This episode starts off with a virtual tour of 17th century London, courtesy of the Pudding Lane team’s entry to a British Library Digital Scholarship a couple of years ago. The experience created with Crytek’s CRYENGINE holds up over the years, and the detail included in this entry is phenomenal, from the rope at the docks to the textures of the window glass, and the rooms they gently obscure behind them.
Secret crushes feature prominently in the new Facebook Dating capabilities, which have just now been deployed to the US Facebook app. It will be very interesting to see how the user population begins to take advantage of the new functionality.
Star Wars makes a musical appearance courtesy of the British musician Sam Battle, where Lego droids form an entire orchestra to play the John Williams theme. Also included in the VOTD link is a longer making-of video that is well worth checking out. Continuing with A New Hope, Lego debuts the Ultimate Collector Series Imperial Star Destroyer battleship from the opening of the the movie, and the 4,784 piece set, along with a couple of minifigs and a to-scale model of the Tantive IV, which is pretty tiny, can be yours for a cool $699.
The cohosts round out this episode with an announcement story from the House House team about a new game called Untitled Goose Game, and some anticipation of the Apple event coming up next week.
Selected Links
Open Culture article: Prize-Winning Animation Lets You Fly Through 17th Century London — http://www.openculture.com/2013/11/fly-through-17th-century-london.html
British Library Digital Scholarship blog: Off The Map Winners Announced — https://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/10/off-the-map-winners-announced.html
Pudding Lane blog — http://puddinglanedmuga.blogspot.com
Crytek’s CRYENGINE — https://www.crytek.com/cryengine
9To5Mac article: Facebook Dating available now, with Secret Crush feature, but concerns raised — https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/06/facebook-dating/
Daily Tech News Show episode: You’re in My Facebook Top 9 – DTNS 3610 — http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/youre-in-my-facebook-top-9-dtns-3610/
Marsbot — https://marsbotapp.com
SlashFilm article: VOTD: Watch the ‘Star Wars’ Theme Played by a LEGO Droid Orchestra with Real Instruments — https://www.slashfilm.com/lego-droids-play-the-star-wars-theme/
Ars Technica article: This $700 Lego Star Destroyer is as close as you’ll get to the real thing — https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/09/this-700-lego-star-destroyer-is-as-close-as-youll-get-to-the-real-thing/
CNN article: A gaming company is releasing something called “Untitled Goose Game” and people are losing their honking minds — https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/30/entertainment/honking-goose-game-trnd/index.html
Untitled Goose Game — https://goose.game
House House tweet
It’s finally time to honk.
— House House (@house_house_) August 30, 2019
Untitled Goose Game is coming to Nintendo Switch, Mac & PC on September 20th.https://t.co/mLLf8rWG4b pic.twitter.com/HxsM6TX0AV
Apple tweet
It’s coming soon. Tap ❤️ below to get reminders and news around the #AppleEvent. Watch it live on September 10 at 10 a.m. PDT on https://t.co/yLa2e4Xr2R pic.twitter.com/Pq6OFGH88p
— Apple (@Apple) September 4, 2019
NC State Author Event: Felicia Day, Embrace Your Weird — https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/events/author-event-felicia-day
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.