Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Live Loop "Feel Good Inc"

Check out Josie Charlwood's version of the awesome tune "Feel Good Inc" by the Gorillaz. She records and loops all her own samples live and it's damned impressive.

Don Cheadle as Captain Planet

Don Cheadle as Captain Planet. Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds.

Another Hawken Trailer

You may not remember, but check out this incredible footage of the game Hawken only 9 months into development that I posted back in March HERE.  Here's another glance at this fantastic looking game at 11 months of progress:

New Tribes: Ascend Screenshots

New screenshots of the upcoming Tribes: Ascend were displayed at this past weekend's PAX 2011 expo.  The game is currently slated for a first quarter, 2012 release.  Man, I sure miss me some Katabatic!






George R. R. Martin and the Avengers

Claudio Sanchez, lead singer for one of my favorite bands Coheed & Cambria, is also a hardcore comic book reader and fan (FYI: he has his own line of comics based on the storylines that pervade the Coheed & Cambria albums). Yesterday, he Tweeted the picture below. Apparently George R. R. Martin, the writer of the A Song of Ice and Fire series (most people might recognize the first book, The Game of Thrones, since it's now a popular HBO series), wrote a letter to the Marvel Bullpen back in the 1960's and had it published in Avengers issue #12 which, according to my basic research, hit the shelves in January, 1965.

Every Teaser Trailer Ever

Courtesy of Cracked.com is Every Teaser Trailer Ever

Take an extra look at the credits at the end. Great stuff.


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Sony's Long Live Play Campaign

Kevin Butler, the VP of Almost Everything, helps to usher in Sony's new "Long Live Play" campaign which replaces their "It Only Does Everything" ads. Observe the awesomeness:

Friday, August 26, 2011

Kinect + Sphere Projector = Eye of Sauron

Take one Xbox 360 camera/tracking peripheral, the Kinect, and mix it up with a spherical projector manufactured by Pufferfish and you get an awesome interactive Eye of Sauron:

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Non-Euclidian Level Design (Portal 2)

The Hobbit: All 13 Dwarves Revealed

Here are all 13 dwarves from Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (releases December, 2012).  From left to right they are: Nori (Jed Brophy), Fili (Dean O' Gorman), Dori (Mark Hadlow), Bofur (James Nesbitt), Gloin (Peter Hambleton), Dwalin (Graham McTavish), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), Balin (Ken Stott), Oin (John Callen), Bombur (Stephen Hunter), Bifur (William Kircher), Ori (Adam Brown), Kili (Aidan Turner).  Click pic to embiggen:


Here's another version with the characters spread out a bit and some in different positions (though it is missing Thorin):

Mario Bros Indie Film Trailer

Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Table Now In Beta

If you are a D&D Insider subscriber, GO HERE to sign up for the Virtual Table Beta test.

If this thing actually works well, I will happily (1) adopt the fourth edition and (2) subscribe as an Insider.


I AM NO BRO

I love this take on Éowyn's "I am no man" quote or, as it's written in the book:
But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Fan Made Film Portal: No Escape

Check out this incredibly well made fan flick based on the Portal games.