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posted June 24, 2016 #

Aziz Ansari: Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family https://t.co/8vF3FtPRrJ

SUBWAY IDIOT 2!!!!!

posted June 24, 2016 #

Look at this idiot again! He's SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT ON THE SUBWAY AGAIN!!!!

Friday Videos - June 24th, 2016

posted June 24, 2016 #

Pretty sparse in the blog department this week! VHX had our final week in our lovely Brooklyn office and we've made the transition to the new IAC / Vimeo building over in the Meatpacking District. Aside from all the packing up of a whole office, we also took one last company retreat. Oh, and I flew to Nashville to visit family. Oof. Lots going on!

But despite that, I'll still cobble together some absurd distractions for you!
  • When the Lights Come on in the Club - I'm sure there is a perfectly reasonably explanation for this but I refuse to believe anything except Pure Mayhem for the man rolling around in a carpet.
  • Clown Core Pizza Party - If this has been posted previously I wiped the nightmare from my mind. Now it's back.
  • It's Always Sunny in London - I wouldn't have thought so before I watched it but this is kind of a perfect skewering of the mess Britain just made.
  • Google G-Board - really thoughtful ad for the new Google keyboard.
  • SpotMini - you know those horrifying Boston Dynamics robots? Yea well, they went and put a "face" on one and shrunk it down. Extra terror.
  • Subway Idiot 2 - tons of work for a silly, effective, joke. Loved every second of this. Will watch again and again. Thank you Steve.

posted June 24, 2016 #

The most articulate take on #Brexit is actually this FT reader comment today. https://t.co/98b4DwsrTV

posted June 24, 2016 #

What a nosedive of a year. And a reminder to register to vote to avoid the biggest catastrophe yet.

Robbs Exploratory

posted June 23, 2016 #

I have long been a fan of the work of Aaron Robbs so I was quite pleased to see these poster graffiti pieces start sprouting up on his Instagram. It's just basic noodling around but it's right up my alley and a pleasant divergence from much of his recent work (also enjoyable).

tldr: these look nice.

Adia Victoria on Colbert

posted June 23, 2016 #

Great to see Adia Victoria (and her band) making their network television debut on Colbert last night. You can see the performance of "Dead Eyes" right here and I highly suggest you muster the patience to get through the (admittedly long) intro of solo singing. It's the perfect balance to the firey performance that comes after.

Oh, and keep an eye on that keyboard player, Alex Caress, you'll hear more from him later I feel confident.

posted June 22, 2016 #

the streisand effect ? https://t.co/VL5VXNMMo8

posted June 22, 2016 #

Never forget: Mel Gibson's wife in Mad Max takes an important sax solo: https://t.co/Wy4c1jLKgj

posted June 22, 2016 #

Update: Episode 01, previously not playing correctly, is now online. Catch up with the premiere before Ep 3 today: https://t.co/ILajvc8j7S

Text Is Deathless

posted June 21, 2016 #

Really enjoyed this piece on the resilience of text. It was inspired by a grandiose statement made by higher ups at Facebook regarding the death of text and the rise of video ( all video... all the time ) and the reply could not be more eloquent and perfectly pointed.
Text is surprisingly resilient. It's cheap, it's flexible, it's discreet. Human brains process it absurdly well considering there's nothing really built-in for it. Plenty of people can deal with text better than they can spoken language, whether as a matter of preference or necessity. And it's endlessly computable -- you can search it, code it. You can use text to make it do other things.
There's certainly advantages to documenting our world with video but it's hard to argue with the idea that text is a more flexible and robust tool.

tl;dr: great read.

indiegame.wav

posted June 20, 2016 #

Really enjoyed this Bandcamp piece on The Cottage Industry of Indie Game Soundtracks, wherein they speak with a number of different videogame composers - Jim Guthrie, Disasterpiece, Chipzel, et. al. - and get their perspective on creating music for games and the, often, surprise success that comes with it.

It's interesting to see Makeup and Vanity Set dive into that world with Brigador because it's both an odd pairing and a completely sensible one. On the one hand I'd say his music is best paired with films but a videogame is often a film in its own way - there's a narrative, there's a tone and there's a protaganist making his way through a hardship. Now I'm just curious to see how well it works in a VR environment... I bet I'd be scared to death.

Thoughts & Prayers: The Game

posted June 20, 2016 #

The sadly scathing political commentary in the form of ridiculous videogame will likely erk some people but Thoughts & Prayers: The Game properly captures my sentiment on our current political scenario. For me, the most important thing to remember is you can't win.

Cosimo Galluzzi

posted June 20, 2016 #

It's been a few years since I wrote about the work of Cosmio Galluzzi and his penchant for ancient dystopian sci-fi worlds has only gotten better. It's really no surprise that he is part of the Hyper Light Drifter team, Heart Machine. His work and the vibe of that world pair perfectly. Please take a moment to peruse his blog, the landscape work is absolutely gorgeous.

posted June 19, 2016 #

Pocket Operator. Annoying my family since June 2016. https://t.co/YzVdYtGocy

posted June 18, 2016 #

What's your favorite Cure song? here's mine, no question! https://t.co/yg7QQ8CSPT
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