Archive for February, 2009

The Lost and the Damned, the Naked and the Nude

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Safe for work still from Grand Theft Auto IV [source].
I’ve been fascinated with the chain rattling around the full frontal nudity in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. My initial reaction was to crack that I hadn’t realized that Harvey Keitel was in GTA. Seriously, what movie won’t Harvey Keitel get naked in? […]

John Waters on censorship

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

John Waters gives a concise history of censorship, that is (of course) fabulously filthy and utterly hilarious. I have nothing to add to this video, really. It’s just too perfect. I aspire to one day be even fractionally as funny.

SXSW Interactive coming right up

Monday, February 16th, 2009

I’ve gone to SXSW in some shape or form for at least the past 6 years, beginning with the two years I managed to snag press credentials from my college newspaper and got to run around going to music showcases getting more sunburned and hungover as the week progressed. The past few years, I’ve mainly […]

Flow’s Top 10

Friday, February 6th, 2009

The 2008 Flow Top 10 Lists are live. [source]
The rest of the Flow editorial board and I got together and curated a series of top 10 lists in acknowledgment of awards season and our own compulsion to make lists. I worked most on the video game lists, but the whole thing was a big collaborative […]

Classic games that look it

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

GoldenEye - 18 / 01 / 09 Originally uploaded by Olly Moss

Olly Moss’s interpretation of the game Golden Eye. [source]
Artist Olly Moss has taken on the task of rendering some “classic” games in a style that makes them look like classic paper backs. The iconic Saul Bass-inspired style is spare and elegant. A larger selection […]