Video: Grinderman: “Evil”

Video: Grinderman: “Evil”
Grinderman ‘s new “Evil” video is a deeply unsettling piece of work for reasons that can’t easily be explained. The Road director and frequent Nick Cave collaborator John Hillcoat helmed the video, which consists entirely of close-up shots of two animals: A bird and some sort of nightmare marine creature. UPDATE: A reader points out that the creature in question is a vampire squid. But with Nick …
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This Week In Video Game Criticism: Guilt, Abstraction, And Unexpected Education
[This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us a fresh roundup of links compiled by Eric Swain, on topics including player guilt, abstraction in games, and what we can learn from Mass Effect 2 and Civilization V.] We begin at Popmatters’ Moving Pixel’s blog, where early in the week Kris Ligman finished the site’s set of posts focusing on the amateur game …
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Listen: Julianna Barwick: “The Magic Place”
MP3:   Julianna Barwick: “The Magic Place” On February 22, Asthmatic Kitty will release The Magic Place , the new full-length album from voice-layering abstract wailer Julianna Barwick . And up above, you can download the title track. Let Julianna ease you into the weekend peacefully.
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