With the new technologies in the realm of videogames it is becoming common place to see more and more innovations in terms of gameplay.

You need only play such games as Prince of Persia (with it’s completely unique battle engine and a screen lacking indicators) to realize the concept of  ”what a video game is” is being redefined.

But there are not only those big games by big companies that challenge what we already know. There are also little studios (such as That Game Company with Flower which, we must agree, is nothing like any other game before it) and even individuals (Braid by Jonathan Blow with it’s dramatic, beautiful design and it’s innovative gameplay being a great example) who are also experimenting with the videogame conventions.

“Today I Die” is a little, impressively well done videogame. The gameplay is incredibly fresh and the simple, artistic look of it makes it one of my very favourite videogames to date.

The one thing that makes it all the special is it’s gameplay, though, but I am afraid that if I were to tell you how it is played I’d take away the surprise factor that is so important to the game itself.

So instead of telling you how it is played, I will only give you a link to this marvel of human ingenuity and artistic talent.

The “Today I Die” website

Daniel Benmergui (The creator of the game)

Go ahead and try it, it won’t take you more than five minutes to complete and you won’t regret it.

Twitter has just overcome a mayor makeover on its home page.

Screen Capture by @ckanal

You might have noticed that the new design is more focused on both search and trends. I think we’re finally getting to see twitter reacting to the other way people uses twitter (that is, aside from talking to those people you know) and that’s a really good thing.

Do you like this new design?

And don’t forget to follow my tweets.

Because I feel so identified with it. I have just as much trouble waking up in the morning.

Any resemblance to your own situation? or are you a “morning person”?

I gotta admit, I’m not a big of making stop-motion. But I do love seeing the results!

The PEN Story from PENStory on Vimeo.

This animation is, by far, one of the most interesting stop-motion animations I’ve ever seem. I can only imagine the complexity of making something like this and be impressed by such a great result.

Is this impressive or what?

How come when such events as the realease of the triler to one of the most awaited (at least for me) anime movies in the history of important anime movies come out and is on youtube I don’t find out only a few seconds later? I deffinitely am alone in this world.

How come it is only now that I find out about Evangelion 1.0: You are (not) alone theatrical trailer?

But enough with the bitter talk. And let us rejoice on the marvels of modern day animation.

It must be obvious to everyone this far that I am, indeed, quite the fan of “Shin Seiki Evangelion” One of the greatest (if not itself the greatest) anime series of all times. If you know this then you must, too, understand the excitement it makes me feel to see such a trailer, and most of all with such visual quality.

Ever since I bought the Neon Genesis Evangelion Director’s Cut: Genesis Reborn and Resurrection from which I was able to watch more recently produced scenes of the Evangelion series with a much greater visual quality. I started wondering what it would have looked like to have had this amazing series produced in today’s world.

There once was a project to bring Evangelion to the realm of live action movies (much like The Last Airbender today) but when it didn’t happen it left my heart aching. But then, a ray of light showed in the horizon: it was announced that there would be three new Evangelion Movies. The trailer above being from the first of this movies.

As excitement and expectation invade me I leave you with this little question:

Are you looking forward to this movie?

It would come as no surprise that I’m, indeed, a big fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender; the impresive animation series by Nickelodeon.

It may come as a surprise to you, though, that this incredible series will be translated to a live-action movie. Here’s a the first teaser for you to see:

I admit it, it doesn’t show much but, to me, it shows a lot. Why? Well, first of all I can see the kid playing Anng is, indeed, pretty good with the martial arts movements (or at least his double, I don’t know).Second, It shows a really well made visual style. Something I definitely think is pretty important. And not less important, it shows some pretty good CGI.

And for all of this I couldn’t be happier.

Now, After some invertigation, I found there’s some furor around the cast being all white… I do agree it is not just stupid but even offensive to have all white kids playing the parts of an overtly multicultural cast, a cast with no white people in it to boot.

And, while I adhere to this inconformity, I would’t go as far as to say I wouldn’t watch the movie if this is not fixed… I do certainly know this movie will be good. How do I know this? Just look at the director’s curriculum. you won’t be disappointed.

I can’t believe I only now find out about this, I need to keep more in touch with news.

Remember those old rail shooters like House of the Dead and Time Crisis?

Something I always found annoying about those games was the fact that it never really felt as though the camera movement resembeled the actual walking of a character. Rather, it felt like being on top of a dolly.

Time, and in this case Capcom, reinvents things and makes what’s old and overdone feel new and exiting:

Not only is this a beautiful example of immersing, dramatic camera use, the graphics are gorgeous. Specially for the Nintendo Wii.

I really can’t wait to play this game. What about you?

 There’s a really cool and funny web-comic named xkcd.com

It treats math, literature and other intelectual topics with a well thought humor.

There is a specific one I’ve been telling to people and nobody seems to get it but me.  So… Am I a nerd?

My guess… Maybe.

You get it!? >.<

If there is something drawing the world together nowadays it is the world wide economic crisis.

But, do most of us actually understand what’s bsehind this?

Jonathan  Jarvis has explained today’s crisis in the best way posible. With an elegand and comprehensive animation:

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Sometimes graphic enhancers can really make a message all the clearer.

Did you already know what the crisis was all about?

English is a funny language indeed. As a Mexican, I found it rather strange to learn a language in which the letters had such varied pronunciations depending on the word’s origin.

There’s an animation that’s been seen a lot lately, Obama’s Elf, that I think makes my point really clear:

Really, it’s just to funny for words… Really interesting to witness how a phrase like “All by myself” can become something so funny as “Obama’s elf” with just a weird pronunciation.

This phrase wouldn’t have such an impact if not for the animation acompaning it, of course, This short animation has given me a good laugh indeed.