New Trailer for Uncharted 4 on PS4

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This game looks like it is going to be nothing short of a masterpiece.   Naughty Dog is easily one  of the most talented development houses in the world today.   The first three Uncharted games were some of my all time favorite games,  and the turn they took into serious storytelling with The Last of Us was pure brilliance.   It will be interesting to see how much of that more mature storytelling technique will make it's way into Uncharted's more Indiana Jones-esque universe.

An iPad Pro Mini(ish) is apparently on the way!

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“Apple will further differentiate the next-generation 9.7-inch iPad from its predecessor by making it part of the new iPad Pro line, according to sources. Much like the MacBook Pro comes in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, the iPad Pro will soon come in 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch variations. This trend follows Apple not calling its 12-inch MacBook a new Air despite developing the product as an apparent successor to the MacBook Air.

The new 9.7-inch iPad Pro will debut at Apple’s Tuesday, March 15th event and begin shipping as soon as March 18th, we previously reported. The smaller iPad Pro will have nearly identical features and specifications as the bigger model, bringing along the A9X processor and RAM upgrades from the 12.9-inch model. It will also include the 12.9-inch model’s updated display technology to support the Apple Pencil.”
— 9to5mac

This is some seriously fantastic news.   Not to mention that the fact that it's Mark Gurman reporting on this, which gives it an almost 100% chance of happening.   I had been very interested in the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil for both sketching and design work, as well as future potential 3d sculpting uses,  and photo retouching.   Unfortunately my love for the device was quickly squelched by the overwhelming size of the device.   It was just simply too big for me to deal with.  A normal sized iPad with the iPad Pro's specs would be exactly up my alley,  especially since it will likely knock $100 off of the entry fee.

Apple still has quite a few issues to deal with on the iOS side of things in getting professionals interested in the platform, but this commitment to building pro level devices on iOS leads me to believe they have some stuff up their sleeves for iOS 10 and 11 to fix a lot of that. 

Heck, If you see Apple marketing iOS 10 as iOS X then you REALLY know they are willing to bring some more serious software to their mobile platform.

The Imperial March in a Major Key is crazy!

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Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge music fan.   Also I am a bit of an amateur music theory nerd.    That being said,  I always tend to love artists who take super happy major key songs and turn them dark and depressing by transposing them into a minor key.

Surprisingly, I haven't seen much of the reverse.   And today I really wonder why that is,  because this is HYSTERICAL.   Laztozia on Soundcloud has transposed the ultimate villain theme "The Imperial March" from Star Wars into a major key.     This has had the effect of turning it from a foreboding march of evil into something almost.. Olympic-esque?   You just have to check it out.  Take a listen below, and please check out the rest of Laztozia's work.   It's fantastic.   I really enjoyed the X-Files one as well.

A complete version of John Williams' The Imperial March in a Major Key! Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk

OK GO's Insane new Zero Gravity Music Video

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Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere, you know that the band OK GO have been the masters of the intricate music video for over a decade now.    Now, their new video has them doing their usual intricate choreography in ZERO GRAVITY.   Nuts.   Keep in mind that no wires or green screens were used in this video.   Here is how it was done.