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Halo 3: ODST Retrospective

Halo 3: ODST was Bungie’s grand experiment that paved the way for Destiny • Eurogamer.net Video game developers, of course, try their hand at architecture all the time, and Bungie’s Halo games have always sported the grandest constructions. In the vast Forerunner structures at the backbone of Master Chief’s adventures you’ve got quite possibly the […]

Worst Gaming Nightmare

SNES preservation project “dead” after $10k of games lost in the post • Eurogamer.net The package made the journey from Frankfurt to Byuu’s home state of New Jersey, but after this was lost by the USPS. It was the second of five planned shipments of games from a European collector, who has now been left […]

Art Store Only Sells Jerry Maguire On VHS

The best video store in the world carries only one movie / Boing Boing Everything Is Terrible!is an LA based art collective that has amassed the world’s largest collection of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes.This absurd piece of long form performance art has been achieved solely through fan donations, with a current total of approximately 14,000 […]

Kickstarter Aims To Make Game Out Of Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now: a game based on the classic Vietnam war film by Erebus LLC — Kickstarter Apocalypse Now: a game based on the classic Vietnam war film Authorized game adaptation from key team members of titles such as Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2, Far Cry, and a host of RPGs Authorized game adaptation from key […]

HudMo on his Watchdogs 2_ work

Hudson Mohawke on ‘Watch Dogs 2’ Score and ‘Metal Gear’ – Glixel I think it’s very important for my workflow to have a console set up in the studio. If my mind wanders for a bit, I’ll just switch on the PlayStation and play some FIFA or NBA and take my mind off things. Certainly […]

Gavras, the man behind your favorite video

Romain Gavras breaks down his astounding Jamie xx video | Dazed Gavras started making music videos after becoming frustrated with short films. “Nobody gives a shit about short films,” he says bluntly, “You do a short film circuit and it’s the most depressing thing.” His breakthrough came when he immersed himself the nascent European electro […]

Macross Arcade View

The Future Of Video Games, As Imagined By An 80’s Cartoon There’s just something about it that feels real. The game may be fictional, but it exists within a very believable framework, from its camera work to its controls. This isn’t just fantasy, it’s something that the creators thought through, projecting a dream video game […]

Frank Ocean interview with NY Times

Frank Ocean Is Finally Free, Mystery Intact – NYTimes.com Having emerged from the ether with fanfare, Mr. Ocean returned to it quietly, his mystery intact. Not that you would be able to sense the swirl of curiosity that surrounds him by his demeanor. During conversations over two days last month — edited excerpts are below […]

AAA Sequels Are Falling

Watch Dogs 2 launch sales nowhere near Watch Dogs 1 • Eurogamer.net The past few weeks have seen a number of high-profile sequels fail to hit the high sales watermark of their predecessors. Watch Dogs 2 joins a list of Titanfall 2, Dishonored 2 and even the aforementioned Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. It’s a […]

Why Akira Matters

Nice piece about the cultural & technical relevance of Akira in film, animation, Japan & popular culture.  Years later, this film still holds his own. http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/31328/1/akira-anime-studio-ghibli-kanye-west-michael-jackson-pop-culture  

Friends with a Forbes Editor always Helps

With a big Forbes story now slated for imminent publication, the company was in a race to acquire enough of a patina of substantiality to merit prominent coverage in America’s most famous business magazine. “It was crazy,” BamBrogan recalls. “We’re spending time finding the right industrial space that we want to grow into but also […]