The improvements in video game technology…

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… over the past 40* or so years, basically in the time I’ve been alive, are really quite impressive when you stop long enough to think about it:

I sit down some evenings and play a video game with anywhere between 4 and 1,400 strangers — depending on the game — at the same . . . → Read More: The improvements in video game technology…

EA has launched an Alpha Test for Battlefield 3 multiplayer.

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And I’ve been invited to participate in it.

And that’s about all I’m allowed to say about it according to the EULA. One, that it exists and two, that I’m in it.

Yes, I really did read the EULA so I’d know how much I could talk about it.

That said this should be . . . → Read More: EA has launched an Alpha Test for Battlefield 3 multiplayer.

SEB Random Thought of the Moment.

Pic of spinning stars.

Here’s something to stretch your noodle with: When you go to bed tonight, assuming you sleep for a full 8 hours, you will have traveled roughly 536,496 miles through space. That’s how far the Earth moves in its orbit around the Sun in a mere night’s rest. In case you’re curious that’s roughly 67,062 miles . . . → Read More: SEB Random Thought of the Moment.

I could watch this all day long…

There’s something strangely fascinating about this music video for Denki Groove‘s song Fake it!

It’s like a human Rube Goldberg device.

“TimeScapes: Rapture” by Tom Lowe

Hit the HD and Full Screen buttons and be prepared to be blown away:

TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

This is production footage I shot over the summer for my debut film, “TimeScapes,” a modern portrait of the American Southwest. I used Canon and Red MX . . . → Read More: “TimeScapes: Rapture” by Tom Lowe

“This is Halloween” neighborhood light show.

Over years past I’ve posted video clips of houses decked out in Christmas lights set to music which has become an increasingly popular trend. I should’ve figured someone would apply it to Halloween as well.

This is from last year which means this has been happening for awhile and I’m only just now noticing it:

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Fan made “Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing” film is really good.

I’m a long time fan of the Call of Duty franchise so when several folks sent me links to this YouTube fan film based on the Modern Warfare editions I just had to check it out. In a word, amazing:

I’m always saying how amazed I am at what can . . . → Read More: Fan made “Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing” film is really good.

“Meet Meline” by Virginie Goyons and Sebastien Laban.

An absolutely stunning short CGI film: “Meet Meline tells the story of a little girl whose curiosity is sparked by a mysterious creature as she plays in her grandparents’ barn.”

MEET MELINE : THE 3D ANIMATED SHORT FILM (by Sebastien Laban & Virginie Goyons) from Sebastien LABAN on Vimeo.

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“The Sandpit” by Sam O’Hare

What do you get when you take 35,000 tilt-shift pictures of New York City and play them back? Pure magic:

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

A day in the life of New York City, in miniature.

Original Music: composed by Human, co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

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The short film “Logorama” gets an Oscar nomination.

Update: Looks like it’s back on Vimeo again. Re-embedded it.

I thought this was absolutely brilliant. Not sure what the message is supposed to be, but it was fun picking out all the real and fictional logos and brands used throughout. Warning: Some NSFW language is used.

Logorama from Marc . . . → Read More: The short film “Logorama” gets an Oscar nomination.