In what I had thought was a video made by The Onion (it’s not), IKEA has announced a new piece of furniture, the UPPLEVA. The new all-in-one solution combines your media stand with your TV, bringing a Blu-ray player with it. The idea is to consolidate all of your living room’s tech goodies into one
The digital realm may end the era of book covers. Videogames are in safer territories in some ways. The title design of a game can be imaginative and iconic. The PBS Off Book series released a new episode titled, “The Art of Film & TV Title Design,” that speaks to the power of an opening sequence:
The Atlantic muses that the Kindle has killed the idea of the book cover. While the device has enabled all types of new activities (social annotations, lightness of being, euphoria), the lack of cover is not without metaphorical weight: A digital book has no cover. There’s no paper to be bound up wi
Desiree Brown sat down with author Brian McGreevy to talk about his new novel Hemlock Grove, a modern twist on the vampire and werewolf genre. What ensues is a rather strange conversation about the nature of fear and the modern occult, but he does offer a twist on what a monster or a villain could o
Here is today in five bullet-points: -Playstation Vita sales sank to a new low. -A new Silent Hill movie is due out this October. -Halo 4’s release date was officially announced. -Ubisoft is being sued over the Assassin’s Creed storyline. -Darksiders II was delayed. That’s all for now! See you tomor
Yesterday, Twitter took a bold step into the contentious world of software patents and intellectual property with its “Innovators Patent Agreement” (the other IPA), which the company’s VP of engineering described as an effort to keep “control in the hands of engineers and designers.” Rebecca Rosen e
Given Zynga’s reputation in the game community, everybody was curious what would happen with the phenomenon of “Draw Something” following its sudden acquisition by the social gaming giant. Would it simply become “Draw Something with Friends?” or, I suppose, the simply title “Drawing with Friends?” I