RKTBlog

Ever since I was a child, I’ve loved video games, and in ever since growing into an adult, I’ve been trying to recapture the feeling I had when I first plugged my NES into the TV for the first time.  The video game industry has been a disappointment to me in recent years.  As gamers have grown older, most games have also lost their sense of fun and imagination.  Nintendo is one of the few companies that dares to buck that trend, so I always have high hopes for their games.

Animal Crossing on the Wii, which was unveiled today, was one of those which I had such high hopes for.  I enjoyed the game on the DS, although it never quite matched my expectations.  Despite its promises of creating a real-time interactive world based on community and communication, its world always felt a bit static to me.   Read more »

This is one of the most striking, creative, and innovative music videos I’ve seen in a while, coming from a woman who helped define the look of the 80’s. Simple, but extremely effective, and thoroughly modern. On top of that, I really dig the song, too.