Stop Motion Effects - Flames, Missiles, and Flying Shields

Over on StormThe Castle.com's YouTube channel, there's a cool new video showing off some stop motion animation special effects titled "Flames, Missiles, and Flying Shields - Special effects in stop motion animation" that might be fun to mess around with for a video project if you have the time and inspiration.  Enjoy!

Hobbitual Success

Forbes.com's most excellent by-liner, Alex Knapp, penned an article recently called "The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Hobbits."  Read more here!

Catching Up with LeVar Burton on CNN

There's a very nice CNN interview of LeVar Burton that's well worth a read and quite inspirational.  Read more here!

Discworld Crocheting

On Facebook, and linked from planetjune.com, I spotted a very cool crocheted piece of Great A'Tuin with the four giant elephants on his back holding up Discworld.  Check it out further here including some crafting tips on how to make one for yourself!

Gam3rCon Gameday

There's a gameday coming up this weekend put on by the good folks at Gam3rCon in their usual location, the 10th Ave. Theatre in downtown San Diego.  If you're in the area, check it out!

Speech Jammer

At the beginning of last month, io9.com ran an article about a Japanese speech jamming gun that I bookmarked and forget to include in an earlier blog.  I found it to be a pretty wild idea but one that I also thought gamers would get a kick out of noting.  Read more here!

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Becomes Reality, More or Less

There's a great article on io9.com about a team that has come up with a working csonic screwdriver that, while not has powerful as the one the Timelord carries, justifies the physics long thought to be possible.  Read more here!