Week Links is a collection of some of my favourite links from around the web that I stumbled upon during the past week. You may already be familiar with some of them, but I think they’re worth checking out if you haven’t already.
The Extended Avengers Super Bowl Commercial
While there were few commercials worth mentioning during this year’s Super Bowl (and even fewer if you were watching from Canada, where they reverted to the old technique of blocking the American version of the broadcast), the highlight was definitely this look at The Avengers. While no plot was revealed, it hints at some great set pieces, Joss Whedon’s signature dialogue, and has the first glimpse of the Hulk in action. Can’t wait for a full trailer.
Not my favourite song, but this new OK/Go video is fantastically inventive, featuring all of the musical instruments played by striking them with appendages affixed to a car. Worth spending 4 minutes on.
Double Fine’s Kickstarter Campaign
Double Fine is a game studio headed by Tim Schaffer, and is also home to Ron Gilbert. Together, the two of them helped shape the adventure game genre in the early ‘90s at LucasArts, creating games like Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, Full Throttle, and Grim Fandango. Since forming Double Fine, they’ve put out the critically adored Psychonauts, as well as the popular Brutal Legend, Stacking, and others. They recently started a Kickstarter campaign to try to fund a new adventure game, since modern publishers are reluctant to revive the genre. They set a goal of $400,000 to make the game. Within 8 hours of creating the campaign, they had met their goal. Within the first 24 hours, they were over $1,000,000, the fastest project in Kickstarter history to do so, and one of only two to reach this milestone. As of this writing it’s sitting at nearly $1.5 million, with 31 more days to go.
Sleep well,
DTE
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