Adem, Hot Chip, Simian on Memory Band U.S. Debut Pitchfork
Folktronica dude Stephen Cracknell (who, as Gorodisch , released Thurn & Taxis on the Leaf Label in 2001), assembled the Memory Band circa 2001 with the intention of creating a "folk supergroup," in his own words.
Photos: The friendly faces of Japanese robots CNET
If the new generation of household robots has puppy-dog eyes, blame a classic cartoon character named Astro Boy.
War-inspired advertising makes its mark, but not everyone approves The Daily Star Lebannon
While Israel warplanes were destroying nearly all of Lebanon's bridges this summer, the iconic character of Johnnie Walker, with his top hat and waistcoat, was striding over his own destroyed bridge, rendered in gold, seemingly without a care in the world. While petrol was dwindling throughout the country during Israel's land, sea.
GDC London: Freeman Talks Emotion In Games Gamasutra
David Freeman-a veteran the game industry, author, and teacher of screenwriting-has become one of the most active proponents emotion in video games. His 2005 book, Creating Emotion in Games, was released last year by New Riders. Freeman, whose company has recently been working on PSP dating sim Brooktown for Konami and has previously contributed to games including Prey, Van Helsing, Shark Tale,
Playing odd folks can really pay off The Olympian
For some reason, actors are drawn to characters who are a little bit "off." I'm not exactly sure why, but I'm guessing that they think it gives them room to do a little more "act-ing" than a normal character.
Don Matthews will always be someone who does things his own way Canadian Press via Yahoo! News
(CP) - He will forever be remembered as The Don, a larger than life character who thrived in the spotlight and took wicked pleasure in keeping the media on edge with his abrasive personality and sharp wit.
Sherwood, Carney square off The Daily Item
LEWISBURG — Questions of moral character and the cost of an ongoing war were fielded at Wednesday's debate between 10th Congressional District candidates Don Sherwood and Chris Carney.
At the New York Film Festival, a Global Glimpse of the State of the Cinema New York Times
In its second week the New York Film Festival settles down to serious cinematic business. Among the must-sees is David Lynch?s sadistic, fitfully brilliant ?Inland Empire."
DVD Review: X-Men - The Last Stand Blogcritics.org
Supposedly the final piece to the X-Men series, this lively, energetic, and fun cap to this trilogy is a worthy send off to this fantastic comic book based series. While a director change early on caused some controversy, Rush Hour director Brett Ratner does a fantastic job with the material. If anything, there's not enough here. The film's problem is the lack of character development or
Stage Review: Quantum takes Jean Rhys, the madwoman in the library, to Braddock Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Once it is written down, it doesn't hurt so much." And so Jean Rhys becomes fascinated with the character of the first Mrs. Rochester, Bertha, "the madwoman in the attic" in "Jane Eyre."

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Character creation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Character creation (often Character generation or chargen) is the process of The process of creating a character varies greatly from game to game.
General Article :: Writers: Creating Characters for Games
Bioware is one of the industries leaders when it comes to character creation, dialogue and storytelling in games. So far, Mass Effect is looking like a more
How to Draw Character Creation: Available at Wizard Universe
This special 120-page book is the second in this series and focuses more on the basics of drawing, along with more specific lessons on character creation
Planearium South Park Studio
The "South Park Studio" Flash. (by Janina Köppel aka Zwerg-im-Bikini) Please update your bookmarks: www.sp-studio.de.


General Article :: Writers: Creating Characters for Games
Bioware is one of the industries leaders when it comes to character creation, dialogue and storytelling in games. So far, Mass Effect is looking like a more
How to Draw Character Creation: Available at Wizard Universe
This special 120-page book is the second in this series and focuses more on the basics of drawing, along with more specific lessons on character creation
Planearium South Park Studio
The "South Park Studio" Flash. (by Janina Köppel aka Zwerg-im-Bikini) Please update your bookmarks: www.sp-studio.de.
How to Create a Character Profile *Writers Write -- The IWJ*
How to Create a Character Profile By The Lazy Scholar(TM) -- June 98. The Internet Writing Journal(R)
Xbox.com | The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™ - Character Creation
Read details on the feature-filled character creation system in Square-Enix's blockbuster Xbox 360 RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
[ELFWOOD] Tutorials (FARP) / FARP : Creating an Original Character
Elfwood / Tutorials (FARP) / FARP : Creating an Original Character.
Amazon.com: 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating
Amazon.com: 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters: Books: Victoria Lynn Schmidt by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.
Kenyon College - Building Character, Creating Characters
Building Character, Creating Characters. For actress Allison Janney, the roots of success go back to Kenyon professors, Paul Newman, and a fear of rats