Costello continued
Dana Lombardy's "Gaming" column on ''
Asimov's Science Fiction'' beginning in April 1986, which renamed to "Neat Stuff" in April 1989 and he continued until June 1990; he also continued Lombardy's "On Gaming" column in
Analog Science Fiction and Fact from May 1986 to February 1989. Along with
F. Paul Wilson, Costello created and scripted
FTL Newsfeed, which ran daily on the
Sci-Fi Channel from 1992 to 1996. In 2005 his novel
Beneath Still Waters was adapted into a film by director
Brian Yuzna. Costello also wrote
Island of the Skull (
Pocket Books), an original prequel to
Peter Jackson's film,
King Kong. Along with his adult genres, he has created works for children. His works include the book series
The Kids of Einstein Elementary (Scholastic), and
Magic Everywhere (Random House), as well as games including ''Aladdin's Mathquest
(Disney), A Cartoon History of the Universe
(Putnam), and two math games based on the hit PBS Kids show Cyberchase. He is the designer of role-playing and board games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Batman, Lone Wolf & Cub'', and many others. Recently, Costello worked on
Rage, a
post-apocalyptic action-adventure game for
id Software, and wrote its novelization, as well as a new game for
Eidos with Neil Richards and Swedish developer
Avalanche Studios. ==Books==