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kottke.org -
1 days and 2 hours ago
On Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Robert Morris, Robert Smithson, Jane Jacobs, 2001, Star Wars,
and minimalism: Star Wars: A New
Heap.
Kubrick's film presented a future of company men moving with assurance and clear intention toward
a godlike minimalist object. Lucas, on the other hand, gave us a slapdash world of knuckleheads
pursued by industrial-scale minimalists. Visually, Kubrick's film is as seamless and smooth as
the modernist authority it mirrored. Like the mid-century modernists, 2001 associated abstraction
with the progressive ideals of the United Nations as embodied by its New York headquarters.
Lucas, on the other hand, was a nonbeliever. Even the initially smooth and unitary form of the
Death Star was shown, as the rebel fighters skimmed its surface, to be deeply fissured with an
ever-diminishing body of structural fragments. These crenulated details suggested a depth and
complexity to modern life that modernism's pure geometries often obscured.
And this:
A flying saucer had never been a slum before. The immaculate silver sheen of the saucer was
reinvented as a dingy Dumpster full of boiler parts, dirty dishes, and decomposing upholstery.
Lucas's visual program not only captured the stark utopian logic that girded modern urban
planning, it surpassed it. The Millennium Falcon resisted the modernist demand for purity and
separation, pushing into the eclecticism of the minimalist expanded field. Its tangled bastard
asymmetry made it a truer dream ship than any of its purebred predecessors. It is the first
flying saucer imagined as architecture without architects.
(thx, matt)
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linkfilter.net - fresh links -
1 days and 7 hours ago
Whether your fantasy hotel is a Star Wars-style cave dwelling or a Hobbit hole in New Zealand,
specialty accommodations around the world will fulfill your nerdy needs. nbsp; nbsp; Other hotels
geek out with crazy gear, from Apple- and Microsoft-themed suites to virtual golf courses. And
while WiFi has become a common hotel offering, a high-tech hotel in the Middle East extends
internet access all the way to its private beach. nbsp; nbsp; These and other specialty
accommodations make Wired.com's list of top geek hotels.
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JeuxVideo.fr - Jeux Vidéo.TV -
1 days and 8 hours ago
Dans notre vidéo exclusive de Star Wars The Clone Wars : L'Alliance Jedi nous retrouvons
Anakin Skywalker et Obi-Wan Kenobi à la poursuite des sœurs noires sur
Christophsis.
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Joystiq -
2 days ago
Filed under: PC, Action, RPGs, Strategy, MMO

Petroglyph, the warmongers behind both Star Wars: Empire at War and Universe at
War, this morning revealed details behind the studio's next project,
Mytheon, which publisher True Games Interactive describes as a "micro transaction game
that...." Hey, where are you going?
Using the myths of Ancient Greece as a foundation, the free-to-play game promises to blend the
"best" elements of action, role-playing and strategy with a "heavy emphasis" on combat and
collecting. Additionally, Peter Cesario, the director of product development at True Games, tells
Big
Download that future expansions will "eventually branch out to several unique and interesting
mythologies from around the world." Until then, players can look forward to grinding towards the
Golden Fleece in Fall 2009.
Petroglyph
reveals 'online microtransaction game' Mytheon originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Silicon Alley Insider -
2 days ago
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"hologram" effects that Time Warner's (TWX) CNN used on Election night? They're now the property of
a News Corp. (NWS) joint venture./p pSports data company a href="http://www.stats.com/"Stats/a, a
joint venture of News Corp. and the AP, has acquired the "hologram" provider, Israel-based a
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Rafat Ali/a supposedly pegs the deal in the "tens of millions of dollars" range./p pAli a
href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-sports-data-firm-stats-acquires-sportvu-provider-of-cnns-hologram-tech/"explains
the deal/a:/p p style="padding-left: 30px;""From a sports perspective, its technology collects
positioning data of the ball and participants within the playing field in real time, and then
churns them to compile information and develop illustrations and scenarios in the playing field."/p
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JeuxVideo.com -
2 days and 2 hours ago
Le studio Petroglyph (Star Wars Empire at War, Universe at War) annonce le développement
d'un nouveau projet baptisé Mytheon. Dans la veine de ses produits précédents,
Mytheon aura pour base la stratégie temps réel mais cherchera à
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JeuxVideo.com - PC -
2 days and 2 hours ago
Le studio Petroglyph (Star Wars Empire at War, Universe at War) annonce le développement
d'un nouveau projet baptisé Mytheon. Dans la veine de ses produits précédents,
Mytheon aura pour base la stratégie temps réel mais cherchera à
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Gamekult.com -
2 days and 2 hours ago
True Games et Petroglyph (Star Wars : Empire at War, Universe at War) viennent de lever le voile
sur leur projet de jeu en ligne sur PC déjà évoqué en avril dernier. Le
titre en question se nomme donc Mytheon et devrait proposer un mélange d'action, de
stratégie et de jeu de rôles, le tout dans un M...
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iTrafik -
2 days and 2 hours ago
Gros fan de Star Wars ? Alors voilà une application qui devrait t'isoler encore un peu plus
du reste de la société : « Star Wars Sound Board » est un logiciel dispo
sur l'AppStore qui ne fait rien d'autre que de lancer des sons issus des personnages des films !
