February 28, 2006
Music Thing on the 'mighty Orla PK400 mega-accordion-keyboard' (Nuff said.)
GameSetWatch: 'Meet The Newest Face At Sega!' (Not Shadow's cousin from G-Unit, as you thought.)
Paul Boutin: 'Slate Has 8 Million Readers, Honest' (On slate, a good mini-piece on why stats are confusing.)
February 27, 2006
WFMU on 'Videomania' (Nice to see Internet Archive referenced as '[taking] licenses far more seriously', we try hard.)
The Stage Online on 'the crankiest of interviews' (Includes fun new Robert Altman anecdote.)
Cryptomundo: Boston Globe profiles CM's author Loren Coleman ("By pursuing something like Yeti, we begin to understand the Abominable Snowman in all of us." Hee!)
GameSetWatch: 'Driving With WoW Power Levelers' (On messageboards to monitor your $300 investment from Level 1 to 60 on WoW.)
February 26, 2006
Gamasutra: 'Atari, Other Parties Settle Major Game Patent Suit' (I broke this on Gama earlier this week, I'm disappointed the wider media hasn't spotted - more patent ridiculousness.)
Yahoo! Music Blog on Robert Radish's excellent YME playlists (More good use of YME's playlist functionality.)
Twitchfilm: Sundance Channel showing 'Asia Extreme' movie season in April (Including Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance in U.S. TV debuts, neeto.)
Kircher Society: 'Quin’s Atlas of Universal History' (1830 maps showing 'the expansion of geographical knowledge over time'.)
February 25, 2006
TogaTV.com: National Lampoon's broadband video website (Surely a sign that the Net video angle has long jumped the shark? Via PC.)
Google Sightseeing spots the uncompleted North Korean Ryugyong Hotel (Whoa, dictators and their toys getting out of hand.)
Gelf Magazine: 'Slab King' ('Gelf chows down with Charles Hodgkins, San Francisco’s burrito guru.')
DVD Savant on Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch (A smart review of a v. smart-sounding DVD.)
YouTube: Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, and Stevie Wonder in a Synthesizer Medley at the 1985 Grammys (Oh. Em. Gee. Via BradSucks.)
February 24, 2006
Futuristic Sex Robotz - 'Hotel Coral Essex' nerdcore hiphop CC-licensed album (Extremely, extremely geeky, and some tracks are _absolutely filthy_, but nonetheless genius, references everything from ZZT to Shufflepuck Cafe.)
Twitch reviews DVD of Richard Stanley's film Hardware (I got weirdly entranced by this oddity when I saw it on cable a while back.)
Reality Blurred: Survivor gets rollercoast at Paramount's Great America (Wait, it's "the world's first reality coaster", just round the corner from me in San Jose.)
GameSpot opens voting for 2006 IGF Audience Awards (Mm, lots of really good indie game demos - also, vote for the IGF's bestest.)
February 23, 2006
Gamasutra: 'Soapbox: World of Warcraft Teaches the Wrong Things' (Backbone's David Sirlin dons flameproof suit - some good points here.)
Toonzone: Adult Swim showing The Gary Coleman Show, Super Globetrotters (Yes, the cartoon Coleman as angel and superhero basketball team uber-cheese - go Cartoon Network!)
Gamasutra: 'Ex-Gizmondo Exec Crashes $1 Million Ferrari In LA' (Imaginary Germans named Dietrich, police officers getting their "Scooby-Doo detectives" on the investigation? I still love Gizmondo.)
February 22, 2006
GameSetWatch: 'Tales From YouTube: Sega Gets Suplee, Bow Tie' (Hurray for silly Sega TV ads.)
Datassette's latest weird mixes/mashups page (The new Businessfunk Mix is hot-diggety-dawg hawt. Or something.)
YouTube: Fun new Kanye West video for 'Touch The Sky' (Yep, he's Evil Kanyevil, with Pam Anderson on his arm - oddly via NewNowNext, which also played the cute Beth Orton vid for 'Conceived', puppets 'n all.)
February 21, 2006
Computer History Museum's Fortran history project (Here's more background on the scanning of the FORTRAN II compiler source listing - neat cover letter [PDF].)
CNN/AP: 'Jon Stewart on 'the ultimate stage'.' (Funny interviews on CNN? Wonders never cease.)
MSNBC/San Jose Biz Journal: '$1 billion vision for San Jose' (Includes 'more simulator rides, interactive exhibits, video game history' for Tech Museum - exciting, if it happens.)
Monotonik: Wavespan - 'Wavespan LP' [mtk161] (Dubby Santa Cruz-based ambience on my netlabel - mastered by Robert Rich, too!)
YouTube: David Hasselhoff - 'Crazy For You' video (The Hoff is a dachshund fan, as are we, hence the GREAT bit during the bridge where a weiner dog outwits him onto a rollercoaster - via The Soup.)
February 20, 2006
IGN: Frank Miller doing comic where 'Batman kicks al Qaeda's ass'. (Called 'Holy Terror, Batman!' Oh kaaay. Via CR.)
Ed DMX of DMX Krew's synth set-up (Practical synth-head-ness is neat - via MusicTing.)
Kircher Society on the world's longest diary (There's a diary extract scan online, too. Wow.)
222b buys, eats Hungry Man dinner from Albertson's (Mm, only 38g of fat.)
YouTube: Pharrell-produced 'Bape All-Stars' JP music video (More stuff related to Nigo/Bathing Ape includes a neat Ice Cream store Pharrell interview - very cool store - and a look around Bape studios itself.)
February 19, 2006
Gelf interviews The Smoking Gun's William Bastone on James Frey (Really, really good interview.)
Hecklerspray: 'Did The KLF Invent Pete Doherty?' (Conspiracy theory of the millenium! Via Gawker.)
Boardsmag: Aardman's multi-painting CG Johnnie Walker ad (CB points out the paintings are "Delacroix, Hokusai, Seurat, Miro and Magritte".)
SuicideGirls News: Michael Gondry adapting Rudy Rucker's 'Master Of Space & Time' (With Daniel Clowes too, but heck, the Rucker bit is really interesting, I adored Frek and The Elixir. [Via BB.])
YouTube: Full vid for Teriyaki Boyz' Daft Punk-produced 'Heartbreaker' (Aha! YouTube is getting good for JP music videos. Teriyaki includes personnel from Rip Slyme, the biggest JP hiphop group and agreeably Beasties-ish.)
February 18, 2006
Blibb Blobb - the chiptune podcast (Some excellent chiptune mixing by TMB of Scoopex - latest release is Amiga AHX goodness.)
CreativeCommons.org: Davis Guggenheim's 'Teach' short film (My LegalTorrents project is providing BitTorrent hosting for this excellent film.)
Gamasutra: 'Schadenfreudian Slips: A Once And Future Thing' (Absolutely the favorite thing we post on Gamasutra every month - particularly 'Dung Ho!')
February 17, 2006
Cobalt Pet gets a Radio Havana Cuba shortwave pocket calendar (Oh, Fidel!)
SFGate: ' Hundreds attend mass pillow fight' (I think I heard my co-worker getting invited to this, the other day.)
Gamasutra: 'Anticipatory AI and Compelling Characters' ('Blumberg, the leader of developer Blue Fang (Zoo Tycoon)'s Synthetic Animal Team, and former director of the Synthetic Creatures Lab at MIT, discusses... building video game characters that are both "compelling and emotional".')
February 16, 2006
eBay: Atari Tempest arcade flyer, press release, folder (OMG, somewhat beautiful. )
NCSX: Pre-order FFXII special edition potions (Just $12.50 per, uhh, soda.)
Sci.fi.com: Andreas 'G'Kar' Katsulas passes away (Darn. He was unbelievably good in B5.)
February 15, 2006
Clive Thompson in New York Magazine on blogebrity (An excellent round-up of the state of blogging.)
Monorail Modeling - Puppy Mover Monorail (Enough said.)
GameSetWatch: 'Nintendo DS Hurting Children!' (Note to self: must get Frank to write for GSW more often.)
Surgery Records official site relaunch (The excellent idm label co-run by Tim 'Thug' Koch returns.)
February 14, 2006
Xbox.com: My Xbox Gamercard (Made it to 1000 achievement points, yay. Now to play XBLA games and not care about score.)
GameSetWatch: 'XOC Goes Mockugame-ary Soundtrack Crazy' (New album from 'SMW' game cover album genius XOC, and it's also... genius.)
NCSX: Harry Potter Wizard Chess ('...based on the big chessboard from the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone book and movie. The set is a replica of the Isle of Lewis ivory chess pieces which are currently on display in the British Museum in London.)
Archive.org: Badnem's Jahtari mix session (Oh, a mix of my favorite rasta Pac-Man netlabel, delightful!)
February 13, 2006
YouTube: All American-Rejects 'Move Along' video (Pop song of the year so far, vid beautifully directed by Marc Webb, who's partly responsible for My Chemical Romance's rise through his great direction.)
IFilm: Mega64's Prince Of Persia prank promo videos (Completely missed these, more Ubisoft-commissioned vids on their news page.)
TPOLM Lazy Sunday Radio for Feb is tomorrow (Some great idm artists DJ-ing/live - Brothomstates, Aisth, Esem, Machine Drum, etc.)
Snark Hunting: 'Johnny Depp Jumps the Snark' (Mm, 'Naturally Sweetened Chocolate Pearl Shaped Cereal with Pirate Shaped Marshmallows'. Via RW.)
Music Thing links to awesome YouTube synthtacular music vids (Omg, more Rick Wakeman solos, plz. )
Kaiju Shakedown's Grady Hendrix on his MSNBC 'Scarborough Country' appearance ('Public discourse has become a sport where everyone takes on a personality and acts outrageously because they want to be invited back. It wasn’t about debating the topics, it was about making yourself the best guest possible.')
February 12, 2006
Google Sightseeing on 'Stonefridge' ('Built using only human-power, the monument is now 2.5 fridges high.')
Yahoo Music's Ian C Rogers doing Yahoo! Music Engine playlists for the book 'The Mojo Collection' (Even better, the new version of YME has searchable/sharable playlists - search for 'Mojo' if you're a subscriber to get all of Rogers' Mojo Magazine playlists too. Here's more playlists from a Y! employee. I love it.)
CityRag: Some random guy's Maddox Jolie tattoo (Decline of Western etc.)
Cryptomundo: 'Is Curious George a cryptid?' ('Is Curious George an African cryptid ape? It is a small primate, lacking a tail, that walks upright most of the time like an Unknown Pongid.')
Cinematical: 'National Lampoon's Pucked' starring Jon Bon Jovi debuts in theaters (Uhh.... what?)
Google Video: Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson tries to trash a Toyota pick-up (Extremely fun, though not really meant to be on Google Video - via gwenix.)
Battle Of The Bits 'Winter Chip' chiptune competition (Includes a great new Aleksi Eeben track for C64.)
February 11, 2006
Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures releasing Danish 'Pusher' crime trilogy (Making some smart choices, he is.)
BioWare does profiles of IGF Neverwinter Nights mod finalists (This is a pleasant surprise - I'm pleased that we got mods in the IGF this year.)
YouTube: New Massive Attack video 'Live With Me' (Directed by Jonathan Glazer, via The-In.)
February 10, 2006
GameSetWatch: 'Killer 7 Gets Killer Interview On Killer Comic' (Like, killer.)
YouTube: Fun 'future of computing' touchscreen vid (From Jefferson Han, who is some kind of mad scientist.)
Gamasutra is covering the DICE Summit in Las Vegas (Trying to do it in actual sufficient detail, rather than over-rushed precis-es.)
February 09, 2006
ffwd: 'Bonhomie Revealed?' (My new post on working out who wrote The Register's pseudonymous anti-EFF rant. Controversy ahead?)
Yahoo! Music Blog: New version of Yahoo! Music Engine (Sounds like some useful fixes and enhancements, yay.)
Newgrounds.com opens PSP section (Small for now, but tomorrow - the world!)
Richard Cobbett on 'The Street Smart Writer' book (On writing scams, avoiding them.)
IHT/New York Times: 'Belly-flop of multi-tasking player' (Eric spoke to me for background on this article - oh, Gizmondo, how I love thee.)
