Link Round-Up: November 4, 2013

"World's Finest" by Ian Navarro

Inspired by Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"

Interview: Robert Yang gives a Level With Me interview with composer and game designer Liz Ryerson covering the problems inherent with “success” in the indie games scene, compromising on one’s work (or refusing to), finding an audience, and the surreal and wonderful design lessons that we can glean from Doom and Wolfenstein 3D.

En even better use for a fifteenth-century church?  A beautiful, beautiful bookstore.

The fine folks over at Do Lectures just launched their brand new blog. If you're running a small business, or you're just a fan of lecture series like Creative Mornings, you'll want to bookmark this site.

NSA Haiku Generator - "Create a poem out of the NSA search terms that flag you as a potential terrorist!

To Flatten A Heroine: Artist Puts Disney Princess Filter On 10 Real Life Female Role Models

Video: Super Smash Wars

"Super Smash Wars: A Link To The Hope" by James Farr

Finally, the Star Wars universe we deserve!

"When Phantom Lord Ganon-Darth unveils his latest weapon, it will be up to Link Skywaker to learn the ways of the TRIFORCE, and lead a rag-tag rebellion against the Empire."

Short Film: Step Forward

"Step Forward" from Ben Jacobson

This super short piece is sort of a Twilight Zone in under two minutes. I won't give away the ending, but when there's time travel afoot, anything could happen.

"A steam punk time travel tale. Written by Martyn Deakin and starring Holly Jacobson & Jon Campling. Filmed in the amazing Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester, courtesy of Leicester City Council Arts & Museums. Shot on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera in 2.5k Raw mode, and graded in Resolve."

Short Film: Number One

"Number One" by San Jose 48 Hour Film Project

In this short film, two candidates in a "human enhancement" experiment are each given medication to enhance their abilities. Candidate One is given a placebo, while Candidate Two is given the real deal, but it's not long before One begins to outstrip the other candidates.

Lego Creation: Kaiju Attack

Lego Kaiju Attack by OliveSeon

Posters: War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds by Tracie Ching

Available for purchase from KickStarter. US$25

"On March 28th, Well Read, my first-ever solo show, will open at Galerie F in Chicago, and to mark the special occasion I am tackling something new - Books. All artwork for the show will be based on different genres of literature - the first of which being H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, War of the Worlds."

Link Round-Up: November 1, 2013

"Incredible Hulk Halloween" by Scott Dalrymple
Via: Reddit

The Afterlife of Cinema: How the Movie Theater of the Future Will Be In Your Mind.

Darth Vader & Son 2014 Wall Calendar now up for sale.

George Pfau has a new Zombiescapes site. "These impressionist/pointillist oil paintings portray figures on the verge of recognition. Each painting is based on a scene in a zombie film in which figures are small and out of focus."

A History of the Apple Mouse Created Exclusively With CSS


ShapeWright Ship will take your name (or really any string of text) and generate a 3D model of a spaceship based on it.

This Drive-In Theater Uses Junk Cars As Audience Seating

Why Scott Campbell turns classic movie battles into adorable paintings.

Why TRICK ‘R TREAT Is The Best Halloween Movie Ever Made