October 31, 2006
eBay: 'The Worlds Largest & Best Saved By The Bell Collection!' (There are no words.)
GameSetWatch: 'Welcome To New GSW Columnists!' (A round-up of the new alt.game columns we grabbed recently.)
Monotonik: Transient - 'Hexual Ceiling' [mtk174] (Latest on my net.label, 20 tracks of powerful good CC-licensed idm.)
GameSetWatch: '@ Play: Thou Art Early, But We'll Admit Thee' (Totally great column on obscure deaths in Nethack, innit?)
October 30, 2006
PopCultScanFun: 'Comic Books: He Said/She Said Comics Presents 'The Bill Clinton Story' (Oop, my weird scanning-stuff blog sputters back into life.)
Kircher Society: 'Polar Bears of the British Isles' (Tracing 'the provenance of every stuffed polar bear in the entire British Isles.' Riight.)
Quick Stop: 'Trailer Park: Can You Handle A Lot Of Dick?' (Wow, Andy Dick is mad at stuff.)
GSW: 'COLUMN: 'Might Have Been' - Tiny Tank' (Another neat new column for GSW - thanks, folks.)
Linkbunnies spots clips/preview for Hot Fuzz (Yay, next movie from the Spaced/Shaun Of The Dead guys, lest we forget. Oh, also, Danger: 50,000 Zombies - that's not legal to host, but it's good, GooTube.)
October 29, 2006
Richard Dawkins' tour journal in support of 'The God Delusion' (Haven't read the book, but I greatly appreciated his documentary - via Kottke.)
Judge Dredd - Banned In Britain? (Fast food nation - via Journalista.)
LA Times: 'Fox scales back 'Borat' movie's opening' (Another blow for Kazakhstan.)
DVD Savant: 'The Bollywood Horror Collection Vol.1' (Basically, everything in the world ever is on DVD nowadays.)
Defective Yeti on the Burger King yeti that wasn't ('Now the Wampa Ice Creature is being recast as an adorable, pocket-size moppet? Where will it end?')
October 28, 2006
Gamasutra: 'Playing Catch Up: Spaceward Ho!'s Joe Williams' (Alistair Wallis has restarted the column recently, and it rocks, yay.)
GSW: 'Oh Em Gee Best Imaginary Game Soundtracks Ever' (Virt gets funky.)
Gamasutra: 'Hot Coffee's Effects on the Mod Scene' (Chilling effects for modders, unfortunately.)
October 27, 2006
GSW: 'BUZZ Words: Nintendo's Fatal Success' (Oh, Buzz, now you've done it!)
Gamasutra: 'Gamers On Trial: The ECA's Hal Halpin on Consumer Advocacy' (Nice to see someone stepping up.)
GSW: 'EXCLUSIVE: Vince Desi's Demented Cameo In The Postal Movie' (I have no mouth but I must scream.)
The Film Crew is back and doing DVDs for Shout Factory starting next year (As near as dammit to MST3K, yay.)
October 26, 2006
Reuters: "Paris Syndrome" leaves Japanese tourists in shock (I think this is absolutely hilarious.)
VentureBeat: Mercury News [to cut] 101 staff (Suck - I hope/presume Takahashi and Antonucci aren't affected.)
Pink Tentacle on 'How to catch a skyfish' (Those darn things keep whizzing by my head.)
Music Thing: 'OMG! Belinda Bedekovic is playing with Borat!' (Hot keytar action.)
October 25, 2006
Neomarxisme: 'White Dogs and Kyushu: Japan's Greatest Travel Ads' (We saw these ads in Japan, and they were totally cute.)
New Sony Bravia paint ad directed by Jonathan Glazer (Via Google Sightseeing, which has spotted the estate used, of course.)
TCJ: 'A Comics Reader's Guide to Manga Scanlations' (Dirk Deppey is a bit of a God, really.)
The Smoking Gun on Iggy Pop's hilarious tour rider (Oh my God this is so readable - via Gaiman.)
Wizard talks 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier' with Alan Moore (I think Moore should, like, not answer his phone and switch to email.)
October 24, 2006
Flickr: Monotonik artist Planet Boelex playing the Wired launch party in Second Life (Neeto - here's the background info - couldn't make it cos I was at a (real-life, not WoW, thank god) wedding, but yay.)
The Comics Journal reviews Dork #11 (Worth it for The Prisoner gag strip alone.)
Adult Swim: J Dilla 'Nothing Like This' music video (V.bizarre/fun music vid - via Cartoon Brew.)
Res Magazine is halting, to restart with 'revised subscription information'. (Uhoh, I really like the mag and its add-on DVD for quirky music vid goodness - IndieWire has some info, layoffs and 'a hybrid print/dvd/internet publication' in 2007?)
Snark Hunting: 'A Tale of Two Utilities' (Ugh, stop with the vague modernistic company naming, already.)
October 23, 2006
Village Voice: 'Six Originals, Five Parodies, and a Polka' (My favorite white & nerdy rapper (I presume!) talks to an idol?)
wlt.thinksOutLoud: 'TED Videos' (Some nice highlights from the crazy-expensive inspirational conf's wackiness.)
