Art Inspired by Video Games

Kotaku has a report from the opening of a gallery show devoted to I Am 8-Bit, a collection (and book) of art inspired by classic video games. Apparently Joust is extra-inspirational, since it’s heavily represented.

Gliese 581c: If You Lived There You’d Be Very Heavy Now

My colleague Jeff Kluger notes that a team of European planet-hunters have found a promisingly Earth-like specimen, which they’ve named Gliese 581c. The money shot is as follows:

Superheroes 2007: The Paneling

Next week I’m running a panel at the Tribeca Film Festival. The topic — I’m told, I didn’t write it — is as follows: