Video Games Unplugged: Symphony of Legends

If you’re down-under, a music geek and a gamer, the Symphony of Legends might be an event that you wouldn’t want to miss. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is going to be performing music from some big-name games such as Skyrim, Bioshock 2, Final Fantasy VII (OMG), Civilisation IV and more. It’s showing at the Melbourne […]

Art in the Era of the Internet and the Impact of Kickstarter [Video]

The internet has intensified connections between people across the planet. In this episode we take a look at the impact of this new interconnectivity on the art world. Traditional funding models are dissolving, new forms of expressing ownership have arisen to accomodate for remix culture, and artists are finding ways to connect physical art experiences […]

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened…

Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess) is a hilarious geek who has written a book called “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir“. That title alone appeals to me, but the kind of poverty-stricken upbringing this girl faced falls into that category of “you can’t make this stuff up” with a taxidermist father who used […]