Here’s what you can do with a terrible costume idea and an hour and a half to kill: The idea, naturally, is a robot that changes into pants to blend in with his terrestrial surroundings. i can picture such robots waging fierce battles against each other – say, a necktie (the evil “Neckotron”) vs. a [...] Keep Reading

i snapped this pic down a back alley here in Toronto: i love the fact that Open Book Toronto’s ads are entirely dependant on the singles ads that are reliably plastered all over town. My dream, my Holy Grail of ad warfare, is to see a third ad campaign contained within or wrapped around the first two [...] Keep Reading

KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers, or “Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess”, as it was called in America, is a graphic adventure game from the late 80’s. i mention it now because it had a really neat twist that has stayed with me throughout my career in game design. Keep Reading

i checked out the Sony Consumer Electronics show this afternoon. The big press show was on Thursday. This event seemed like more of a bid for Sony to show Joe Public that they’ve purchased and renamed the Sony Centre …. formerly the Hummingbird Centre … formerly the O’Keefe Centre … formerly a large [...] Keep Reading

i turn up a lot of strange stuff using Google image search. When i was browsing “passport” photos for reference material, i came across this page. The gist: in an effort to cheat someone out of an order of dried insects (??), this scammer sent a message purportedly from his wife saying that he had been killed [...] Keep Reading