Mon, Jun 9, 2008
The first episode of rgbFilter, talking about the character modeling software Daz 3D, Big Buck Bunny made with the open source 3D animation software Blender, Nvidia's GTX 280 graphics card, the private screening of King-Pin Lei's debut feature film Killing Schrödinger's Cats, and more.
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
This week we look at the legendary Stan Winston who has sadly passed away after a long bout with cancer. Besides being responsible for some of the most memorable movie creatures of all time, he also talked a lot about the process, and never hid behind the veil of magic when it came to his work. Also on the show, The Spore Creature Creator demo is released, AMD's new RV770 interactive demo is discussed, Canadian Internet News Update, Canadian iPhone Pricing leaked, Mad Catz announces official Rock Band instruments - some are wicked cool. and part one of Paul, Dave and Alex's discussion about Battlestar Galactica Season 4. Warning, there WILL be spoilers for the first four episodes. Govern yourself accordingly.
Tue, Jul 15, 2008
The rgbFilter gang look at the Toronto iPhone Launch Coverage, Bell and Telus to charge 15 cents for every incoming SMS, Industry Minister Jim Prentice responding. In gaming we give quick reviews of Bourne Conspiracy and Dark Sector, Maxy Max Payne teaser trailer released -it looks good- and stop calling Mark Wahlberg Marky, Watchmen Video Journal 3 and 4 now online and we take a look at the awesome new multimedia search site Viewzi, and talk about the Belkin Go Station.
Mon, Aug 11, 2008
This week the rgbFilter gang looks at The Craft Economy's novel take on fighting bill C-61, the imminent release of the HTC Diamond in North America via Telus, a dangerous time waster in the form of FireNES which allows you to play classic Nintendo games in the Firefox browser, the-just-as-imminent release of the new Nvidia drivers that will support PhysX even allowing a second video card to handle the physics calculations, the promised extra coverage of the Apocalipstix release party including the bands Dame and Terror Lake. Plus an unexpected tangent about the sudden growth in animated comics, from the US exclusive Watchmen to Dead Space and Invincible. We all lose so many Geek Points, we didn't even track them.
Fri, Sep 12, 2008
It's our return to a regular recording schedule after Fan Expo, and we've got all the details on the Swag Bag Giveaway. This week we welcome back an old friend and wrap up Fan Expo (even though we still have extensive interviews in upcoming weeks). We also get our tech on as we talk a bit about Google's new browser Chrome, the CDMA version of the HTC Diamond phone, review the awesome game Braid and the equally awesome documentary Frag. And speaking of Frag, we have details of the Frag Giveaway Contest.
Sat, Sep 27, 2008
Episode 10 is in the can, and jam packed with tech goodness, including Google's Android phone, the controversy around Apple's recent App Store bannings, Microsoft's ad campaign launches for real, we're all blown away by initial HD video footage from the Canon EOS 5D MKII, Rock Band 2 is here and we have our review of it, and we have a few things to say about a couple of the returning shows of the new fall season. We've extended the Giveaway to Monday October 6th, so make sure you sign up. All that, along with Crispin Glover and the Suicide Girls, make for a busy show.
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
In this week's episode: Braaiiiiinnnssssss. To kick off this Halloween Spooktacular, we introduce the short story of an urban zombie -and we've totally made over the set- all in honour of the coolest holiday of them all. We also have far ranging talks ranging from The Force Unleashed to the new Macbooks to the Bell-Telus joint that will bring the carriers into the GSM world, and a whole bunch more, including some extra footage from the Toronto Zombie Walk. If you're squeamish about blood, don't watch this one alone.
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
It's a big show, and the return of the old set. We get into a discussion about the increasingly walled garden nature of gaming, talk about the growth of the smart phone market, our takes on True Blood and the US version of Life On Mars, and wonder if hiring the original writers for Heroes can save the world (well it's world anyways). In cool sites, we have a couple of great recommendations for public domain and royalty free video for all you video editors out there, and mention some of the upcoming bonus shows and interviews we have on tap over the next month or so. All that and another installment of MegaHurtz.
Tue, Dec 2, 2008
In this show it's all post-apocalyptic goodness as we discuss the books World War Z and The Road (and the movies coming out based on them), and we get into gory details about the game Fallout 3, which is available for the PC, as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3. Plus, there's an apology from Dave, another installment of MegaHurtz, and much more.
