Posts by Seamus O'Toole

Can video games be considered art?

Video games have been around for more than 30+ years now. What started out as a cheap, basic, monotone medium is now worth more than the movie industry at 40 billion. Not too shabby for a few ‘blip blips’ eh?!

Pong

Pong

Even though videogames are worth more money now than any other media, gaming is still considered a niche market. I still get funny looks from people when I say I play video games. Some think I need to grow up, others think I’m going to blow something up, while others think it’s just a phase. … read more 

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Can video games be considered art?
11 December 2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox has just been released. I was quite surprised at what I saw. It’s the first animated film from director Wes Anderson and he’s clearly going for a very retro feel with this.

The movie seems to stray a little from the original Roald Dahl book but I’m optimistic and hopeful he does his best, with such a great cast and a quirky design I’m sure it’ll be great, but after the excellent Coraline, our expectations are that much higher.

I’d love to be have been a fly on the wall in the production meeting before they started this film…”Stop motion! Miniature sets! Fur!”

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
31 July 2009

Disney Villains!

Disney Villains

With all the interest in 2D animation lately I thought I’d watch some classic Disney. I have Sleeping Beauty on Blu-Ray so I threw that on. I haven’t seen this film in years and it’s only now that I realised how much I love Maleficent in it! We all love our heroes and well-doers but for me, you can’t have a good, classic Disney feature without some (to borrow a phrase from Jennifer Coolidge’s Amanda in Friends)  ‘positively ghastly’ villains! … read more 

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Disney Villains!
29 May 2009

A Day In The Working Life Of….

…SEAMUS O’TOOLE, ONLINE EDITOR

It’s Tuesday and I’ve got a busy week ahead with online deliveries of Noddy and offlines to be sent off for the all clear. It takes me about two minutes to get into work as I live in Smithfield where the studio is based. After grabbing an apple in the shop downstairs (I don’t drink coffee like everyone else in the world at this time of the day as I’m a nerd!) I’m ready to go… … read more 

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A Day In The Working Life Of....
26 May 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

The trailer for the adaption of Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are has been online for a few weeks now and it looks fantastic. … read more 

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Where the Wild Things Are
21 April 2009