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This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Thu Feb 4, 11:51am
Tags: TWWT
I think I've been too easy on you these past few weeks, what with all the arty video games. It's time to fly to glory or explode in a barrage of bullets with Red Fluxion. The name alone is intimidating. And the odds couldn't be more against you.
Friggin' Genius
Kimberley Jones
Thu Feb 4, 1:01am
Think film festivals are all about dour, arty indie pics? Yeah, that’s not really SXSW’s style.
Get ’Sploded Now
James Renovitch
Fri Jan 29, 6:55pm
It's a tried and true formula for video-game (not to mention movie) success: the more explosions the better. The endgame to this theory – created by local game developer Twisted Pixel and downloadable from Xbox Live Arcade – is easily worth $10 bucks. What's better, next week you can get ’Splosion Man at half price.
Ghost Riding
Richard Whittaker
Fri Jan 29, 4:37pm
It may be ten months away, but Wizard World has already announced three special guests for the Austin leg of their pop culture convention.
This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Thu Jan 28, 12:04pm
Tags: TWWT
"If you have a minute, I'd like to tell you a bit about myself." That's how this week's free browser video game begins. The Company of Myself is a prime example of how a simple story can make all the difference in a quick-play game.
Got Noise? Good. Then Make Some More.
Kimberley Jones
Wed Jan 27, 5:38pm
You know what we did the day after Thanksgiving? Let out our pants and made another turkey sandwich. Know what UT freshman Chris Rajan did? Flew to Hollywood and hung out with Usher.
Give Us Your Best Roundhouse Kick to the Head
Belinda Acosta
Wed Jan 27, 5:17pm
I’ll be a “celebrity judge” this weekend at auditions for The Next Dragon, a new reality show seeking the next martial arts action hero. The grand prize of this show is a contract to star in a martial arts centered film (like Bruce Lee, for whom the series is named). Think you’ve got what it takes? Visit the show's website for details.
Sundance Report: Amy Grappell Honored
Marjorie Baumgarten
Wed Jan 27, 2:21pm
Tags: Sundance 2010
The Sundance Jury prizes for short films were announced on Tuesday at a special ceremony where Austin filmmaker Amy Grappell received an honorable mention based on outstanding achievement and merit for her short "Quadrangle."
Sundance Report
Marjorie Baumgarten
Tue Jan 26, 6:10pm
Tags: Sundance 2010
Today, at the near-halfway point of the festival, I took it as an indication that my brain was approaching overload when I stepped outdoors, looked at the precipitation hitting my parka, and said to my walking companion, “Oh look, it’s the bouncy stuff.”
Troublemakers Embraced By Fox, Finally
Marc Savlov
Mon Jan 25, 9:22am
Tags: Robert Rodriguez
"Once he was a decent man living a decent life. Now he is a brutal savage who must slaughter to stay alive." That's the tag line for Robert Rodriguez's Machete, but it could just as well describe the studio melee surrounding the domestic distribution rights to the film. And the winner is …
This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Thu Jan 21, 4:42pm
Tags: TWWT
This installment of my weekly look into the world of internet browser games explores the concept of scale. Two titles alternate between big and small as an integral part of the gameplay. Continuity uses scale to combine the run-and-jump gaming with a puzzle game. An expanding viewpoint helps Small Worlds play like an 8-bit version of Lost.
White Stripes Doc to Ring SXSW's Doorbell
Kimberley Jones
Wed Jan 20, 1:05pm
SXSW started as a music fest first, so it's kind of a no-brainer that SXSW Film would make room for movies about music. Hey, you know who makes music and is in a new movie? The White Stripes.
Battlestar Galactica Fans, Hear My Call
Belinda Acosta
Mon Jan 18, 12:34pm
Tags: Battlestar Galactica
Caprica premieres on SyFy this week. I'm eager to know what die-hard Battlestar Galactica fans think of the prequel. Who knows? Your witty, insightful, and brilliant comments might make it into next week's TV Eye.
