Emojiam has a simple premise: make a game in seven days based on a design document written in emojis. Participants were free to interpret the document as they wished, skipping some sections if desired, so long as the game was in some way inspired by the document.
Beastly BFFs: Okja’s Uneven Parable of Friendship
Okja Director/Screenwriter: Bong Joon-Ho Cast: Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yuen, Lily Collins Netflix June 28, 2017 Bong Joon-Ho brings his bold style to Okja, creating a fun romp that’s a mashup of a children’s fable and an anti-corporate farming manifesto, mixed in with a slight edge of surrealism.
Sparks and Tarts Review Edition: The Sumage Solution
The Sumage Solution (San Andreas Shifters #1) G.L. Carriger Gail Carriger, LLC July 18,2017 Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher for an honest review.
Amazon Rapids: A Mobile App That Gets Kids Reading
Most parents I know have rules about how much time their kids can use tablets or smartphones. And if not rules, they have guilt. How dare we let kids waste time on shitty mobile games when they could be playing outside or reading (never mind that games can improve hand-eye coordination, critical thinking, and teach…
Two Takes On Iceman #1-3
Iceman #1-3 Sina Grace (writer), Alessandro Vitti (penciler), Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist), VC’s Joe Sabino (letterer), Kevin Wada (covers) Marvel Comics June-July 2017
Kickstarter: Interview with Artist Katie Wadley (dorkbait)
You might know artist Katie Wadley from her three successful Kickstarter campaigns, two of which were compilations of her Bucky Barnes centric Inktober series. Or you’ve seen her work in Raw, the Hannibal fanwork anthology, and more recently the Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes fanwork anthology, Not Without You. She has a new Kickstarter for a Marvel…
A Tail of Two Cat Lovers: Two Takes on Benji Nate’s Catboy
Catboy Benji Nate Silver Sprocket August 1st, 2017 A review copy was provided in exchange for a fair review.
Reel Geek Girl On Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming Jon Watts (dir), Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, and Jon Favreau, with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. July 2017 PG-13 Spider-Man: Homecoming marks the first film co-created by Sony and Marvel together to bring the character (who has thus far appeared in his own unconnected separate universe in five other films) to…
Mangaka: Play with Your Comics
My day job is at a millennial tech start-up. We talk a lot about “how to get people to engage with each other” and there are so many ways and reasons and I have found a great one: Mangaka.
Castlevania: All the Gore You Need
Gamers had a lot of reasons to worry when Netflix announced they’d be making a Castlevania animated series. What adaptation have we ever been given that hasn’t disappointed? However, in early July I watched as Vlad Dracula Tepes unleashed his hellish armies upon the human citizens of Wallachia and I could not have been happier.
Review: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew March 2016 Pantheon Books The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, has been nominated – and won – awards all over the world. This year, cartoonist Sonny Liew is deservedly nominated for an Eisner for his graphic novel about the history of Singapore through the eyes…
Remixing the Classics: Hideo Furukawa’s Novella Slow Boat
Slow Boat Hideo Furukawa Pushkin Press June 6, 2017 A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The novella Slow Boat by Hideo Furukawa is, in his words, a remix. He states, “To take your love for the original and situate it in the present,” and he does exactly that…
