This video featuring Michael Fassbender as Weyland Industries android David is part of the viral campaign for the movie Prometheus.
Happy Birthday David, Prometheus Viral Video
Caryn Sever Discusses Folk, Rock, and Murder
Caryn Sever is a singer-songwriter based out of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Sever recently met with to talk about how songs are crafted, how to score gigs, and how musicians are empowering themselves…
Typographic Anachronisms in Film – The Renaissance Anomaly
Do you notice the problems in the screenshot from Da Vinci’s Demons? A particularly interesting set of posts on Mark Simonson’s blog titled Son of Typecasting focuses on fonts used in film. Mark’s post Renaissance Anomaly stood out to me for pointing out the not-so-obvious errors in the image above.
Expedition 36 Soyuz TMA-08M Photograph Captures Retro Rockets Firing During Landing
Check this picture out, it’s a stunning shot of the today’s Expedition 36 Soyuz landing. You can see the retro rockets firing before impact.
Why Katharine Haché is Playing Games With Stories
Katharine Haché is a graduate student at East Tennessee State University that has developed interactive fiction using TWINE. We started our discussion talking about classic arcade games Burger Time and Mario Bros. Not unlike many of us who grew up in the 80’s, Katherine played those games with her parents. She pointed out how those early experiences helped generate fond family memories and affected her current interests in storytelling. Other points that were made in the interview pertained to the nature of video games, the publishing industry around them, and the tropes and clichés their stories often rely on.
Scale of the Universe
I saw this once before. Blew my mind then. They’ve since updated it. I’m still in awe.
Posted by Matt Scott
Reserve a Spot for the DC Drive-In at Union Market
DCist has a writeup on the newly announced DC summer drive-in movies at Union Market. Looks like there are plans to use the large white wall of the market to show movies! I’ll be walking over to catch these films. If you intend to drive there are extra spots available even though car spot reservations are all booked up.
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