Tout le monde est là, Yoda, Obi-wan, cette enflure de Dark Vador, C6PO, les sabres laser, le
son du Tie Fighter... Bref, la fête. THQ,...br/ br/ Merci de passer nous voir pour lire cette
actu en entier ;-) pa href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/iTrafik?a=lSHbag"img
src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/iTrafik?i=lSHbag" border="0"/img/a/pimg
src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iTrafik/~4/472578089" height="1" width="1"/
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iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond -
2 days and 3 hours ago
Apple’s new In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic are now available for order from the Apple
Store online. Announced during Apple’s Let’s Rock event in September, the new
headphones offer dual drivers, and an in-line control capsule that offers volume, play/pause, and
next/previous track controls, as well as an integrated microphone. The In-Ear Headphones with
Remote and Mic sell for $79. As in years past, Apple has posted...
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Gameblog.fr -
2 days and 5 hours ago
D'après nos confrères british de CVG, toujours à la pointe de l'information
grâce à des sources super bien renseignées telles le légendaire Gorge
Profonde, le prochain jeu sous licence LEGO pourrait être basé sur les aventures de...
Harry Potter ! Après Star Wars, Indiana Jones et Batman, l'ancien sosie de JulienC devrait
donc nous gratifier d'un jeu (d'une série de jeux ?) a priori de…
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iPod touch Fans forum -
2 days and 5 hours ago
 Category: Games
Released: Nov 23, 2008
Price: $9.99
Description:
The most explosive shooting experience on iPhone! Described by the press as "incredible"; "an
achievement", "it looks and sounds absolutely fantastic". Play as a soldier of the 101st Airborne
in the most intense WWII battles: - The iPhone version of the world-famous Brothers In Arms
franchise. - 14 missions in 3 campaigns: Normandy, Ardennes & Tunisia. - Unbelievable 3D
graphics recreating the atmosphere of a real Hollywood WWII blockbuster. - Drive a 4x4 vehicle or a
Sherman tank and use a wide range of weapons (bazooka, sniper rifle, machine guns, etc.) - Use the
accelerometer function to launch grenades & the touch screen to shoot at enemies. Soldier,
defeat is not an option! For fans of shooters & action games like Star Wars: The Force
Unleashed & Kroll.
Website: http://www.gameloft.com/iphone-games/brothers-in-arms/
Support Website: http://www.gameloft.com/iphone-games/brothers-in-arms/
Note: The description above is the official one supplied by the application
developer and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of this site or its staff.
Get it on iTunes: Brothers In
Arms�® Hour of
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iPod touch Fans forum -
2 days and 5 hours ago
 Category: Entertainment
Released: Nov 28, 2008
Price: $0.99
Description:
The Force is with your iPhone! The Star Wars Sound Board puts your favorite Star Wars sounds right
at your fingertips. Tap the sound board icons for classic quotes from your favorite Star Wars
characters. Hear Jabba the
Hutt�s
laugh, a TIE fighter soaring by, a light saber igniting, a blaster firing and more! Blow your
friends and colleagues away!
Website: http://www.thqwireless.com
Support Website: http://www.thqwireless.com
Note: The description above is the official one supplied by the application
developer and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of this site or its staff.
Get it on iTunes: Star Wars Sound Board
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Gamers.fr - Actus -
2 days and 7 hours ago
Sacapus ! Heu... Shibidibidibi... non... pAprès Star Wars, Indiana Jones et Batman,
voilà que la licence Harry Potter pourrait bien se voir convertir en briques de plastique
car si l'on en croit le site CVG, un Lego Harry Potter serait en développement chez les
anglais de Traveller's Tales histoire de faire joli avec le prochain film prév... /p
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Gamers.fr - Actus -
2 days and 7 hours ago
Il était une fois kekpart là bas dans la galaxie... pSuper attendu par les g33ks
à l'époque, le MMO Star Wars Galaxies fût une sacrée déception en
partie à cause de son monticule de bugs et de son rythme mou du genou (si mes souvenirs sont
bons). Et pourtant, il tourne toujours. Et ce sera toujours le cas malgré la future venue de
Star Wars : The Ol... /p
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JeuxOnLine - Les actualités MMORPG/MMOG -
2 days and 7 hours ago
Star Wars: The Old Republic est un projet ambitieux, qui se donne les moyens de son ambition.
Quelque 100 développeurs travaillent au projet et bénéficient des conseils de
George Lucas himself.
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Puissance-Nintendo -
2 days and 8 hours ago
En attendant la sortie en juillet prochain de l'adaptation cinématographique du tome 6,
Harry Potter et le prince de sang-mêlé, et tous les jeux qui arriveront en même
temps, une rumeur plus que plausible circule sur le net. Il semblerait en effet que la licence soit
le prochaine cible de la vague LEGO telle qu'elle avait débuté avec Star Wars.
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JeuxVideoPC.com - News all -
2 days and 9 hours ago
Après Star Wars, Indiana Jones et Batman, lÂ’apprenti sorcier le plus
célèbre de la littérature et du cinéma serait-il le...
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