Lakitu Out-takes from There Will Be Brawl (YouTube)
I think I linked to There Will Be Brawl.com a while ago, but I just got around to watching the bonus materials for episode one... some bits with the Lakitu news anchor. This is the funniest one, the faked outtakes.
EA Announce Dungeon Keeper MMO (Kotaku)
Sounds like a fantastic idea... turn a beloved and forgotten and unique (at the time) PC franchise into an MMO. I'm not down for the MMO part, but more Dungeon Keeper has to be good, right? Now what if I told you this game is only for China? Weird.
Otacon/Lolicon (AltJapan via Kotaku)
A little introspection on the strange relationship between Otacon and Sunny... as a kind of otaku male fantasy fulfillment. It's a good real-world assessment of why it's in there, but I don't think the gameworld is trying to make the case that Otacon <3 Sunny in an inappropriate way. Of course part of why we're talking about this is because Otacon has made questionable sexual choices in the past... but I think his guardianship of Sunny is largely to make up for his severed relationship with his younger sister Emma. I mean, the dude gets Naomi. Naomi.
Swedish researchers create body-swap illusion (Yahoo News)
Yes, you can make somebody think they're in somebody else's body with some simple camera trickery and some low-fi snuggling. But, "The illusion only goes so far. The researchers said they could not fool their volunteers into thinking they were a box, for example."
How Disney is fixing "American Dog" (Jim Hill Media)
An old link, but relevant if you've seen Disney's Bolt. It's Jim Hill from February 2007 discussing how American Dog (awful title) was on its way to becoming Bolt.
FusionFall (Cartoon Network)
I'm kinda fascinated by the way this MMO tries to visually connect multiple Cartoon Network properties by morphing all the characters into a single anime-styled feel. Check out the new looks for Buttercup, Dexter and Numba 5 in particular.. and the photo gallery is full of cool surprise character appearances. Ben 10 and Samurai Jack are already mostly anime. I need to register and check this game out.
Retail stores face scanning revolution (Lost Remote)
Apparently there are iPhone apps that scan barcodes and then perform pricechecks for you, and this has made some retailers nervous. Hilariously, some may be considering in-store policies to scramble all cell phone signals. Good luck with that.
Japanese-American Animation Artists of the Golden Age (Cartoon Brew)
Cool article about some unsung talents from the glory days of animation. I especially like the anecdote at the end with Unca Walt inspiring a Japanese-American artist to be stalwart in her heritage, a brave thing in the WWII era.
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