The superficial appeal of cosplay is the quality of the still image. How good a costume looks, or how much like a character the particular cosplayer seems to appear. The real craft, though, comes behind the scenes. Anybody can ...
Lucasarts seems intent to never release another game in the X-Wing (video game) series so long as I live. That’s fine. Whatever. I can cope with that now that I can clear a tabletop and play a game of Fantasy Flight’...
When I saw Pulp Fiction, I was 14. It was the coolest thing I had seen in my entire life. Since that day, I’ve seen the move probably a dozen times. Each time, I have more of an appreciation for the craft behind it. And s...
The world is full of morons, the internet even more so, but it’s nice to know that amidst all the idiots and trolls leaving stupid and offensive comments on websites, there are professionals who take the craft seriously. ...
I love PBS’ “Off-Book” mini-documentary series, don’t you? The latest entry in the now long-running series looks at animation and motion graphics, with interview subjects John Canemaker, Jesse Thomas, Ju...
Cross-stitch is the perfect medium for 8-bit and 16-bit fan art. Have you ever seen one of the patterns crafters use? They look like pixel art! They’re little grids of color, showing which block goes where, in what shades...
Your browser does not support iframes.Someone made a De Lorean hovercraft, and took it for a spin in the San Francisco Bay during a baseball game. It’s… it’s pretty awesome. Even the game’s broadcasters ...
Looks like the infamous Space Core from Portal 2 will actually literally be going into space – it’s showed up on a NASA-built panel bound for the International Space Station. The Portal 2 blog has a picture of the p...
That panel is a part of some sort, to be flown on a resupply craft to the International Space Station this coming Friday. “An anonymous tech at NASA,” is responsible for laser-engraving Wheatley, the antagonist of P...