Double Fine Adventure on Kickstarter. As seen in Forbes. Most successful Kickstarter project ever. Over a million dollars raised in the first 24 hours – $600,000 past the goal. For a new point and click adventure game from two of the people...
Read moreMike Kelley: Hero 1954-2012
Mike Kelley, a sure godfather figure to many who have followed, including the likes of Fort Thunder and Brown Cuts Neighbors, has left this world. He will be much missed. I just wanted to share a few images and link to some words about the...
Read moreHey Capitol Hill! Don’t Break the Internet!
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Stop SOPA & PIPA Join the party: Wikipedia, Reddit, Google, RPS, BoingBoing, AmericanElf, Rhizome, Wired, tumblr, and many, many other sites have gone various shades...
Read moreWe Lost Dara Greenwald
Media artist Dara Greenwald has been a close friend to many of the people involved in Wow Cool on both coasts for many, many years. I am sad to report that she lost her fight with cancer on Monday, January 9th, 2012. Although I have never met...
Read moreNever Could Get The Hang of Thursdays
Yes, it is I. The irregular Wow Cool link dump. Usually posted on a Monday or Tuesday, often in two parts, often skipping many weeks. We are well back from the holidays, and therefore it is time to obliterate every open tab and share the good...
Read moreNinja Tweets of Doom
The latest in a semi-weekly roundup of the most interesting news from comics, art, music, video, games and more that have managed to reach us in the technological backwaters of Cupertino. Dig deep into this roundup of classic video game magazines...
Read moreRIP Heavy D – Actor, Singer, Producer Dwight Arrington Myers Gone at 44
I used to play the shit out of We Got Our Own Thang back in ’89. It was such an amazing time for music and this was a great bridge between hip hop and the emerging House music scene. Godspeed, brother. LA Times: Heavy D dies at 44; singer...
Read moreSusie Cagle is my Hero
I’ve been wanting to write something here about Susie Cagle’s coverage of Occupy Oakland for a couple weeks now. But, given the occupation’s escalating nature and Susie’s work on it being ongoing observation and...
Read moreMary Blair Centennial
Mary Blair was born 100 years ago today. Even Google noticed. Her shapes and colors still fascinate. Below are a few photos I took earlier this year at the Disneyland Gallery show “The Colors of Mary Blair“. Clicking will make them...
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Read moreWatch Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker For Free Online
Stalker is an astounding film that you simply must see. Stalker (Ста́лкер) is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The screenplay was written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, adapting their influential 1972 novel Roadside...
Read moreAll Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
Adam Curtis may be the greatest journalist of our age. Yes, whatever, or whenever, that is… He is certainly one of its greatest documentarians. His skilled use of the video medium – in films that demand that you both look and listen...
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