Austinites Clean up in Shark Tank
Belinda Acosta
Mon Jan 18, 12:11pm
Tags: TV
Maybe you've never seen the ABC reality series Shark Tank where fledgling entrepreneurs hope to get some much needed cash support from a panel of loaded investors.
A Bit of Bettie, A Little Storm
Richard Whittaker
Fri Jan 15, 1:26am
The starlets of the Austin burlesque scene will be donning their finest pasties this evening in homage to the one and only Bettie Page with a tribute show encore and a tease of a new documentary about the glamor icon. To get you in the mood, how about some snippets from their October 2009 performance?
This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Thu Jan 14, 10:12am
Tags: TWWT
It's no secret that when it comes to video games, I love platformers (ie., run-and-jump based games). Browser games often fall into this category because of the simplicity of the platform genre. So when a new one is released, I'm usually all over it. Case in point, the latest from Terry Cavanagh, VVVVVV.
Netflix Coming to the Wii
James Renovitch
Wed Jan 13, 10:57am
I'm sure by now all you Wii owners have been pushed to the brink of insanity as you watch PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 owners contentedly streaming movies and TV shows via Netflix. Well if you can keep the homicidal thoughts in check until spring you will have a more productive kind of revenge. You will be streaming video just like the other kids.
Go Go 'Goliath'
Kimberley Jones
Tue Jan 12, 12:45pm
Austin’s the Zellner Bros. find humor in the unlikeliest of places: diabolical monkeys, deathbed diatribes, guilt-stricken men of God. No surprise, then, that their wickedly funny 2008 feature Goliath, out today on DVD, centered around a dead cat. Don’t worry, it’s only a movie – see photo for said cat being adorably squished.
Cabin Fever DVDs: Ben Snakepit
Marc Savlov
Sat Jan 9, 12:40pm
Tags: Cabin Fever DVDs
If you're like us, you awoke this morning to a world of white, icy, marrow-freezing cold, and the gnawing suspicion that help, while it may be on the way, was going to be a long time coming …
This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Fri Jan 8, 10:17am
Tags: TWWT
What happens when you abandon most of video gaming's strictures instead opting for a more "everything and the kitchen sink" approach to interactive art? I'm glad you asked. You get Evidence of Everything Exploding: social commentary as Dada-esque poetry.
Wizard World in the ATX
Richard Whittaker
Wed Jan 6, 5:00pm
Best new comics day ever! First the big-screen adaptation of Kick-Ass is booked for SXSW, then we heard that 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles will be in town in May 2011 for the World Horror Convention. Now the Wizard World pop culture convention confirms it's coming to the capital of Texas this November.
Cabin Fever DVDs: Lars Nilsen
Marc Savlov
Wed Jan 6, 2:30pm
You've heard the news: according to the National Weather Service and the wizened old gypsy woman reading crow entrails outside our door, Roland Emmerich was totally not kidding about the day after tomorrow. It looks like Austin is in for some serious chilling over the next 72 hours.
SXSW 2010 Kicks Ass, Drops Some Names
Kimberley Jones
Wed Jan 6, 6:00am
This morning SXSW Film announced its opening night film: comic book adaptation Kick-Ass, about a high school wannabe superhero who figures if he dresses the part, the rest will fall into place. Don’t be surprised if you see some homespun tights, capes, and codpieces at the screening; turns out Austinites like to play dress up.
Images From Ikkicon
Richard Whittaker
Sun Jan 3, 8:00pm
Ikkicon IV, Austin's annual Anime convention, wrapped up today, and that means a lot of cosplay costumes go back in the closet.
This Week's Waste of Time
James Renovitch
Wed Dec 30, 2:01pm
, 2009
Tags: TWWT
The new year is upon us. And what better time to explore the world of Stewart Smith and his backward and forward looking blog. The man is a retro-futurist with an eye for design and a noggin for programming. Needless to say, TWWT is smitten. It's time to play some Browser Pong.
