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The One Ring

I was really surprised to see this arrive: The One Ring This is the latest game based around The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The art is simply…
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It’s full of stars

Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo. Absolutely breathtaking. And if we ever got some decent weather (and I had a decent camera), I'd like to do some more time-lapse…
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Resonance

On TV, on your phone and online through music and games Something is happening The way people create and engage in stories is changing Resonance is a grand narrative told…
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RIP Six Flags New Orleans 2000-2005

Six Flags New Orleans is an amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The park is located in Eastern New Orleans,…
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Current Inspirations

Portal - for the non-violent nature of it and the neat teleportation physics puzzles. And removing half of the stupid ways to die. And for this. Mirror's Edge on iPad…
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Primer: One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies

Shane Carruth, writer and director of the lo-fi scifi flick Primer, has uploaded the entire film to Google Video so you can watch it for free. The plot is quite…
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Superheroes

In terms of special effects, I'd love to know how they do the superhero style special effects like in in Hancock and more recently, an EMINEM video (forward to about…
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THE RAVEN

THE RAVEN is a short film, looking a little like a far future version of The 23rd Letter. This made it a lot of fun to watch and I'd love…
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Boom!

Via @hitman2victor: "If a Tunguska event happened over Belfast most of the City would be obliterated." Using the High Yield Detonation Effects Simulator: Be a terrible shame, eh?
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Left4Dead, on Expert

"It's a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, I can't be held accountable for my actions!!!!" Some of us (me, Savage_MF, kinnygraham and Pulse4333) have been playing this in the evenings and I must…
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Dectet

The Decktet is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike ordinary poker and tarot decks, meaning that you can do different things with…
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Government scrambles to conceal UFO

On June 20th, there was a report of a UFO over England. Today the BBC announced that it was a 'glow lantern' and not actually an observer from another world.…
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Lucky Ringo

Greg Stolze writes on his web page: What I learned ... is that the best creative partnerships are the ones where each of you thinks the other guy is doing…