Delicate Boundaries

Possibly the coolest thing I have seen, aside from Viggo Mortensen's beard in "Appaloosa".

Delicate Boundaries from csugrue on Vimeo.

Using touch screen interaction with outside sources of light to make real world computer interaction, having the lights follow your touch and move about outside the screen.

More about it here

Pictured above: Badarsery

Fruitay!!!

The fruit!
"Fruity" is a little hard to see I know, but you get the gist of it.

Awesome

Black Dynamite

Awesome parody of the old 70s blacksploitation films. All the old visual effects and stunts

Found it over at Arstechnica

Top 5 IDN links

In the future, without the occurrence of a global catastrophe, density will plague all mankind. Design needs to embrace minimalism and simplicity to counteract super-abundance. All true things come from a single source

Number 5#
Can be found Here. Although by itself may not mean much by itself, in conjunction with it's explanation means a whole lot more. The deliberate display of minimalistic views and the upside down "Trust" reflect society, in which trust is the very centre of. It is very simplistic but at the same time provide the depth of true art using it as a purely visual image. When the text is incorporated it utilises both mediums to portray a vision of "Less is more" which in the end, is the very purpose of the artwork.

Number 4#

Tame the Beast is an advertisement for "Flame TV", as a video advertisement it's purpose is to generate interest, this is done easily by it's use of the contrasting silence to loud rock music as the surfer mounts his board and proceeds to kill things, which for lack of a better word, is badarse. In terms of style it is very modern but nods to the original "Cardboard cutout" animation style of early south park and alike.

Number 3#
Hank the Singing Bottle

Another video/audio advertisement, and it's hilarious. Good sense of humor and even though it's trying to get people to recycle there is no preaching or guilt trips laid out, just good humor and greatly but not overly complicated animation. The message is clear, and it's use of innocent childlike looking characters adds another connection to the audience.


Number 2#

Can be found here

The photograph above above has a very cold and industrial feel, but the people visible on the shoreline (possibly a family) juxtaposes the initial feel of the photograph. The natural and the unnatural. The artwork is one of many used in a gallery exhibition to show the damage inflicted on the environment by our lifestyle, and i believe this image sums up that feeling perfectly. The photograph asks the question of what life was there before industry took over and choked the water with fog and steel.

Number 1#

Suspicious Cargo

A brilliantly done short video, relying on motion comic animation and a black and white style to capture the mood. Although there is sound, it is purely there for mood and there are no voices to accompany the speech bubbles that pop up, adding more to the comic style of animation. The purpose is simple, to inform people of not only the dangers but also the consequences of pirated software (Pirating in general, really). The bad joke ending can be forgiven for the animation alone, almost any story in this style is made more interesting.

Result;

Toadie Approves.

An Objective Review of "Get The Glass"

This review is not a requirement and is purely done of my own free will.

http://www.blogger.com/www.gettheglass.com provides you with the game, free of charge. Who do we have to thank? http://www.goodbysilverstein.com/ the company responsible for possibly the biggest and most recognised marketing campaigns in the history of…well, campaigns.

Got Milk?

Yes I do.

So, what is it? A Game or a Marketing tool? The answer is simple, both. And a whole lot more.

The initial load time is actually quite reasonable for a low bandwidth connection when you take into consideration the fantastic fluid movement of the animation. The story is light hearted with plenty of small jokes to keep you giggling like the schoolgirl. Without going into too many details, you and your family are on the run and if you get caught you will be sent to Milkatraz. Roll the die to continue, the rolling of the die is a very nice touch, there is no simple “Click here” mechanism. It is a click and hold scenario where there is an accurate “Cube” rolling about, and it reacts to the limits of the screen and the ferocity of the thrower.

There are three kinds squares you can land on “Fortune” which usually results in moving forward one or more spaces, “Misfortune” which as you may have guessed means you have to move back, or if the cops are close behind you it is known as the “Well, now you’re boned” card. Lastly there comes “Mastermind” in which you are asked a question, usually multiple choice or true or false, but occasionally you’ll have to manually type the answer. This is possibly the best in-game feature, some of the questions are actually quite difficult and because of the time limit you can’t exactly google an answer in time. That’s just the main aspects of the game, there are still many mini-games to complete along the way to escape from milkatraz and the police. For instance, the incredibly annoying and frustrating “Put flowers in her hair” game.

Pictured above: The angriest I've ever been.

Some of the best parts of the site are not included in the game, at the very beginning of you click on “Case files” there are literally pages of terrible jokes and bad puns to gorge yourself on.