Onomatoplaya
How many games can you play while doing the activity depicted? Margaret Robertson comes up with a grand total of… Chocolate Castle!
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse
Over at FirstSecond books, comic artist George O’Connor shares his “Preparations for the Imminent Zombie Apocalypse.”
The Golden Compass: Mechanized Magic
Stephanie Zacharek reviews The Golden Compass: “Most of what’s magical about Pullman’s novel has been mechanized, obviously at great expense: It must cost a heap of dough to make animal figures look like they’re talking, and there’s barely an instant in The Golden Compass when you can’t hear […]
Fossilized Dino Discovered
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.
Tips
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.”
Giant Critters, So Tasty!
“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!
The Cultural Gutter 