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Bento Makes A Case For Why You Should Play With Your Food

Bento makes for an adorable lunch—many of us knew that already. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that bento also makes for adorable stop motion animation. YouTuber Mari Miyazawa has a channel full of bento. Some of it features tutorials, and some of it is what she calls “Bento Theater.” Here are a few more of…

By Patricia Hernandez Published May 2, 2013
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Gaming In 1982: Moustaches, Tiny Shorts & Colecovision

These two photos, belonging to Richard Braunstein, are perfect. Just perfect. Perfect because they capture what it was like playing games in the days before giant couches and giant TV sets. Perfect because these are two grown men playing video games in 1982, smashing stereotypes. And perfect because this is a photo of a Colecovision…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2013
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Even The Megacities Of The Future Are Crawling With Zombies

Just when you think you’ve seen every kind of zombie story the world can throw at you, it throws you one more. Past Away is a hybrid comic/adventure game being developed by Christopher Middleton, where you play as a futuristic pizza delivery pilot who has to survive the zombie apocalypse. Being essentially an interactive motion…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2013
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Amazing Mech Designs Hint At The Future Of Warfare (And Dogs)

Vitaly Bulgarov works at Blizzard, on the company’s world-renowned cinematics team. But we’re not here today to look at art for Blizzard games, or indeed for their fancy trailers and cutscenes. Instead, we’re looking at an amazing collection Bulgarov recently put together called the “Black Phoenix Project”. Teaming up with photographer Maria Skotnikova, the challenge…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 1, 2013
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For The Emperor! The Art Of Cody Kenworthy

Cody Kenworthy is currently art director and CVO of Blackbird Interactive, the indie studio made up of a bunch of former Homeworld devs, and also the team behind Hardware: Shipbreakers. Prior to his gig there he worked at Relic, and before that, Rockstar. Some of the game’s Kenworthy has contributed to include, of course, Hardware,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2013

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