I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James 
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Results tagged “games” from The Cultural Gutter
Pilgrim's Progress
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
There’s a girl sitting on the subway.
She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded
sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s
absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s
graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
Here's Adult Swim's "Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation." Looks pretty sweet.
Scott Pilgrim Trailer, recreated.
The Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer recreated with panels from the graphic novels.
Old Timeyness
Travel through pop culture history a premake of Marvel's Avengers (sneak peek of Emma Peel included), faux 1911 silent animated shorts from Red Dead Redemption and Lando Calrissian as Blackstar Warrior--a Blaxploitation film set in the Star Wars universe.
8 Bit Girl
Attention chiptune, electronica and nerdcore fans, Geek Girl Violet reviews equinoxe's "Evolution (8 Bit Girl)" and provides tracks.
L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na'vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.
Don't Let The Sheepinator Fool You
Does
being amused by turning non-ovine creatures into sheep make you a bad
person? It
doesn’t seem like a serious question, but appearances can fool you.
Especially, according to Plato, if you are a fool. I think it’s safe to
say that there would have been no video games in the Republic.
Continue reading...
Guild Season 4 Has Begun
The new season of The Guild has begun with two new episodes. Watch them at Wil Wheaton's blog and then give evil Wil Wheaton guff.
Press Start
Press Start is a Montreal show dedicated to art based on old videogames. Game Set Watch has pictures and links to pictures and to an associated store.
NES Groove
Do you enjoy the music of NES games? Well, there's a show just for you. This time, the music of "Fester's Quest."
Fooling the System
"Fisher," they'd cry, "we're going to find you." They were looking in the wrong place. I was already somewhere else. And as they approached the last position they saw me,
that somewhere else was right behind them. Either a clean bullet to the head or some other form of quick, close, personal death, they slump to the floor, and I leave them for their friends to find.
And so the cycle would
begin again.
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Gutter Art!
You know there's a Cultural Gutter book coming out, right? Well, there is. And artist EJ Lee is illustrating. You can see her section overview illustrations at our Facebook page. They're infographtastic!
"Girls Suck at Video Games"
Stéphanie Mercier uses gameplay to make a point in her short, "Girls Suck at Video Games."
Spooky Squid Games
Check out Night of the Cephalopods, Guerilla Gardening: Seeds of Revolution, Balloonists and more fun by Spooky Squid Games.
Silent Hill 8 Trailer
Silent Hill continues to trouble travelers in this trailer for Silent Hill 8. Seriously, a prison bus is about the only way anyone would go there now.
Unlimited Fear, Limited Controls
Michael Thomson talks about the traps and dangers of survival horror and gaming: "There's no limit to fear of the unknown, but as soon as an enemy is
quantifiable the boundaries are drawn. Fear will eventually become
supplanted with frustration or, worse, tedium."
LEGO Harry Potter Trailer
Gamers and Harry Potter fans rejoice! It's the LEGO Harry Potter trailer! (thanks, Dan!)
It's a feature, not a bug.
The small pleasures of gaming: Red Dead Redemption and Q*bert.
Get'em All!
An exhaustive and illustrated guide to every video game reference in Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim. Get'em all.
Hit Restart.
After ending his excellent gaming blog Hit Self Destruct, Duncan Fyfe has a new literary project, "Life Starts Here is a series of twelve stories inspired by the culture
of video games."
Pilgrim's Progress
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."There’s a girl sitting on the subway. She’s 16 or so, in a brown corduroy jacket and a pair of faded sneakers, her feet propped on the seat across from her. She’s absently brushing on lipstick, absorbed by Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: Volume 1.
Continue reading...Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
Here's Adult Swim's "Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation." Looks pretty sweet.Scott Pilgrim Trailer, recreated.
The Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer recreated with panels from the graphic novels.Old Timeyness
Travel through pop culture history a premake of Marvel's Avengers (sneak peek of Emma Peel included), faux 1911 silent animated shorts from Red Dead Redemption and Lando Calrissian as Blackstar Warrior--a Blaxploitation film set in the Star Wars universe.8 Bit Girl
Attention chiptune, electronica and nerdcore fans, Geek Girl Violet reviews equinoxe's "Evolution (8 Bit Girl)" and provides tracks.L.A.R.P. (Live Avatar Role Playing)
Video footage of the Na'vi People of Hometree, Wisconsin.Don't Let The Sheepinator Fool You
Does
being amused by turning non-ovine creatures into sheep make you a bad
person? It
doesn’t seem like a serious question, but appearances can fool you.
Especially, according to Plato, if you are a fool. I think it’s safe to
say that there would have been no video games in the Republic.
Guild Season 4 Has Begun
The new season of The Guild has begun with two new episodes. Watch them at Wil Wheaton's blog and then give evil Wil Wheaton guff.Press Start
Press Start is a Montreal show dedicated to art based on old videogames. Game Set Watch has pictures and links to pictures and to an associated store.
NES Groove
Do you enjoy the music of NES games? Well, there's a show just for you. This time, the music of "Fester's Quest."
Fooling the System
"Fisher," they'd cry, "we're going to find you." They were looking in the wrong place. I was already somewhere else. And as they approached the last position they saw me,
that somewhere else was right behind them. Either a clean bullet to the head or some other form of quick, close, personal death, they slump to the floor, and I leave them for their friends to find.
And so the cycle would begin again.
***
Continue reading...Gutter Art!
You know there's a Cultural Gutter book coming out, right? Well, there is. And artist EJ Lee is illustrating. You can see her section overview illustrations at our Facebook page. They're infographtastic!"Girls Suck at Video Games"
Stéphanie Mercier uses gameplay to make a point in her short, "Girls Suck at Video Games."
Spooky Squid Games
Check out Night of the Cephalopods, Guerilla Gardening: Seeds of Revolution, Balloonists and more fun by Spooky Squid Games.Silent Hill 8 Trailer
Silent Hill continues to trouble travelers in this trailer for Silent Hill 8. Seriously, a prison bus is about the only way anyone would go there now.Unlimited Fear, Limited Controls
Michael Thomson talks about the traps and dangers of survival horror and gaming: "There's no limit to fear of the unknown, but as soon as an enemy is quantifiable the boundaries are drawn. Fear will eventually become supplanted with frustration or, worse, tedium."LEGO Harry Potter Trailer
Gamers and Harry Potter fans rejoice! It's the LEGO Harry Potter trailer! (thanks, Dan!)It's a feature, not a bug.
The small pleasures of gaming: Red Dead Redemption and Q*bert.Get'em All!
An exhaustive and illustrated guide to every video game reference in Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim. Get'em all.Hit Restart.
After ending his excellent gaming blog Hit Self Destruct, Duncan Fyfe has a new literary project, "Life Starts Here is a series of twelve stories inspired by the culture of video games."