A Tree in the Woods Just Fell

Anyone around to hear it? I'm curious...

Death By T-Shirt?

I know, I know... we've been quiet for a while. Hell, I haven't logged in to X Box Live in at least two months. It's a sorry state of affairs.

So you knew it was going to take something really cool/funny/interesting to bring us out of hiding and get another entry fired up. And I think I've just found it.

Check out this story on the "upcoming" (read: "Please, God, when will it finally be here?") Gears of War 3 and how some of the major plot points are going to being decided. Good idea? Next Big Step forward in game development? Lame gimmick? Let the debate (and buying of avatar tees) begin...

Wait, Now Star Wars Doesn't Suck?

I mean, damn... if the first three movies had looked like this, I might have actually enjoyed them. Two new trailers from the ongoing E3 conference: The Old Republic and The Force Unleashed II.

Avatar Days

Fun piece shot and finished in only four days (four?? try it in two, baby!!) about MMORPG players living their everyday lives. I love the reveals at the end... click here to watch.

Circuit Breaker (Tribute to Zelda)

Thought this was fun in a retro/goofy kind of way... a tribute to Zelda and other 8-bit nostalgia. Enjoy!

Resident Evil 5 Print

Came across these on a design/marketing blog... fun series of overseas print ads for the Resident Evil 5 release that provides nutritional information for the people pictured. Nice.

Inception Trailer 3

Wow. I know the details of this movie have been closely guarded for a while now, but last week saw a little bit of the cat getting out of the bag in the form of a third trailer for the upcoming Inception.

Seems like Christopher Nolan can do no wrong at the moment, and this looks like another epic in the making. I'm a huge fan of the music as well... definitely looking forward to seeing this one in July!

Whoops... Here's the New iPhone!

I don't love this story as much as I love the story behind this story. Hilarious.

Gears of War 3 Trailer!

The strange part? The trailer made its debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of a visit from Epic Games guru Cliff Bleszinski. Jimmy Fallon? Really?

Release date is one year from now, but you sense the countdown has already started. I know I'm excited! If the step up from the first game to the second is any indication of what to expect, part three should be amazing. I like the fact that everyone just looks weary from the fight. I also like the use of the final title to confirm that this is, in fact, The End of the story.

The real big news, though, is this: 4 PLAYER STORY CO-OP. Hot diggity. Stay tuned for more, I'm sure!

iCade

I didn't really have an iPad on my radar. And then I saw this.

I still don't want one, but you gotta admit... this is a pretty great idea. And I love the fact that you can get Qbert and Dig Dug. Hipster watch, clever coffee mug and chubby fingers probably not included.

Pixels

This is one of the coolest clips I've seen in a while... so playful, and so well done. Pixels invade New York, and Old School mayhem ensues. Fantastic.

What? I Wanna Be Invisible!

The first of the Ghost Recon games that I played didn't grab me as much as the Rainbow Six: Vegas series, but that was admittedly a few years ago. And I don't remember anything about the ability to become invisible!

Check out the trailer for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, due out this fall... looks like there could be some cool stuff to play with...

Man Plans Special Weekend To Reaffirm Commitment To Xbox 360

From the Onion...

Nintendo 3DS Coming...

I guess this is big news?

Nintendo has announced that they'll be rolling out a 3D handheld device in 2011 (along with Sony's new 3D console, it seems), and plan to have a model ready to demo at the E3 expo in June.

I enjoyed watching Avatar as much as the next guy (though not as much as some...), but I'm not sure there's a real revolution to be had here just yet... more of an industry buzz bandwagon at the moment. I think I'll wait until 3D merges with something like Project Natal before I get too excited. But maybe that's just me? There are plenty of folks who seem pretty jazzed about it...

Cat Fancy to the Nuts!

LET THE MAN HAVE HIS CHAIR!! YOU'RE BRINGING ALL OF THIS ON YOURSELF!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY WON'T YOU JUST LET THE MAN HAVE HIS CHAIR???

(Click here to watch the awesomeness.)

Killer Spots: Brink

Found this snooping around on a design site this afternoon... pretty cool little collection of chaos for the upcoming Brink produced by AKQA. Enjoy!

Still Got It.

I've met the man. Mike and I have actually written for the man. And it's great to see that success still hasn't changed the guy who got fired from QVC. Twice. God bless, Mr. Rowe...

R.I.P. Captain Oveur

Avatar vs Pocahontas

Ouch!

Killer Spots: Bioshock 2 Teaser

This was posted to a motion graphics site I visit... forgot how cool it was.

I have a design book from the company that did the launch campaign for the first Bioshock game (I gave one to Brian, too), and some of the concept art is beautiful. Not sure if the same guys did this one, but the bar certainly didn't get lowered any for round two.

There were other spots that used gameplay footage and had more punch, but this was the one that stuck with me the most.