On Thursday's episode, Zadi talked to Peter Brauer and Juan Carlos Piñeiro, the director and producer of Second Skin, a film about MMOs. The film goes way beyond the video game addiction that gets so much attention in traditional press and covers the social aspects of games, both virtually and in real life. World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest create worlds where players can truly come as they are, or take on entirely different personas. Second Skin asks whether or not our lives are really becoming encapsulated inside these virtual worlds.
IGN utilized Google Map's engine to create a huge, zoomable map of Liberty City. It comes complete with various Points of Interests and other useful information. And the best part is, anybody can contribute their own discoveries on the map (here's the guide). Very cool.
My only gripe is the map itself appears to be a scan of the poster they give out with the game. It would be awesome if Rockstar released a digital, pixel-perfect map with my favorite Google Map feature -- Street View.
Because when you look down at cars passing by on the highway of life, you totally think of guitar hero! I do! :)
Look, I am not a f**king retard like Michael Bay, or other people running around in the business... or Eli Roth making the same shitty movies over and over again.
The infamous director Uwe Boll, best known for his unpopular video game adaptations, has responded to the online petition that seeks to permanently stop him from making movies.
Whether or not this video is a joke, it's so good that it almost, almost excuses him for whatever filmmaking sins he may have committed. Regardless, somebody out there listened to him and created a pro-Boll petition, which as of right now, has about 800 signatures. The anti-Boll petition, on the other hand, recently passed the 150,000 signature mark. Good luck Boll, I look forward to your next response video.
Just received a message from Vance (Behold the Mundane) alerting me to these super cool Super Mario Drum Pads for Rockband! He and his friend/co-creator Jennifer toiled long and hard on these, so show some love. There are also Flickr pictures.
[Thanks Vance]
