Mickey Is Back

By Rounin@ 9:42am August 30th, 2010
Check out the intro movie to Mickey Mouse's new video game called Epic Mickey.  The feeling I get is more like the Kingdom Heart games.  The game seems very dark, but with a Disney touch to it.  As far as the intro goes, it looks to be rendered ...

Blender's Little Soda Commercial

By Rounin@ 9:01am August 27th, 2010
I was once doing an ice cube in Blender.  I never really got too far, but if you check out the videos below, it's truely amazing how far Blender has come.  In the hand of the right people with the right tools, nothing is impossible.  Make sure to ...

Libretto: Toshiba's Take On The Courier

By Rounin@ 8:01am August 23rd, 2010
So when Microsoft announced that the Courier was just a concept,  people were let down.  Here comes Toshiba to the rescue.  The question is, is it the same as the Microsoft Courier?  From looking at other articles on the web, it's heading in the right direction, but no ...

Make Great Animations With Flipnote

By Rounin@ 8:09am August 16th, 2010
I'm always amazed at what a Nintendo DS can do.  I'm even more impressed with the developers to have envisioned the DS as something more than a video game system.  People have been making some great things with the Flipnote software.  Take this for example.  Billy Polard created ...

The Art Of Scott Benson

By Rounin@ 12:00pm August 11th, 2010
While looking through Vimeo, I stumbled upon a 2D piece by animator/illustrator Scott Benson. The piece was called "On The Subject Of Depression". I was thinking to myself, wow this is some really cool shyt. I then looked through all his other videos and was ...

The Statue Of Gundam

By Rounin@ 8:35am August 9th, 2010
While the US gets a statue of Liberty, what does Japan get?  That's right, a freaking huge mech.  More specifically, a Gundam.  Please note what you will see in the video below is not fake or composited, it truly is a 1:1 statue of the iconic Gundam.  In ...