I recently heard from Mike E., author of the website ProtoAttack.com, who’s headline instantly caught my attention “A Website About Playing Games, Not Reviewing Them”
In a Internet saturated by 70% Porn, 25% Nerds reviewing videogames and 5% people crying on YouTube, this was a welcome breath of fresh air. Their top post today, How Nintendo’s Harsh Rules Saved The Industry is very interesting, and worth a read. Nice to see some people breaking the mold in the supersatured blog-o-sphere.
While cruising the tubes today I ran across this Protomen quote splattered on a facebook wall.
He was a loner, a thinker, a man of ideas.
Ideas forbidden in Wily’s society.
The society in which he lived.
The society for which he worked.
The society he would set free.
Intrigued by the narritive and MegaMan reference, I googled it and it lead to me their website, with their stunningly artwork and killer songs. Further digging lead me to this page, now buried, it was my first glimpse into The Protomen a year ago. A music video to their song “Hope Rides Alone” , this video is an animated work of art taking hand-drawn characters, composite photos, and found-footage to create an erie atmosphere of a war-torn future in the year 200X. It’s worth a watch for sure, and check out more of The Protomen at their website.
Found this on 8bc this afternoon, a cock out rock solid remix by London chiptune artist Shiroban. Don’t read, listen.
You can learn more about Shiroban on 8BitCollective more about Sulumni on myspace, and on more about the Chinese Chiptune scene on this article by PSFK
I was browsing the puketastic new layout of SickDamage.com when I ran across this video. Leaked to ShogunGamer.com, this appears to be a screener of a trailer for an upcoming Pokemon movie. Colorful CG creatures aside, the film looks well shot and a darker tone is set by this video. This might just be the thing that gets me back into the franchise. If you’re not familiar with Pokemon, this post probably won’t help, but seriously who’s not familiar with the series that created Mankind’s Cutest Creation? Just watch the video.
