PASSENGERS /  by Kyle Johnstone

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A beautiful looking sci-fi love story between Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence's characters Jim and Aurora as they travel through space during what looks to be a ship malfunction.  Check out the trailer below!

Pokémon GO on Apple Watch /  by Kyle Johnstone

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With the Pokémon GO Plus getting an official release date of September 16th via pokemongolive.com .  John Hanke of Niantic announced that Pokémon GO is coming to Apple Watch at Apple's Special Event.  The watch app seems to offer a workout function that let's you encounter wild Pokémon, swipe PokéStops for items, hatch eggs and more!  John announced that the watch functionality will be available before the end of 2016.

Watch the whole Apple keynote presentation on demand here, with the Pokémon GO news at 28:35 if you want to fast forward. 

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Shigeru Miyamoto & Bill Trinen at Apple's Special Event /  by Kyle Johnstone

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Never in a million years did I think a side scrolling Super Mario game would make it mobile devices.  Today Shigeru Miyamoto & Bill Trinen happily announced Super Mario Run exclusively for Apple iOS at Apple's Special Event.  All we know at this point is that the game will release in December with pricing details to come later.  Sign up here to receive notifications regarding the release and other details! 

Nintendo Wire released a clip version of the keynote below.

Atlanta /  by Kyle Johnstone

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I really want to check this show out, Donald Glover doesn't seem afraid to try different roll genres.  I was even more intrigued when I found out he was the creator/executive producer.  Shot on location in Atlanta Georgia, the teasers have a sense of realism, I was especially drawn to the natural lighting in all shots.  The day shots don't show any evidence of artificial lights and night shots seem to borrow from environmental lights, which I really appreciate.

Atlanta premiers today September 6th at 10:00pm

UPDATE: Watch the full episode 1 on FX's YouTube Channel, here's the link.

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Tokyo 2020 /  by Kyle Johnstone

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The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics have come to an end, but is the begging for Tokyo's 2020 hosting duties.  They started off with a bang as the showed off their promo video featuring prime minister Shinzo Abe disgusted as Nintendo's beloved mascot Super Mario.  Other cameos included Doraemon, Hello Kitty and Pac-Man.  The video seams to embrace their beautiful city of Tokyo, technology and their icon characters stated above.  The video at the moment only seems to be available on NBC's olympic page, so check it out here:

Passing the torch: Tokyo prepares for 2020 Olympics

Another cool story I found is featured on engadget's page, Japan wants to forge 2020's Olympics medals from recycled smartphones, read the article here:

Japan may forge Olympic medals from recycled smartphones

 

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makeitstranger.com /  by Kyle Johnstone

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Stranger Things has gained a lot of attention recently, it had minimal advertising and a word of mouth type of following.  It's a very unique thing in this day in age, it pays homage to the era it's set in, the pre-internet/social media days.

I finished the series actually last night, and I was really pleased with how it ended, I won't give any spoilers!  It was perfect timing because the Still Untitled: Adam Savage Project podcast did a spoiler cast that was released on the 16th, I highly recommend listening to it if you haven't.  P.S. if you guys know of any other spoiler casts, comment below, I'm scrambling to find more.

So enough of me rambling, the point of this post is to talk about Nelson Cash's site called makeitstranger.com.  The site is simple, type in two lines of text and you're presented with a beautiful array of Stranger Things-esque type with "the Upside-Down" world and animated particles.  I have to say that one of my favorite parts (it may very well be my most favorite) of the show is the opening titles.  The simplicity, the music, the ways the graphics animate into each other with glowing grainy film look, it's beautiful work.  Props to the guys over at Imaginary Forces!  One more thing, check out Sarah Gless' blog post (designer at Nelson Cash), she's got a deep love for this typography too.   The post shows a cool nod to Stephen King's original book cover art.

UPDATE:  I found this really cool video by Vox later in the day after my original post, check it out below.

Zombies in Spaceland /  by Kyle Johnstone

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The new Call of Duty Zombies game has been announced!  The game takes place in a 80's theme park with 80's themed guns, perks and power ups!  According to Kotaku , the game will feature Paul Reubens as the Villain, David Hasselholf as a DJ and an aid to your team, Ike Barinholtz as The Jock, Seth Green as The Nerd, Sasheer Zamata as The Valley Girl, and Jay Pharoh as The Rapper.