GameSetInterview: 'Shael Riley on I, Mario' (On the Internet trying to reimagine Mario as a study in 'Abject, alien terror'. )
Phlow.de spots the Monotonik 10-year compilation (Heh, they think it's cute we never redesign our webpage - that's a Googlefished version - here's the actual German version.)
Archive.org: The Cylinder Transfer Archive (Including 'Abide With Me' from 1902, marvellous!)
October 22, 2006
Alan's Mojave Airport Weblog: 'A MiG Blows In' (V.cool aircraft.)
Dan Vado on 20 Years Of Slave Labor Graphics (Talking of which, I couldn't get Dork #11 in my local comic store, even though it's about a mile away from SLG HQ. Aw. [Via Dorkin.])
Ifilm Beta has the first season of Aeon Flux streamable on demand (I really like their new Flash-friendly layout - via Andy.)
Teevee.org: Mike Nelson interview on RiffTrax (Lazyweb request for Microsoft - make MP3s mixable into DVD audio on Xbox 360, so we can listen to Rifftrax easily!)
BBC News: ' Grace Jones joins record attempt' ('Pop star, ex-Bond girl and model Grace Jones has agreed to star in an event which aims to break a world record for the largest "same surname" gathering.' In Wales!)
b3ta: Cyriak's animation mix (I wonder if the b3ta school will be discussed by art historians? Via Jon.)
October 21, 2006
GameSetWatch: 'Cinema Pixeldiso' – Super Mario Movie(s) (Some really nice custom screencaps here, too!)
Gamasutra: 'Question of the Week: Do Games Industry Professionals Buy Their Games New or Used?' (An interesting conundrum.)
October 20, 2006
GSW: 'Some Random Tidbits From PS3 Gamer Day' (What I did today, Pt.3.)
Gamasutra: 'Opinion: Sony Shows Its Online Stripes' (What I did today, Pt.2.)
Gamasutra: 'Breaking: Sony PlayStation 3 Press Conference Coverage' (What I did today, Pt.1.)
October 19, 2006
Gamasutra: 'Probability for Game Designers' (Totally entertaining game design article from Tyler Sigman.)
GameSetWatch: 'Gizmondo Exec Skips Plea Bargain, Denies Dietrich' (Noooo! Dieeeetrich!)
YouTube: Jay-Z - 'Show Me What You Got' ('What d'ya want me to do? I'm sorry - I'm back!' Damn, Danica Patrick vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr. racing Ferraris around Monaco in the video, and insane Just Blaze production on the track - I bow to you, Sir.)
October 18, 2006
The Triforce: 'Stalking the Users #1: The Reveal, Part 2' (The very odd gamesblog stalks one of its readers. To Norway! Nice idea.)
GSW: 'PS3 E-Distribution - First Games Revealed' (Looking forward to an XBLA alternative, I am.)
Gamasutra: 'Beyond Machinima: Rudy Poat and John Gaeta on the Future of Interactive Cinema' (The Matrix's 'bullet time' Oscar winner is using real-time game engines to make movie sequences - all kinds of wacky.)
October 17, 2006
GSW: 'Constance Steinkuehler on MMOs as Third Places' ('Many of my academic colleagues I only know online. Does that mean they’re somehow "less" colleagues than others? ')
Gamasutra: 'The Secret History of Lionhead: Molyneux, Webley Get Honest' (A piece I wrote on Lionhead's LGS talk, which was _very_ honest.)
ffwd: October, A Return To Peace & Quiet? (A quick update on my main blog with some notes on an upcoming GDMag & my recent schedule.)
October 16, 2006
YMU Playa: My YMU Playlist Mix: 'The Danger Of The Mouse' (Over on my Yahoo! Music Unlimited blog, playlisting Danger Mouse-produced tracks.)
Archive.org: Christopher Whaley - 10 Years Of Monotonik - The Mix [mtk173] (The 10th anniversary of my net.label begets a special CC-licensed mix of classic tracks.)
GSW: '@ Play: ToeJam & Earl, The Roguelike That's Not An RPG' (John Harris' is one of my fave GSW columns.)
October 15, 2006
EW PopWatch: 'Hey Slash, why you gotta plug your amp up in that car?' (More to the point, Spinal Tap ad!)
Pink Tentacle: 'Aiterrarium: Remote-control gardening' (Everything's gone all hands-off.)
Shifted Librarian: 'Shifting Media Habits Means DRM Hell' (A spot-on rant on today's practical DRM hassles.)
TV Squad: 'Complete first season of SNL coming to DVD' (Pretty cool.)
October 14, 2006
UK DVD recommendation: 'Time Team: The Best Of' (The absolutely awesome UK investigative archaelogy show, fronted by Baldrick - as good a science show as Mythbusters.)
Gamasutra: 'What's Wrong with the Games Industry (And How to Make It Right)' (A little controversy never hurt anyone - this is from a development perspective.)