Thu, Jan 29, 2009
After a longer than expected holiday hibernation, the latest episode of rgbFilter is here. In this show, we take a look at the Palm Pre, and the Windows 7 beta. Beyond that, we look at responsibility in blogging, give our takes on the beginning of the end of Battlestar Galactica, and contemplate the substance of the universe.
Thu, Aug 7, 2008
rgbFilter covering the Toronto launch party for the new comic The Apocalipstix by writer Ray Fawkes and artist Cameron Stewart. Ray and Cameron were kind enough to give Alex some time to talk to them about the comic, and other projects they have coming up. It was a great night, presented by Chris from The Beguiling. After an intro and book signing session, the party continued with a couple of great bands, Dame and Terror Lake. There will definitely be more coverage of the night in the next regular episode of rgb Filter.
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Alex sat down with Brian Bolland, legendary comic artist behind Batman: The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd and Animal Man. They discuss the recolouring of The Killing Joke for the recently released 'Remastered' edition, Mr. Bolland's process, including drawing on a Wacom tablet, as well as the British comics invasion and more. We also managed to score a signed copy of the 'Remastered' Killing Joke that we will be giving away in a contest. Check back for more details soon.
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Part 2 of Alex's sit down with Brian Bolland, legendary comic artist behind Batman: The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd and Animal Man. They discuss the recolouring of The Killing Joke for the recently released 'Remastered' edition, Mr. Bolland's process, including drawing on a Wacom tablet, as well as the British comics invasion and more.
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Our special Guest Interviewer and Dave spent part of the day Saturday hanging in the Media Room area, and managed to have some brief chats with Wes Craven, Kate Mulgrew, Buzz Aldrin and Henry Winkler, in no particular order. Buzz describing getting the shot of the earth rise is a particular highlight, in the science fact department.NOTE: The end credit in this video is wrong. Our Guest Interviewer is on the mic, and Dave (mostly) shooting. He vanished before the Kate Mulgrew interview, so Kate's assistant Holly deserves a thumbs up for taking over camera duties.
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Our Guest Interviewer talks to Rick Green about the hilarious history of Hoverboy, and Doug pops in to find the truth behind the fate of the Prisoners Of Gravity chair. - The chair ended up in our garage after the series ended and I just knew that someday it would be worth something as a collector's item, but, you know, racoons pooed all over it and it went in the garbage eventually.
Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Alex talks with Aaron Douglas, who plays Chief on Battlestar Galactica. It starts off as a mutual Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant / Karl Pilkington fan chat (Aaron wants to work with them, hint hint), then turns to discussions about the announced BSG TV movie being directed by Edward James Olmos and his roles in The Bridge and Blood: A Butcher's Tale and what it's like to work on a fully green screened set.
Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Alex has a conversation with John Meadows, instructor at Vancouver Film School and writer for Lost: The Video Game, for Ubisoft amongst other things. They touch on challenges writing for the video game medium vs. film, working with an existing property, and the different storytelling sensibilities of North America vs. Europe and Japan, and Ubisoft as a French company producing games in Montreal..
Tue, Aug 26, 2008
Part 2 of our sit down with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during Fan Expo. In Part 2, Kevin talks about why the second Heavy Metal movie was so weak (sucked 'badly' as he says). He mentions that David Fincher is going to be executive producer on the 3rd one and that Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro and Gore Verbinkski have all shown interest in directing segments.
Tue, Sep 2, 2008
Outside the entrance to Fan Expo there was a table, a couple of guys in waistcoats and their crew. They were The Conventioneers, a show found on BiteTV that covers conventions of all sorts. A while ago, the irreverent commentators were banned from getting inside. Alex and our Guest Interviewer ask them why.
Tue, Nov 11, 2008
Neal Stephenson sits down with Mark Askwith as part of the long running TINARS series, and talks about his latest novel Anathem, some of the concepts in it, his writing process and much more. We were there to cover it. In the very near future Alex will also be putting up an exclusive interview, as well as a review of Anathem. Special thanks go out to the folks at TINARS/pages, Simon Evans of HardcoreNerdity and Melissa Nowakowski of Harper Collins, and of course, Neal Stephenson.