Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Hollywood at the Henry Fonda theater, also known as the Music Box, the international competition known as Cut and Paste took place. I judged it once in 2006! Here's the blog post from that time. The event has grown in 2010, and although it runs nearly the same, it's just bigger all around. There's a 3d competition, and even a motion division as well. But as far as I'm concerned, it seems like the 2d is still the main event. The evening started with 8 designers and a single winner goes to the nationals. It's impossible for people to do their best work, yet in a 15 minute span, they're focused and driven to their final product. If anything between 2006 to 2010, I think the designers are more solid on average. The crowd gets into it. It's a strange world where design can be a spectator sport. I'm not sure how large it can really get, but perhaps if lead designers from different companies went head to head, that would be great.
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The art on the flyer? That’s me. I didn’t realize it, but you know? It sort of looks like me. I asked the Meatbun folks and they said yes! It’s going to be a T shirt that’ll be available at the event and onward at GR2 this friday along with some of their other designs. Meatbun is featured in Giant Robot 67, and the dudes behind the game inspired t-shirts are Giant Robot supporters. It’s based on a game that has a cheerleading element to it. It’s
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IndieCade! It takes place in Culver City in different locations in the area. The word “Indie” works perfect for this event since it's cozy and approachable. The game makers are around and the games are forward thinking. It's not the typical shoot em up games, most have a little something extra that took a little less commercialism and more personal conceptualization. The games are scattered around, and at the time I went, it wasn't too crowded. In my mind, I'd think this event would be packed solid, but it's actually modest and in due time, it'll be huge.
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Up in the air you get copters flying around. I make an effort to take a look and see if there's a dude running on the streets. Is he going to jump into my backyard and hide? If so, I need to know. They might have infra-red so I shouldn't worry about it, but at the same time, I'm thinking about COPS. There's a person running around recording this chase. Me, I'm going to be the guy who points to the cops, “there he is!” This time, in my heroism, I put on my shoes, walked outside, walked down the street, took some pics, but saw no one. The copter flew in circles and circles and made it's loud noise at around 10:45pm. The light then shined on me. “Yes it was me. I did it.” Then the light went off of me and back to the buildings. The light seemed to shine in the most random places. They had no idea who or where they were looking at. Eventually the bird flew away, and the cops drove off. They all looked at me, while I stood obvious in the street. Lesson: If you're a thief, or running, just stand around outside and watch. They'll leave you a alone.
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Honey Pig. What can be crazier than a place with this name. But in the end, it's just another form of Korean BBQ. Same idea, different grill. Is it good? Yes! Watch the oils run down the sides of the inverted wok like grill. That's Yukie Kito. She's a producer and a different kind from what I can tell. Indie spirited, she produced Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata among many others. Watch for more great projects soon. She's based in Japan. That's Ayako Fujitani on right, and the thumb? That belongs to Amanda Plummer. Some of you clowns might know her as Hunny Bunny from Pulp Fiction, but there's so much more… Talent all around, while I just sit and eat, but we're planning a plan.
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