Re: your brains, by sf songster Jonathan Coulton, has been having its way with my headmeat like — well — the zombie who sings it would like to. Despite zombie fatigue, the corporate culture stuff is sharp.
How many games can you play while doing the activity depicted? Margaret Robertson comes up with a grand total of… Chocolate Castle!
Over at FirstSecond books, comic artist George O’Connor shares his “Preparations for the Imminent Zombie Apocalypse.”
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 […]
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.”
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