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July 6, 2010
— ongoing project to abstract classic movie posters #
July 4, 2010
— I want to be in this guy’s head for just one day #
July 3, 2010
— hard to argue it’s lost income, since she almost certainly wouldn’t have bought the sheet music via @danbruno #
July 2, 2010
— this game looks amazing, reminiscent of Heart of Darkness and Out of This World #
— as Tom says, “You will hate this game.” via Tom Armitage #
— the company that manages death notices for many U.S. newspapers #
— very sad; just found out Robot Co-op’s shutting down 43 People, too #
— with screenshots and video; seems like the Facebook protests have passed, even if concerns remain #
July 1, 2010
— in an unfamiliar city, this should be incredibly useful #
— an interactive YouTube game via ensignau.tumblr.com #
— following his earlier strip on the MMR vaccine controversy #
— faster and simpler, though would still need an accessible option for the blind #
— don’t get him started on velociraptors via Laughing Squid #
— though his use of Jericho screenshots is like writing about art films with images from Scream 2 #
June 30, 2010
— video interview with several of the best carts #
— this guy’s very funny, totally deserves to win #
— appropriately, they announced the news via a rapping monkey #
— CalArts student Tyler Chen’s demented take on Nick Jr. via cartoonbrew.com #
— 12 film projects projected on a Brooklyn rooftop on Friday, July 9 #
— all of her CMYK work is just amazing #
June 29, 2010
— his second attempt at using the Echonest API to remake NIN songs with audio from Frasier episodes via musicmachinery.com #
— full TV seasons and iPhone/iPad streaming for $10/month #
— after entering a few favorites, the recommendations were unusually great #
— eight years in the making, Vivendi rescinded their cease-and-desist via Slashdot #
June 28, 2010
— “I want the one with the bigger GBs”; see the counterpoint #
— Quinn Norton interviews Famulus, creator of the Kickstarter-funded fusion reactor in Brooklyn #
— the creator added more background in the video description #
— obsessive, note-for-note recreation #
— rendered with Mandelbulber; don’t get lost #
— very impressive; also, iPhone’s World Clock in CSS #
— Derek Powazek on death, chaos, and gardening #
— the Swiss art duo made 605 framed drawings; see their other YouTube art or buy the shirt #
June 27, 2010
— multiplayer HTML5 Asteroids with Node.js, JQuery, and audio; source here #
— details on his quorum-sensing project, a more neutral take than the Fast Company profile #
— I’d like to see an interview with all his targets #
— two of my favorite studios team up on original IP for the DS and PS3; some scans #
June 21, 2010
— “We had a good run Bros.” #
— love the tributes from the staff, including Steven Johnson, Stefanie Syman, Clay Shirky, and Julian Dibbell via Kottke #
June 20, 2010
— anachronistic product concepts from people who definitely aren’t time travelers #
June 18, 2010
— in short, it really works; even more frictionless than Steam, this feels like the future #
— Russ DeMuth built a machine from scratch to play the obsolete audio format, recorded on 35mm film #
— my new favorite Pixar short, the 3D was used to great effect #
— insane videogame mashup based on a real dream #
June 17, 2010
— some great archival footage from the last eight presidents #
— adorable animated short about the Zodiac Killer, with a detailed look at how it was made via Laughing Squid #
— they also gave a grant to Cartoonist, Ian Bogost’s editorial cartoon game/authoring system #
— Twitter avatars compete as two armies of tiny soldiers via Indie Games+ #
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