Storytelling medium?

The last time I found myself in a bookshop, I was surprised to find that the first book on the fiction shelf was Assassin’s Creed: Unity – the seventh in a popular series penned by Oliver Bowden. An interesting story, no doubt; one that details the struggle between...

Digital humans

Visual effects house Digital Domain demonstrated notable work toward advancing facial capture and the ability to create a digital human with its Oscar-winning CG version of Brad Pitt in 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. On Monday, the film’s VFX...

Blocker blocker

Imagine being able to surf the web and watch videos online without having to swat away pesky pop-up ads? These days you can, thanks to small programs like Adblock Plus that are available free for download and that arm your browser to defend against ads. Flashing...

Game award show

This Friday, the video game industry will see the birth of another award show meant to honor its best offerings of the year, one run by a familiar face. Geoff Keighley has been the mastermind behind many years of the Video Game Awards, shortened to the VGAs, and then...

Toon town antitrust

It’s official: the three class-action suits brought against Sony, Disney, DreamWorks Animation and other animation studios over alleged anti-poaching and wage-fixing agreements have been consolidated into a single suit, Deadline reports. Lawyers for digital artists...