Jul 9, 2012 | Forbes
Two months ago, feminist blogger, Anita Sarkeesian created a Kickstarter project to fund a five-video series to examine sexism and female stereotypes in videogames. In addition to raising almost $160,000, Sarkeesian also received what she described on her blog as “a...
Jul 9, 2012 | Forbes
Image from the official website of author Suzanne Collins The sequel to The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is currently in pre-production, with director Francis Lawrency actively casting Jennifer Lawrence (no relation to the director)’s and Woody...
Jul 8, 2012 | Forbes
David Fincher has directed Alien 3, Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Social Network, among others. Michael Bay has directed Bad Boys, the Transformers series, and The Island, among others. Besides the fact that they’re successful Hollywood directors, what else do they have...
Jul 7, 2012 | Forbes
Image posted by Paul McCartney, via Twitter As I wrote back in January, Paul McCartney—actually, that’s Sir Paul to you—told German magazine Zeit that he was writing music for a video game…and then he said nothing else. But today he told the world, via Twitter, who...
Jul 7, 2012 | Forbes
Image by Sony Pictures Digital Inc. The 1987 film RoboCop was a razor sharp satire of late ‘80s America, with its crime, grime, and anarcho-capitalist bend. Interspersed between such lines as “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me” are wry newscasts and commercials...
