Major Video Game Update

Over the past week, there have been MAJOR videogame announcements. Now, the good stuff:

End of Eternity by Tri-ace



Persona PSP (a port)



Tales of Vesperia for PS3 (with all new loli footage)



Tales of VS. (PSP)



Tales of Graces (Wii)



New Bayonetta Trailer



and the greatest one...

Final Fantasy XIII 40 Minute Demo



for HD and other parts:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMzMZUL8okg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM7g1aiS9C4
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqf0HSfuR78

Sungha Jung

A 12 year old Fingerstyle Guitarist. I have been keeping myself up to date with him for a while now, and he is too damn good. His skills are constantly exceeding and well, just check him out in his latest video where he plays Peppino D'Agostino's, "Grand Canyon".

Richard Avedon

My favorite photographer of all time damn it.

Some of his work, some of my favorite people:



Welles



Brando



Warhol



Hitchcock



Avedon



Zimmerman; Dylan



Charisse



Simon & Garfunkel



Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starr



Joplin

http://www.richardavedon.com/

Halo 3 Montage: MLG's Str8 Rippin

Here is a montage that was posted on youtube a couple of days ago.

The editing, music, and even cinematography in this video is impressive, majestic, and just down right stunning. Str8 Rippin is a bona fide MLG team with some of my favorite MLG players, Legit and Tsquared. Seriously, it looks extremely professional and it will make you want to play some Halo right after (if you already love playing it).

Str8 Rippin Page: http://www.mlgpro.com/teams/str8-rippin/
Editing done by Zola Media
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5Dnk4Rd3k

Easily, and most likely the greatest montage I've seen. It's just so epic.

Beat Crusaders and Little Big Planet

Talk about complete win. I love Beat Crusaders and Little Big Planet; I feel the video speaks for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymOkeQ94P3c

Another cool LBP video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNPBdKQBYHg

Dante's Inferno: Video Game (srslywtf?!)

EA has decided to take on the epic poem by Dante Alighieri, The Inferno, and turn it into a video game!
One thought: "What the fuck?!"
I love how EA has been working lately, they really pull off the games they make. But I seriously wonder how they will do it with this.
In the Inferno, Dante the Pilgrim is basically anybody; they definitely used this fact to help develop a character. The poem is full of chaotic places (hence, being hell) and had it not been for Vergil, Dante the Pilgrim would definitely be in a bind, forcing himself to fight the demons that (did) seek to kill him.

Judging by the trailer they really stay true to the story. The art direction is looking pretty damn badass too. They even throw in the famous first lines of the en medias res opening in the forest. You see the forest, Beatrice, the second circle: Lust, the third circle: Glutton, with Cerberus, and possibly Satan or a Giant from the ninth circle. No sign of Virgil though.

Check it out for yourself

Official Site: http://www.dantesinferno.com/home.action
Youtube HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4hv89_-8n4

They better not completely fuck it up.

We Are Here: The Pale Blue Dot

Carl Sagan's excerpt on the 'pale blue dot', as told by himself, through many clips of some famous movies (many of my personal favorites) that really apply to the text--with music by Mogwai! It's touching, it's inspiring, it should change your perspective on the world or at least give you some joy to take on the day, as it does to me.