The origin of Spacewar. A little context for yesterday’s post. The Golden Compass trailer on Yahoo! Now that’s a Care Bear. Refurb TV: $249. Tempting, awfully tempting. Q&A with Bone colorist Steve Hamaker. Beautiful work… …and a beautiful office. I covet that huge scanner. The studio of Craig Thompson. Old-school. Hey, we have the same […]
Apple seizes 9.9% of US laptop sales. 1 in 10 laptops is a Mac. Apple wrestles with 3rd-party iPhone apps. Web apps the “secret door”? The Golden Compass screens. This looks goregous. Sci-Fi Wire: Abe Sapien swims into love. Wonder if this will include the BPRD history? Datlow and Windling’s The Cinderella Game. Wow, check […]
There have been a number of interesting academic programs and resources flitting across my desk in recent weeks, so I thought I’d compile some of them here. Henry on GAMBIT. More information on my possible next gig. Transmodiology.org. Another academic blog from Christy Dena. DIGRA Games and Film SIG. The Oxford Internet Institute (OII). 3-year […]
nonobject Design Fiction. Lukic’s a genius. Gehry’s IAC building. Also, look up the article in the new Vanity Fair. Jim Crace’s Useless America. This has the makings of legend. Grant Morrison on 52. “Marvel’s Civil War [was] played out as a blockbuster movie… 52 was more like a couple of long seasons of a TV […]
LOST gets an endpoint. Narratively speaking, this is huge. The Witch’s Yarn. Fun-looking indie game for Mac and PC. Average US home has more TVs than people. Old news, still disturbing. Philip K. Dick, legit at last. 1,000 amphetamines a week? Podcasts as promos. I gotta get in on this. Console makers promote connected gaming. […]
NYT Select: Why Not the Worst? Joe Queenan on the virtues of bad lit. George Foreman’s iGrill. Why?! The Simple Way to Avoid Finishing Your Thesis. It’s true. Will Self’s writing room. Now that’s some wallpaper. Bag contents: four chips and a spud. Awesome. Building a Better Conference Badge. Davidson’s a genius. The Coudal Swap […]
Microsodes?! Sony compresses eps into 30-second miniversions. Studio 60 returns May 24. Matt and Danny, we hardly knew ye. Boston video game company history graph. Impressive lineage. LG announces Cirque du Soleil-themed LCD TV. Way more tempting than it oughtta be.
Adobe : Creative License. Fancy bit of promotion, that. Final Fantasy XIII series to last a decade. Wow. Also here. Smallville Legends launches online. Warch the artist bridge Welling and contemporary Supes. G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Ed. gets carded. Hello, nostalgia. Jack Valenti dies. And with him, the war on Napster… what? Transmedia Storytelling 101. […]
Hellboy: The Companion. Man, this would have been crazy useful for my thesis. 36 Hours in Portland, Oregon. I miss Powell’s. TUAW on Xbox 360 + Mac. Some very useful links here. Harry Potter in HD? No region codes on DVD-HDs? Really? Starbucks Nation. Or, “The Virtues of Homogeneity. Adobe Media Player. Interrrresting. Jared on […]
The Muse and the Marketplace. Another day, another conference. Heroes mobile game on the way. Yatta! The Venture Bros. S3 is go! Publick & Co. at work in Chelsea! Ohio Game Jam. Next year, maybe. Up in the attic, new millennium style. I like the hidden modernity idea. FicML. Fiction Markup Language? Getting rich in […]
