Gamey and stop-motion peopley

Tale of Tales will be in Wales, Penarth in particular, for a couple of weeks, hosing activities this Saturday (23 October) and next (the 31st).

Queen Games have finally got their Web site properly up to date for the first time in several years, now with video demonstrations (I, naturally, much prefer them with the German narration, though I only understand the odd word, than the strongly American-accented English).

Amanita Design's Karel Zeman-like Machinarium is now out and general creator/director of the whole thing Jakub Dvorský and composer Tomáš Dvořák will be in the UK in November, giving a presentation at the games side of the Bradford Animation Festival. This interview with him makes for a useful overview of Amanita's history; the site it's part of is in general of interest to me and other players of LucasArts/Sierra/Cyan Worlds-style adventure games. Also making an appearance there will Erik Svedång and his frustratingly Windoze-only Blueberry Garden and Sarah Quick of Tuna Technologies (who impressed me with her name-dropping of KAWAMOTO Kihachirô in this interview for The Artful Gamer and, on the film side, there's a screening of Jiří Trnka's Midsummer Night's Dream!

Current music: Kurt Weill week on BBC Radio 3!!