Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Heavy Rain

I can not wait to play this game.
Heavy Rain is in the same style as XBox game Indigo Prophecy, which blew my mind.
What set Indigo Prophecy apart from other games was its cinematographer engine.  Rather than a free floating camera, it would actually pick camera angles for you.  This made the game look much [...]

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The Guild

Frankly, I don’t even remember how I came upon this video:

Which lead me to The Guild, an online sit com about a guild called The Knights of Good in a “generic” (Warcraft) MMO.  It was created by Felicia Day in an attempt to turn her WoW addiction into something productive.  Mission accomplished.
The show started in [...]

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Star Wars ASCII Animation

Nothing like Star Wars reanimated in ASCII text.
From ASCIImation.

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Avatar

I can’t believe the resistance I’m getting from my friends to see this.
“It’s over hyped”… “It won’t be any good”… “I’ve never hear of it”…
Seriously?  It’s James Cameron.  It’s 3D.  It’s the first movie to be specifically shot in 3D.
If it were 1927 they’d be bitching after I suggested we go see The Jazz Singer.
“It’s [...]

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Black List 2009

Hollywood’s 2009 Blacklist has been announced.  Nikkie’s got the whole list.  If you don’t know about the Blacklist, it is the list of various Hollywood executive’s favourite unproduced scripts.
Highlights for me are number 2, number 3, and number 28.
Number 2 is The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin.  Yes, THAT Aaron Sorkin.  I read a review [...]

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Channel 101

In researching my favourite new show Community (Thursdays 8pm on NBC), I stumbled upon another project of creator Dan Harmon: Channel 101.
Here’s how it breaks down:  someone makes a 5 minute pilot for a tv show.  Anyone can submit.  It is reviewed by Channel 101 and generally rejected.  That’s okay, anyone can make and submit [...]

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