If you’re interested, watch the short trailer for this really intense, upcoming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/19/an_inconvenient_trut.html
Then check out how quickly the collective petrochem companies are mobilizing (haha, pun intended) to smear the movie (and the environmental movement).
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/17/attack-on-gore/
Seriously, check out both links. It’s funny (and sad).
I finally went into Rockhound Cafe for the first time, after passing it a dozen times and making a few cockhound jokes.
It’s on Barton Springs, just east of Lamar, near the old Filling Station.
The food I had was awesome. They use really good bread and greens for their sandwiches.
Also, great music.
Make sure you check out the patio deck upstairs.
Another year, another E3. The best part was seeing friends. Additionally, I got to play some of the games I’m anticipating, including Spore. (The creature editor was tons of fun to play with and felt truly creative.) Assassin’s Creed has great art direction and looks intriguing…like Thief with a more open aggression. (Faster-paced play. Grounded Euro-medieval elements, but also with a whiff of the exotic, via Middle Eastern cities.)
Some pics, starting with me being a greenish goof:
Hellgate London…this game looks coincidentally *identical* to a pitch my team and I put together in 2004:
Some amazing ‘perspective’ sidewalk art that was in one of the main lobbies:
Another shot, featuring (I believe) the artist, Kurt Wenner:
Additional Kurt Wenner link:
E3 Sidewalk Art
I had to fly to LA twice last week, so I knocked out two totally lovely novels.
Monster Island by David Wellington: A zombie novel that manages to both hit the center of the genre and introduce innovative elements. I liked it.
Everyman by Philip Roth: My favorite living author has written another amazing novel, centered around one of the most fascinating, intense topics at hand…death. Highly recommended. (And if you haven’t read the Human Stain, you should.)
Yesterday, I flew to LA to participate in a panel hosted by MTV News, featuring Cliff B., Will Wright, David Jaffee and me. The event was held in an Hollywood/Melrose art gallery called 1988. (I got up on Monday morning at 5am, flew out for the show, then returned to Austin on the same day and got into bed by midnight; all in a day’s work…)
“i am 8 bit” is an art show dedicated to video game characters. This is the second year for the show, so they had something like 200 pieces.
The panel itself was fun. I feel lucky to have been invited. It should be on MTV News this week or next. (If anyone could Tivo it, I’d be eternally grateful. Let me know…)
Anyway, I thought I’d share some of my low-res photos. The artwork itself was amazing.
Will Wright (the Sims, Sim-City)
Me at “Gallery 1988”
David Jaffee (God of War) and Cliff Blezinski (Unreal)
Pac*Man in Heaven
My favorite…haunting Pac*Man and Q*Bert
Cool metallic Pac*Man ghost
Street Scene
One wall
Metroid Prime
Surreal Pac*Man
Link to the show (and access to credit for the artists involved):
i am 8 bit (Gallery 1988)