4.07.2010

Ghost Recon Game Trailer: Cool Video, Weird Timing



Real actors and high production values promoting a video game aren't new. But the game Ghost Recon takes place in Moscow. And the movie-like trailer released on March 25th is about taking out terrorist warlords in the near future.

Near future? Four days later Moscow's subway terrorist are in the headlines... Eery timing. The lines between video games, hollywood and news are decidedly blurred.

4.05.2010

Shout Out Louds. They're their own band now


I always thought The Shout Out Louds were a little too endebted to The Cure. On Fall Hard, they seem to have ratched up the production a bit and it works. With a weird video to boot.