According to this Kotaku story, the script for Gearbox's upcoming Aliens shooter - Colonial Marine - is being penned by the team behind the Battlestar Galactica TV series.

The info's taken from this Shacknews interview, in which the company confirms that Bradley Thompson and David Weddle - the show's lead writers - wrote a "whole season" worth of material for the game during the recent US writers' strike.

More through the link. Thanks, Blerk.