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11.7.12

Embroidered Portraits: Cayce Zavaglia

Embroidered Portraits by Cayce Zavaglia

9.7.12

Japanese Manhole Covers

A prolific collection of Japanese manhole covers on Flickr.

4.7.12

I've just finished listening to friend and ex-colleague; Paul Houlihan's Podcast, the Paperockcast. Going strong at eight episodes, it's a good production with a relaxing if spirited 'on the couch' style discussion of games new and old- As well as finishing up with a regular Group gaming session... Check it out (explicit).

Movie Trailers

Compliance
Jack Reacher
To go with the re-do of Total Recall, it's a recall of Total Recall

War of the Worlds

I just recently finished H.G Wells' War of the Worlds and apart from being an absolutely fantastic (and recommended) read it reminded me of the equally great Orson Wells radio play of the same book was that of course rather controversially had a few people wondering if an alien invasion was imminent. Check out the 1938 Halloween broadcast...

Fair Go Bro!

In this new 'Fair Go Bro' Virgin campaign, meet Doug Pitt, the second most famous Pitt in his family.

Graphic Design

Studio Iamalwayshungry is rolling out 40 projects over 40 days (currently 10 in)

Animated posters and other great stuff by Iain Action on this dynamic website.

The Star Wars That I Used to Know

If you're familiar with the rather stunning Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know ' (featuring Kimbra) track and you're a Star Wars fan still smarting from the prequels, you might enjoy the below parody by teddiefilms

Videogame Trailers: TF2

TF2 (Team Fortress 2) is a great, free to play, multiplayer FPS (First Person Shooter) with a long history. My real interest in it is the art direction; which apart from a gorgeous, highly stylised design aesthetic carries over wonderfully into the various 'promo' videos which introduce each character. They are cartoonly violent, dark humoured and a stand out example of how to holistically create a video game universe and experience... and so enjoyable to watch.

The Pyro (above) has just been released but check out the other videos. Also, have a look at this interesting and powerful open source movie maker used by Valve to create these movies!