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Posted by on Oct 18th, 2011 | 2 comments

Review: Rocksmith

Review: Rocksmith
When Ubisoft announced they were planning to release Rocksmith, a new music game, I was quite sceptical. The Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises were on their last legs, and it looked the music game genre was set to self destruct. They said this new game would be different, that it would use a real musical instrument and teach you to use it. At the time it was impossible to tell what would result. It could have...
Posted by on Oct 7th, 2011 | 0 comments

Review: Just Dance 3

Review: Just Dance 3
Just Dance has just made its debut on the Xbox 360 with Just Dance 3. It not surprisingly features kinect support and one you try it out you’ll wonder how the game existed without it. It just makes so much sense and feels like such a natural fit. The natural feel is of increased importance in such a game too, since its all about dancing and having a good time, without inhibition. Any clumbsy interface or...
Posted by on Aug 30th, 2011 | 0 comments

Space Oddity

Space Oddity
Check out this work by Andrew Kolb. He’s done some speculative illustration work imagining David Bowie’s Space Oddity as a children’s book. They’re quite charming and would fit well in a little golden...
Posted by on Aug 11th, 2011 | 0 comments

Review: WWSF Festival Scene Not Herd

Review: WWSF Festival Scene Not Herd
The Scene Not Herd screening on June 3rd showcased Worldwide Short Film Festival music video selection. The shorts weren’t terrible, but watching an hour and a half of videos with little to no narrative grew tedious. I wasn’t sure if the program started off strong and lost steam, or if I got sick of watching one b-roll montage after another. First on the list was Buck 65’s Zombie Delight. Buck stars as...
Posted by on Aug 28th, 2009 | 0 comments

Science oddity

Science oddity
The perfect David Bowie song has been created, and it wasn’t even done by David Bowie himself. Dr. (of psychology) Nick Troop at the university of Hertfordshire has employed Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count on Bowie’s body of work to wind up with his song “Team, meet Girls; Girls, meet Team” which, according to him, is the ideal configuration of Bowie’s secret blend of ingredients. We...
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