August 2011
Watch(via Game Art: Tatiana Beaudouin, Marianne Doncieux, Charlotte Fremont, Joby Harding, Phil Jones, Arthur Villiers-Moriame and Eva Virlouvet’s “ALL YOUR PONT ARE BELONG TO US” (2011) - gamescenes)
What a fun looking physical/digital game! I wonder how hard it actually is to play?
>> BELLYFLOP - Powered by CO.CC →
“BELLYFLOP is a Southern California gallery space, theater, concert hall, disco, opera house, laboratory, auditorium and space of worship that appears as a full-water 10 ft.-deep swimming pool with diving board. BELLYFLOP emphasizes projects with ideas and executions that take risks, whether they glide smoothly or result in a mid-torso redness. Like the white cube galleries and black box...
“Chicago • Raised in a $1.5 million Barrington Hills, Ill., home by their...”
– Adult children’s ‘bad mothering’ lawsuit dismissed | The Salt Lake Tribune
Um, seriously?
Watch(via video: St. Vincent – “Cruel” | GORILLA VS. BEAR)
I like St. Vincent.
TIGSource » TIGArchive » TIGJam 4: October 20th to... →
I would lo-ove to be at this game jam, but all my (current) game-making skills are physical, and not so-computery. But if you’re around Mountainview this October, you should sign up!
“The “Mr. Fusion Home Energy Converter,” which is sitting on the Delorean when...”
– Things You Should Know About Back to the Future | Motherboard
BTTF is one of my favorite movies ever. There were some bits of trivia in this article that I’d never heard before! Delightful.
“If this version of the festival is indeed cancelled, I say we take back our...”
– Sunset for the junction? | Gelatobaby
Alissa Walker’s response to the end of Sunset Junction is a pretty good one.
Your Urgent Mission: →
Internet, I will keep this brief, but I am asking a favor of you!
If you have Twitter, could you kindly retweet this so my friend Mathew Kumar can host the IGF awards? If he gets 200 RTs, he might get to share his razor-sharp wit with an audience of several thousand game designers (and the world). If you want PROOF of his brilliance, check out his (nsfw for language) keynote for Gamercamp 2010!
the Simon Carless experience » Welcome To The New... →
Simon wrote an interesting article about curation. As Tumblr readers, you might be interested, seeing as how Tumblr’s platform is inherently curatorial (adjusts suspenders)!
“When a Follower thinks they’ve discovered the Leader, they adjust their...”
– REVEL | A Challenge by Jason Eppink
Internet! What’s your dream for your neighborhood? Ever think of a world where you actually CAN borrow sugar from a neighbor? Or actually meeting strangers and turning your city into a massive playground? You can do it!
Submit your dreams, or your...
Diving Boards
Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatics Centre (2012)
David Hockney’s A Bigger Splash (1967)
Diving Board at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark.
The Sweat Spot LA - Ryan Heffington's Dance Space →
I recently had (minor) surgery on my hand, which means that I have to take a month or so off from yoga (my favorite spot is Urth in Echo Park-any class with Keric, Billy, or Katie is amazing). I was feeling kinda bummed about the prospect of staying sedentary until I’ve got a doctor’s go-ahead to downward dog again. My roommate suggested that I check out dance classes at The Sweat...
Mixest Offers Dead-Simple Music Discovery for... →
Because Spotify is great, but it’s no good if I don’t know who to listen to.
Pew Internet Study: ’13% of cell owners pretended... →
I’m surprised this number is as low as it is.
mental_floss Blog » Back to the Future Co-Creator... →
If you’re a die-hard BTTF fan like me, this question will have crossed your mind.
Museum Miles: The Past and Future Of Public Art In... →
An awesome primer on the public artworks and public art organizations in New York.
Walking Tour of Boyle Heights →
I’ve always wanted to do one of Trekking L.A.’s walking tours, but at $25 a pop, admission is kind of pricey, right? But if you feel like splurging, you might be into this walking tour of Boyle Heights. It takes place this Sunday, at 3pm.
Boyle Heights is currently known as the center of Mexican American culture in Los Angeles. But this wasn’t always the case – this neighborhood...
Amazing 3D recording by Pogo (headphones required)... →
Headphones required for this one, friends. I’ve been following Pogo and his audio/visual mashups of Disney movies (turns out he had a deal with Disney, anyone else would probably be in sue-city for such a thing), and this binaural mashup of Up was certainly worth a listen.
3D audio (aka binaural audio) is yet to become massively popular, but it somehow seems way cooler than 3D visuals....
Watch(via Exclusive Look at Adventure Time’s Latest Trippy Episode | Underwire | Wired.com)
Adventure Time is so goodhearted, wildly funny, and beautifully drawn. If you were a fan of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, A.T. will probably be right up your alley.
