Category: Art

‘Half Life: Alyx’ will hit Steam on March 23rd

[ad_1] Half-Life: Alyx, available March 23, 2020 https://t.co/NCOLWqSp3e pic.twitter.com/Q04EZwNfBt — Valve (@valvesoftware) February 13, 2020 You can save 10 percent on the game’s $60 price if you pre-order it, though if you managed to snag the Valve Index headset, you’ll get Half-Life: Alyx for free. Pre-order bonuses for people who bought the headset include Steam […]

Yamaha’s tiny wireless guitar amp gets everything right but the price

[ad_1] The THR remains the undisputed king of looks. Part of its allure is the retro styling that’s more reminiscent of a piece of stereo equipment than a guitar amp. The outside is a matte, cream-colored metal with a Y pattern punched out. (I’ll admit I much prefer the herringbone of the original THR.) The […]

Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest is ‘Silicon Valley’ but for game devs

[ad_1] It’s sharp and funny enough to keep non-gamers hooked; it actually tackles major issues facing the industry; and at times, it’s surprisingly sweet and poignant. Mythic Quest, which premieres on Apple TV+ today, is like a cross between Office Space, HBO’s Silicon Valley (RIP), and Comedy Central’s excellent series Corporate. It has everything you’d […]

See how VFX artists included Carrie Fisher in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’

[ad_1] Whatever your opinion on Rise of Skywalker, we can probably all agree that its effects were pretty impressive — not least because of the seamless inclusion of Carrie Fisher’s scenes. The iconic Leia actress had only recorded a small amount of footage before she passed away. Now, the studio behind the film’s VFX, Industrial […]

Artist creates traffic jams in Google Maps with a wagon full of phones

[ad_1] Weckert’s description of the project says he wanted to draw attention to just how dependent we’ve become on services like Maps. Citing apps like Airbnb, Uber and Foodora, he wrote: “All of these apps function via interfaces with Google Maps and create new forms of digital capitalism and commodification. Without these maps, car sharing […]

Why are we obsessed with Instagram’s ‘What are you?’ filters?

[ad_1] It started off innocently enough: “What Disney princess are you?” “What Pokémon are you?” Then things got a bit more cerebral. “What’s your best quality?” “What should your New Year resolution be?” Then it got dark: “What’s your crippling anxiety?” And then it just got weird: “What type of hole are you?” The premise […]

‘Hades’ made me a believer in early access games

[ad_1] I can’t claim to have jumped on Hades early, it’s been out for more than a year. But I started playing it about a month ago, and it feels like Supergiant used the early access model perfectly. It’s a “roguelike” action RPG where you battle through the depths of the underworld, trying to reach […]

Watch how VFX artists crafted Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ remake

[ad_1] Nothing in Disney’s divisive Lion King remake was real. Simba, Scar and the sprawling Pride Lands — all of it was created digitally. To convey this gargantuan effort, visual effects studio MPC Film — the same company behind The Jungle Book and countless other Hollywood blockbusters including Blade Runner 2049 — has released a […]

Watch the first full trailer for Netflix’s divisive ‘Ghost in the Shell’ series

[ad_1] The 3DCG animation style — the first for a Ghost in the Shell production — has proved to be divisive, with more thumbs-down than thumbs-up votes on the original teaser trailer. That could be because it varies dramatically from the original hand-drawn anime style, to put it generously. What folks can be more excited […]