February 08, 2006
Thud Rumble's 'Magnifrying Glass' DVD trailer (Q-Bert's company releases a Hawaiian chill-out visuals scratch practicing DVD. Weird.)
Archive.org: Bannister Boy - 'Lullabye' [drift005] (Excellent CC-licensed electronica from Drift.)
February 07, 2006
GameSetWatch: 'CSI Miami Gets Rare Retro Reference?' (Definitely on the odd side.)
RealityBlurred: 'Rebel Billionaire winner Shawn's LoveSac company files for bankruptcy' (We have an uber-cheesy pic of Shawn on our fridge, since he sent a presskit (Gamesac, man!) to work.)
CoolHunting.com interviews/gets live footage of mon ami Nullsleep (8BP forever and ever?)
February 06, 2006
Archive.org: 'ROGC: Under a Dim Crescent Moon (vol.1)' (Field recordings from Tibet - gorgeous, here's part 2.)
Mongoose Publishing: Claudia Christian playing Babylon 5 tabletop RPG in promo appearance (Via Loonyboi, who comments: 'Hey, maybe she's into pen and paper gaming, you never know. If not...she's in for a really nerdy time.')
Google Video: Tpolm demo-scene videos (Good vids from the seminal moomin-totin' demo group.)
February 05, 2006
AICN: Trailer for Jared Hess and Jack Black's 'Nacho Libre' ($100 million domestic, I'm betting. Watch me be tragically wrong. Via Twitch.)
WFMU: 'Sun Ra and The Blues Project Do Batman and Robin' (Wow, kids' LP freak out craziness!)
Fake Science - neat electronic online music store ($2 for singles and $5 for albums, from the Dub Beautiful folks.)
Monotonik: Ernesto Aeroflot - 'Strogloy: Everything Within' [mtk160] (CC-licensed skewed Finnish electronica, new on my net.label Monotonik, now almost 10 years old.)
Twitchfilm: The CG trailer for Norwegian movie 'Free Jimmy' (Simon Pegg voicing English version, sounds tripped out.)
SF Chronicle: Dave Barry on why newspapers are dead ('We can no longer compel people to pay attention. We used to be able to say, there's this really important story in Poland. You should read this. Now people say, I just look up what I'm interested in on the Internet.')
February 04, 2006
LA Times on designer arttoyfigure collecting (I successfully stop myself from buying these, generally - via RW.)
PaulDavidson.net: Mr. Six from Six Flags commercials revealed! (I always wondered who that guy was. Seriously. Via Evanier.)
Music Thing: 'Will Apple kill the cute little Lemur?' ("Aside from the fact that Jonathan Ive really can't draw hands", HAW!)
Gelf Magazine: 'Dog Food Snafu' (I really like Gelf's random world wrap-ups.)
Cryptomundo: 'Minnesota Mystery Cat Captured' (Imagine having that wandering around your neighborhood!)
Cinematical: Disney's 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' ride retooled to include movie references (Whoa, that's all Escher, or something.)
February 03, 2006
Gamasutra: ' Question of the Week Responses: Developer Consolidation' (Some really interesting answers here.)
Gawker on BBC America's announcement of Little Britain Series 3 in the U.S. (Series 2 was 8 trillion times grosser than Series 1 - this presumably continues the trend.)
Muppet Newsflash: Genndy Tartakovsky to direct "Power of the Dark Crystal" (I like the Henson Company's style of late, what with MirrorMask and this.)
February 02, 2006
NASA Astronomy pic of the day: a 'roll cloud' (About to break on the shore, or something - via FT.)
GameSetWatch: 'Barry Hatter Kicked Aside For Billy The Wizard?!' (No, Barry, don't go away!)
Gamasutra: 'Game Developer Feb. Issue Casually Blasts Guitar Hero, Jak X' (Thanks to the Harmonix guys, the cover rocks.)
February 01, 2006
GameSetWatch: 'Tengai Makyou's American Vacation' (Adorably imprecise geography alert!)
Blogtribe.org: Reviews in Japanese of every Monotonik release ever? (Wow, hardcore - anyone wanna translate?)