It's Not For Everyone

I liked this editorial in the Guardian, loosely touching on the Golden Globes but mostly picking at the rusty gilt veneer of the star system.

Theyre mugs, really, film stars. Sure, they are ludicrously well-paid for their success, and for accepting, encouraging and nurturing that sinister adulation reserved for human archetypes. But they are also particularly pampered, tethered goats, the front-of-house display for an industry that makes fortunes for many others, others who are much less obliged to present and foster "a public image", and much more able to keep their private lives private.

via Whod be a movie star? They are little more than pampered, tethered goats | Deborah Orr | Comment is free | The Guardian.

I got to play a large chunk of the entrants this year as a judge and it was really inspiring and great. The list of finalists is a list of what-to-play in the coming year.

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Vlambeer’s much loved Super Crate Box is now available on the iOS App store. Halfbot did an excellent job with the conversion.

Vlambeer’s smash hit SUPER CRATE BOX brings back the glory of the golden arcade age when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list! Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it’s time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can. Prepare for an arcade delight with tight controls, refreshing game mechanics, cracking retro art and a terribly hip chiptune soundtrack.

Super Crate Box won numerous awards, including prizes by IGN, EDGE, IndieGames.com and a nomination for ‘Excellence in Design’ by the Independent Games Festival. So far, over 85 million crates have been collected worldwide.

App Store – Super Crate Box.

Pingu's THE THING – YouTube.

Kaba 2 : Otomo Katsuhiro Art Book Coming Soon | Halcyon Realms – Link.

My Wife and I had our first date at a Weird Wednesday showing of The Magic Christmas Tree, a torturous kidsploitation movie. We watched it every year for our anniversary until we just couldn’t take it any more. Now it’s on rifftrax!

Christmas with RiffTrax featuring Magic Christmas Tree | RiffTrax.

From the soundtrack to our iPad adventure game in development, Thunderbeam, by The Octopus Project
The Enlightened Masters by The Octopus Project

via The Enlightened Masters by The Octopus Project on SoundCloud – Create, record and share your sounds for free.

From Vectorpark, the developer of the cool+bizarre Feed The Head (also available for the iPad).

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