This Summer’s Movies – Now Play The Video Game

“Movies have been a source of inspiration for game developers since the early 1980s when the likes of “Ghostbusters” and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” descended on the Atari 2600. Nowadays, with graphic technologies constantly evolving, replicating film imagery has become easier — even with the games based on those graphically lush Disney-Pixar films.”

Loony TunesLast Supper Parody Draws Protest

A painting that uses popular cartoon characters to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” is causing a bit of a stir in Old Town San Diego. “The Gathering,” a new painting by artist Glen Tarnowski, uses Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian and Road Runner to stand in for Jesus and his disciples in da Vinci’s famous 15th century fresco.

Calculating Italy’s Cultural Damage After The Earthquake

“Starting Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture will dispatch 14 teams to assess the art damage. The prime minister has pledged €30 million (about $40 million) for art relief and appealed for donations. Unclear is the fate of thousands of works like Renaissance sculptor Andrea Della Robbia’s altarpiece depiction of Christ’s resurrection, which is still somewhere inside Church of San Bernardino di Siena with its crumpled bell tower.”

What The Thatcher 80s Did For British Culture

“We weren’t aware of it at the time, but today the Thatcher era looks to have been a golden age for British musical life. If the lady herself was no particular devotee of music and opera, many of her cabinet were, and in those days it was possible to see more Tory ministers at a single performance at Covent Garden or Glyndebourne than New Labour has ever mustered in the last 12 years.”