Sonic the Hedgehog celebrates his tenth birthday this year. On the 23rd June, Sonic Adventure 2 for the Dreamcast will be released worldwide to commemorate the fact. Alan Turing was also born on this day in 1912. Thanks for computer science, Alan!
This? But hang on a minute, removable tablet-style screen? Sounds suspicously like this 1994 prototype for a modular mac that Apple unceremoniously dumped when the media poo-pooed their handwriting recognition software. Methinks it would be met with much the same reaction now. And what is it with all this dubious next-mac speculation anyway?
Reminiscing over your Sinclair days, but need a little visual stimulus to jog that screen-addled memory of yours? Andrew Laggan’s zx musem has all the eye-candy you can eat.
Thought the Zerowing intro was (set us up) the bomb? You should see the outro (featuring the california raisins by the looks of things). Zany video game quotes over at Overclocked has all your mistranslation needs covered. Resident Evil is easily in the runnings for the worst, but Barry’s “What is it?!” is oddly missing.
Tendo Box have an interview with Hiroki Kikuta one of the great composers of video game music.
In the grand tradition of Gcoms safeplaces comes another great exploratory playground, vectorpark. Hint: if you can’t find the fun, you’re not looking hard enough.
Golan Levin makes portraits from yearbook photos by varying the density of nodal networks. Golan Levin makes portraits of his workmates by procedurally coalescing scribbles. Golan Levin performs symphonies with the audiences mobile phones as his only instruments.
Scratch is a feature length documentary by Doug Pray which explores the history and culture of the Hip Hop DJ. With a cast that reads like a who’s who of Hip Hop this film features the likes of, DJ Shadow, Bambaata, Grand mixer DXT, Mix Master Mike, QBert, Rob Swift, Premier, DJ Krush and more..
The Zulu Nation’s website is an eye opener. Recomended viewings in their film section include Species 1 & 2 !?!?!
SEGA, courtesy of their Hitmaker division, are giving you the chance to build your very own limited edition Dreamcast! If that tickled your fancy, try more of the same (but slightly older) and then redecorate your desktop.
