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Speaking of dinosaurs, paleontologists have discovered a dinosaur with nearly intact skin. Preliminary analysis indicates that the hadrosaur was likely striped and its butt was 25% larger than previously thought, which might mean that Godzilla’s butt is 25% more realistic than previously thought.
Making an indie videogame? Some advice about graphics, starting with this basic tip: “If you are a programmer and can only make squares, make a game that uses squares as graphics. It worked for Tetris and it can work for you.”
“In early ’90s Japan, mobs of hungry primeval men hunted gigantic prehistoric creatures in a series of fanciful ‘Cup Noodle’ commercials featuring stop-motion animation by Kim Blanchette.” And Pink Tentacle has video!
Read 61 pages of post-Rapture Chicago with a Raven and a Mummy from Therefore, Repent!, a graphic novel written by the Gutter’s founding editor and former Evil Overlord, Jim Munroe.
Are you geeky? Geeky enough to enjoy Beowulf in any form? Geeky enough to hear it recited in Old English? Geeky enough to watch Benjamin Bagby accompany his recitation with the Anglo-Saxon lyre? Dang, I’m impressed! Thanks to Greg Kamiya and his Salon essay, Beowulf vs. The Lord […]
Some months back I wrote a column about Georgette Heyer, who re-imagined Jane Austen’s Regency era and popularized it for modern audiences. The Regency period, 1811-1820, refers to the years of King George III’s insanity, when his son, the Prince of Wales, was Regent of England in his […]
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