A really well done independent short based on the Half Life games. Directed by The Purchase Brothers, The Escape From City 17 is a short film series adapted from Valve’s Half Life video games. At first the team only wanted to test out a number of post production techniques (the special effects are impressive for [...]

Animation fanatics who fancy themselves as the next Nick Park should look no further than the must-have animation gizmo of 2009: Armature FX. The stop motion modular kit developed by Westley Wood of Animation Tool Shop includes all you need to build your own animation armature ready to flesh out in clay with no need [...]

Video game publisher Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) announced on Thursday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the state of Delaware. The company said its change in ownership back in November “triggered accelerated repurchase obligations relating to two classes of Midway debt, which Midway anticipated it would be unable to satisfy.” Former [...]

Stu Maschwitz announces on his blog page that The Orphanage is no longer in business. From Stu’s Blog Today I had the heart-wrenching task of joining my co-founders Scott Stewart and Jonathan Rothbart in announcing that The Orphanage will be suspending operations indefinitely. We started the company ten years ago, tripled in size each year [...]