Random interesting stuff

I've always been intrigued by cel-shading, and I think that these two trailers for Mirror's Edge are a wonderful blend of cel-shaded animation and narrative

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/26/faith-based-cel-shaded-mirrors-edge-trailer-shows-origin-story/

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/19848

I've always held an interest in trailers and how they could show you so much, and yet so little...they can garner interest from just minutes of your time. I really admire people who make great trailers...I have a hard enough time trying to describe a movie or game to someone without revealing key elements of story or without referencing something else to describe it.

And of course, graphic novels have a special place in my heart...I love how they can express movement and emotion through still images. Here are some samples of two found recently on Joystiq.com

Mirror's Edge comic

Prince of Persia graphic novel (which ironically has nothing to do with the videogame series)

Finally, the Indie game development community seems to be growing more and more, and

"All week, Joystiq will be revealing the 26 finalists for the IndieCade: International Festival of Independent Games, set to take place October 10 through 17 in Bellevue, Washington. The winners will be announced on October 11." ~Joystiq.com

I think it's interesting to see the ideas that low budget developers come up with, especially to win a competition. They really have to have ideas that stand out, and everything must be extremely well designed...to me, I feel like they focus on what really matters in a game when they're not buffered by access to a lot of money (which I think is sometimes forgotten by big name companies, who sometimes rely only on the fact that they can have high resolution beautiful graphics and forget gameplay)... and so, for your viewing pleasure, screenshots and/or videos of the 26 finalists:

1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-26