Entertainment Weekly: Borat Q&A/cover story (There's more pictures, too, for his EW cover shoot - oh my.)
October 13, 2006
Wired Blog: 'Table Of Malcontents' (Lore Sjoberg on weird stuff - a must bookmark! Wired.com is waay stepping up its blog frequency now it got bought back by Wired.)
Gamasutra: 'Nintendo, AILive Team For Wii Remote AI Tool' (Particularly check out the tutorial video.)
Yahoo! Photo Gallery: Borat in Paris (My wife says she wants a Borat calendar - I can't disagree.)
Gamasutra: 'Playing Catch Up: Habitat's Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer' (The creators of the seminal virtual world talk.)
EW: ''Extras' preview: Rockers Bowie and Martin self-deprecate' (Yes, the Patrick Stewart cameo is Season 1 is absolute genius, as a commenter notes.)
October 12, 2006
PaidContent: 'Interview: NME.com Plans To Break America+, Editor Ben Perreau' (Kinda... odd.)
Gamasutra: 'Tomb Raider and the Genre of Stealth' (Some interesting but odd analysis - on Internet keywords for in-game actions?)
Gamasutra: 'The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: Role-Playing Games' (Plenty of worthy winners!)
SJ Merc: Nvidia may move into the vacant San Jose skyscraper by our house (I can stroll over and peer in the windows at PS4 graphics chips!)
October 11, 2006
GSW: 'GameSetCompetition: Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins!' (Back from London, but too jetlagged/tired to blog here too - try Gamasutra & GSW for now - you could even win stuff, heh.)
October 10, 2006
Archive.org: Netwaves Episode 1 MP3 ('A short history of netlabels with a focus on the netlabel Monotonik; interviews with Gschmidt and Northbound' - neat!)
October 06, 2006
Food recommendation: Red Fort, Soho, London (Lots of meedja types, v. nice curry tho!)
October 05, 2006
Gamasutra: '2006 London Games Festival: Coverage Overview' (What I am doing/overseeing - looots of write-ups from ze UK!)
Monotonik: Flutterspot's 'Labmat' CC-licensed net.label release (Some neeto Finnish idm goodness on my net.label.)
October 04, 2006
PopCultScanFun: 'Comic Books: Marvel Age on Sam & Max' (Obscurity from my random comic boxen, spewed onto the Internet, yum.)
LegalTorrents: Added 'The Artscene' episode from BBS Documentary (CC-licensed version of the episode from the great 3xDVD documentary - go buy the whole thing if you like it!)
Off to the London Games Festival (Last international travel for a bit, fortunately - will crosslink Gama/GSW posts here.)
CSM: 'Backstory: The mismatched 'Mythbusters'' (Some good background here - via lotsapeople.)
Journalista: 'EXTRA: Harlan Ellison sues Fantagraphics' (In case you missed it, Journalista is freakin' awesome.)
October 03, 2006
Kaiju Shakedown: 'Valley Of The Wolves Coming To America' (Oh boy, look out for the firestorm.)
Guardian UK: 'We are unable to console one another. Is there hope?' ('What happened when elusive author Lemony Snicket teamed up with allusive musician Stephin Merritt?')
Kircher: 'The Dinner Table Railroad of Gaston Menier' (Food foooood!)
Pink Tentacle: 'Robot pony: Sega’s new dream pet' (Hate to say 'only in Japan', but...)
Conceptart.org: Alex Toth criticizes a Jonny Quest comic by Steve Rude (Ohmy, grumpy! Via D.Wolk.)
October 02, 2006
Video WatchBlog: 'Pop Gear on Flix' (Holy Jimmy Saville, Batman!)
Poynter: 'Kitson boutique owner is Us Weekly's first reverse stalker' (We have an Us Weekly subscription, I find it almost fascinatingly cultlike.)
Twitch: 'INTERVIEW AND ARM WRESTLING MATCH WITH TONY JAA' (I'm all in favor of the faux-gonzo.)
Antville: Guitar vader : "Morisson house" (Antville has too many good music vids to grok.)
Kathy Griffin blogging on the Gold Rush site (Here's the show info - it's all very vaguely virtual and ARG-y.)
October 01, 2006
DVD Savant reviews 'Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection' (A Best Buy exclusive, weirdly. And great escapism, to boot.)
Elizabeth Spiers: 'Books Based on Magazines' (Not being American, I didn't read Spy, but I'm interested in this, esp. if it was 'modeled loosely on the British magazine Private Eye'.)
Brad Sucks with video of Ochi “Dainoji” Yosuke (...who is the newish Air Guitar World Champion - also, someone should do an article on GoldenPalace.com's marketing department, who are sponsoring, I note.)
Muppet Newsflash: 'I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas?' (New Muppets Xmas album: 'A Green (and Red) Christmas'. Swedish's Chef's 'Christmas Smorgasbord'!)
YouTube: Freezepop's 'Parlez-Vous Freezepop?' video (And now these guys are very vaguely MTV-affiliated, too - via Paul Boutin.)