Archive for January, 2008

Pictures of the Kursk

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Remember back in 2000, when a Russian submarine (the “Kursk”) sank due to an unexplained explosion, and teams of people tried to cut through the hull to rescue any surviving sailors?
Here’s a few reminders of the story:
Wikipedia: Russian submarine K-141 Kursk
CNN: Death of the Kursk
Time: The Tragedy of the Submarine Kursk
Well, a Russian website has [...]

Three guys + Film Effects make Normandy Invasion clip

Friday, January 25th, 2008

This is a pretty cool video. Three guys set out to make a movie-clip of the Normandy invasion. If you want to skip to the final result, it starts at 2:45 in the video.

NPR’s snarky take on games

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

A couple days ago, NPR did a short (6 minute) report on video game stories / books written about video game universes. Chana Joffe-Walt talks to Joseph Staten, who has worked at Bungie (creator of Halo) for 10 years. He was involved in creating the storyline for the series and recently released the [...]