Archive for August, 2005
So every few months I have an update about Shadow of the Colossus for the PS2. Here’s the latest! IGN.com has a new hi-res video of a full battle with one of the Colossus creatures. The game really looks amazing, and seems to be running a lot better than in previous demos. IGN uploaded another lo-res boss battle video earlier this month, which I believe you can access even if you’re not an IGN Insider member. While I’m pretty obsessed with Nintendogs - and hope to tryout Advance Wars DS at some point - Shadow of the Colossus is still my most anticipated game of the year. Especially with Zelda moving to 2006, boo-yah!
Shadow of the Colossus will be released on October 27 in the states. I’m sure to pick this one up, as I don’t know if I can spend $400+ dollars for an XBox 360. 
Awesome grab from Boingboing.net. Really funny promo for the Hollywood Reporter’s Key Art Awards, showcasing the actors who do voiceovers for countless blockbuster film previews. Finally we can put a face to those great melodramatic voices!
This week’s issue of The New Yorker (August 22nd) is entirely sponsored by the Target corporation. Target collaborated with 24 established illustrators — from Milton Glaser to James Jean — to create the ads, all having a NYC theme and limited to 3 colors (black, white and red). Pretty neat project if I do say so myself.
Picked up a copy of it today, and I really enjoy it. The ads by Bill Brown and James Jean (probably my favorite illustrator these days — his comic book covers are amazing) are my favorites. 
Cute Flash animation. It would make any graphic designer proud. 
“An interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism.”
An extremely well-made flash movie showing the symbolism of colors.
Sega’s Virtual-On series have always been my favorite video games. Starting out as some innovative arcade games, the series later became worthy ports on the Saturn, PC and Dreamcast (Virtual-On Marz for PS2, however, was pretty crappy.. can’t win them all, doh). Anyhoo, in celebration of the series’ 10th Anniversary, Sega will hold its first Virtual-On tournament in three years. Players can compete in pairs in the team game Virtual-On Force or go solo in probably the best of the series Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram.
Unfortunately, this is only being held in Japan - since the fanbase is stronger there. If you’d like to help sponsor me on a trip to the tournament, let me know. I would totally start a “Virtual-On Fund.”