If you haven’t played the slightly bizarre but charming point and clicky type adventure game Samorost then go and play now.
Its a fairly short affair but the mixture of images and animation along with the brilliant soundtrack make for a slightly surreal but great little diversion.
An interesting Open Source Movie I found recently when hunting around the Internet Archive.
This has been created using the footage of the famous silent movie The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, whilst providing entirely new soundtracks.
Eleven composers collaborated in Exquisite Corpse fashion to produce two brand new soundtracks for the German Expressionist Classic The Cabinet Of [...]
Just a reminder that Don Hertzfeldt is a genius.
If you haven’t seen it, you really should.
Wormwood is a mystery audio drama with exceptionally high production values (although they slip a little here and there) avaialable for free via podcast. Check the site for RSS/iTunes links.
When a strange vision of murder sends him to a small town to investigate, Dr. Xander Crowe discovers that Wormwood is no ordinary town. Secrets lurk [...]
This model is bloody superb!
As soon as I feel insane enough to sit down with a load of paper and glue for several hours swearing quietly to myself I will build it.
My daughter reached the grand age of 2 today.
I really can’t believe two years have passed so quickly and the difference it has made to her.
Happy birthday Sophie.
Drawspace is a site created by the self educated artist Brenda Hodinott who has taught drawing and written books on the subject.
The site contains a lot of few tutorials on drawing and drawing techniques plus a very friendly community of artists and beginners.
If you are interested in drawing or just fancy doodling a few pictures, [...]
H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds – Comic adaptation
This has been available to read for free online for some time now but it’s still worth a mention.
From the pen of legendary science fiction author and futurist, H.G. Wells, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present their adaptation of the most famous science fiction novel [...]
Marvel is entering the digital age and providing a subscription service to read their comic books online.
For a short time there are 250 free sample comics which can be accessed through the site. I’ve tested out the service and the viewing and navigation is really quite well done, reminds me a little of the online [...]
Joost if you haven’t already heard about it, and if you haven’t you must have been living under an internet rock, is the latest venture from the founders of Skype and Kazaa.
Joost is a system for distributing video content via p2p technology. The upshot of this is you get free TV channels/shows to watch on [...]
