small piece of information from a reputable source - Total Film. One of the community members at Scified has posted a scan from the latest issue of Total Film in which they claim that ... [Read More]