Codefellas
Here’s the first episode Wired’s new animated webseries about the NSA, Codefellas.
The Algorithm of Success
The New York Times has a piece on the statistical quest for a sure thing box office hit. Meanwhile, The AV Club pans Netflix’s original series, very much grounded in algorithms, Hemlock Grove: “The genius of Netflix’s computer-programmed, demographic targeting approach to TV is that it doesn’t need […]
RIP, Jack Klugman
Actor Jack Klugman has died. Klugman is probably best known for his roles on the tv shows The Odd Couple and Quincy, M.E. and he had roles in classic tv series such as The Twilight Zone, Inner Sanctum, Playhouse 90 and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. His last role was […]
Warriors of the Unknown
Warriors of the Unknown is an animated series featuring gamers whose characters jump from server to server in pursuit of a mysterious hacker while mixing up game genres. You can sample the first episode here.
Camera Obscura
A young woman releases demons and then has to trap them up again with her grandfather’s camera in the webseries, Camera Obscura. The trailer looks promising.
Guild’d
What happens when a young woman named Felicia Day decides to make a webseries about online gamers and their socially maladjusted SoCal hijinx? Log on and get Guild’d. (and occasionally, Wil Wheaton’d). Here’s season 3.
The Cultural Gutter 