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Way back when I was starting Flatland Manifesto, I read a lot of marketing books. I didn’t read a lot of branding books and I definitely regret that decision.
A co-worker of mine recommended Schley’s Why Johnny Can’t Brand and I’m really glad she did.
The book is centered around the DSI. The Dominant […]

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AV Club sits down with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Topics range from Groening’s early career moves to the ongoing rivalry with The Family Guy as well as some great discussion on Futurama.

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This may be the best homemade lightsabre duel ever. It’s not the production values that make it great. Sure, the special FX are great, the tempo and co-ordination is pretty tight, the audio is amazing and the camera work is inspired for amateur hand-held work.
What makes this a great lightsaber battle is […]

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It’s the talk of the gaming town - episodic, episodic, episodic. Everybody is throwing their hat in the ring. So I thought I would dig up some articles and commentary for everyone to enjoy.
Gamasutra did this article on Episodic Gaming.
Game Designer, Brandon Van Slyke, made his case
Game Daily talks with a few industry […]

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Apexx just redefined the word “mega”.
I thought the Apexx4 was amazing - now there’s the Apexx8.
With EIGHT dual core processors, 128 Gigs of RAM and up to 7.5 Terabytes of Data this computer will render at lightning speed, seduce your girl when you aren’t watching and solve world hunger with it’s spare cycles.
Render Farm Schmender […]

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Mojizu is a character design community that uses all of the tricks in the Web2.0 book.
- Ratings, comments and feedback - check
- Profile/Friends/MySpace features - check
- Print on demand swag - check
As tools become widely available the content becomes more specialized. One of the coolest features on Mojizu is the ability for people […]

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It’s been a long time since I saw a shirt online that I needed NOW!
Ryan North’s Dinosaur Comics have been on my reading list for a long time, but I strayed and missed the announcement of this sweet T. I’m a big fan of Adventure games, killer whales and wizards, and here they are, […]

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To show how Disney believes in recycling, this Russian site shows how Disney reduces, re-uses and recycles their animation.
I’m a big fan of the Robin Hood/Snow White grabs.

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Gaming Report has an interview with the director of Swordplay, a documentary on LARPing (Live-Action Role-Playing).
Interesting for a few reasons:
- The director got his start on Waking Life is an animator, thus the doc is littered with animation of many different types: Clamation, AfterEffects, Cell Animation, paper cutouts, etc.
- LARPing is the true gaming niche, […]

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Vinyl Pulse revealed the new Miku Figure from Boredom City.
Consider this:
- Pre-Orders Start in May
- There are randomly inserted chase designs.
- It’s limited to 20 (Yes, TWENTY) units.
- It costs $380 USD
- $360 X 20 = $7600.
- The figure is super hot.
- There are enough people ready to drop $380 on a figure that this […]

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