On Valentine’s Day weekend I was far from my girlfriend at the University of Michigan filming a 48 hour game competition. Guess who else was there? Hint: Sid Meier. The legendary game designer responsible for Civilization, Pirates!, and dozens of other games. 24 students broke
On Valentine’s Day this year I was far from my girlfriend at the University of Michigan, with fellow Poptenner Peter Brauer, filming legendary game designer, Sid Meier, build a game from scratch in 48 hours. It was at once enlightening and inspiring to learn about
Our prayers have finally been answered (Everyone who is part of the “I’m with CoCo” fan page) because it looks like Conan is slated to start a new late night talk show. Thank goodness. A few months without him was a few too many. From
James Nguyen, the writer and director of the unexpected cult hit Birdemic: Shock and Terror could very well be the real thing, or is he? 43 years old, a hobbyist director, working full time in silicon valley at tech start up PixLogic, and self-proclaimed master
Micah White is an independent activist and contributor to Adbusters. Awhile back he wrote up an article about Second Skin, and just recently he sent me his newest campaign against advertising. As someone with a vendetta against media With and. It sharpen to a, flight
I met Ethan when he decided to write up an article about Second Skin for the Independent Film Festival of Boston. Ever the gracious reporter he did a fantastic review, and told me all about his then nascent project called “Escape Artists”. It was a
Alluda Majaka aka Alluda Mazaaka…! made in 1995 could very well be the best action film you’ve never heard of. Arguably one of the most artistically driven jaw dropping creations I’ve ever seen. It also involves an incredible amount of horse torture, and the filmmakers
Popten has been host to some great posts by incredibly talented authors, and until today that was the only way to consume our media. It’s a historic day though ~ today we’re launching a brand new way to experience our talented artists. Popten Art or
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common
Jackson Five – Can You Feel It I can’t believe nobody told me about this. This could very well beat out Thriller for me… I’m serious. Here is the story verbatim from Pitchfork >> Pre-MTV video genius Bruce Gowers hired F/X don Robert Abel to