I’m not usually one who slavishly follows the presentations at E3 and general pre-release coverage of games – I’m usually happy with a summary, a few screenshots and a release date. But this Fallout sequel has had me worked up a bit, half with anticipation and half with skepticism to what Bethesda would do with the rights to the concept. But after watching the new official trailer and the gameplay demo from Microsoft’s press conference below I must say anticipation is winning over doubt.

Bethesda have obviously reworked the gameplay from its original isometric, turnbased form – and I can already smell the shitstorm the usual bunch of change-fearing gamers are starting to stir up about that – but judging by the videos and images I’ve seen my opinion is that it’s all in the right directions while keeping the spirit of the series in all other areas. What a Fallout game should look like in 2008, in short. But I guess I’ll have to see about that in October.

Found this couple of days ago. Eerie but nice short, directed by Christian Simmons for a project of the Savanna College of Art and Design. It has a feel that I can only describe as, well, very slipstream.

Check their SCADshorts site for more info, high quality version and links to their earlier monthly releases of short films.

Now for that request: I’m looking for the title of an animated short, and I haven’t been able to feed Google with the right combination of words. It’s probably best described as a cut-out/stop-motion hybrid centered on a train, made by folding and cutting printouts from classic live action films (which then play on the created objects). It was made by a German group.

I got to see it during the two week introduction course to traditional animation which was one of many things I got to do at art school this last year, and it would be fun to see it again.

Found this couple of days ago. Eerie but nice short, directed by Christian Simmons for a project of the Savanna College of Art and Design. It has a feel that I can only describe as, well, very slipstream.

Check their SCADshorts site for more info, high quality version and links to their earlier monthly releases of short films.

Now for that request: I’m looking for the title of an animated short, and I haven’t been able to feed Google with the right combination of words. It’s probably best described as a cut-out/stop-motion hybrid centered on a train, made by folding and cutting printouts from classic live action films (which then play on the created objects). It was made by a German group.

I got to see it during the two week introduction course to traditional animation which was one of many things I got to do at art school this last year, and it would be fun to see it again.

I thought I had outgrown such things (not that I ever really was that much into it), I must say there’s something about Nightwish’s ye olde end of the world ballad. At least in combination with that quaility video. It could have been cheezy, but it does some steampunk/fantasy/post-apocalypse thing in a sort of pretty way.

I thought I had outgrown such things (not that I ever really was that much into it), I must say there’s something about Nightwish’s ye olde end of the world ballad. At least in combination with that quaility video. It could have been cheezy, but it does some steampunk/fantasy/post-apocalypse thing in a sort of pretty way.

Blue For Two – Eye of a Storm. A mood appropriate for when night is turning into morning.*

(A wonderful track from the long running  co-operation of prominent swedish vocalist Freddie Wadling (probably most known for his work with Fläskkvartetten/The Flesh Quartet) and musician Henryk Lipp.)

(*I thought I had set up the software to show local time for posts… have to fix that)

Blue For Two – Eye of a Storm. A mood appropriate for when night is turning into morning.*

(A wonderful track from the long running  co-operation of prominent swedish vocalist Freddie Wadling (probably most known for his work with Fläskkvartetten/The Flesh Quartet) and musician Henryk Lipp.)

(*I thought I had set up the software to show local time for posts… have to fix that)

I really needed that one. (Nothing seriously wrong – just sitting here with the clock going towards 2am, with a bit of the weird kind of backlash blues you sometimes get hit by as you realize that things aren’t too bad)

(Link via Boing Boing, via other places)

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.