Video Games Are Good

from The San Jose Mercury News Blasting away enemies in video games boosts brain’s learning By Michelle Fay Cortez Blowing away enemy soldiers and aliens may be good for the brain, as researchers have found that fast-paced action video games improve a...

Insomniac

from thump Pasquale Rotella: “When People Read My Book About SFX It Will Blow Their Minds” By Aron Friedman You could say that Pasquale Rotella is America’s answer to ID&T founder Duncan Stutterheim. In 1992, the same year that Duncan threw his first party in...

Sam Jaeger To Lumen

from Deadline Hollywood Sam Jaeger To Star In TNT Pilot ‘Lumen’ by Nellie Andreeva As Parenthood is wrapping its six-season run on NBC, original cast member Sam Jaeger is segueing to a new drama project. He has been tapped for a lead role in the TNT drama pilot Lumen,...

American Gothic

from Variety CBS Sets ‘American Gothic’ Drama From Amblin TV, ‘Good Wife’ Alum Shelli Weinstein / @shellidw CBS is developing a family sudser with Amblin TV and former “Good Wife” scribe Corinne Brinkerhoff. Brinkerhoff is set to write the script and exec produce, as...

I Spy With My Default Eye

from Gizmodo A Creepy Website Is Streaming From 73,000 Private Security Cameras by Sarah Zhang It shouldn’t be so easy to peer into a stranger’s bedroom, much less hundreds of strangers’ bedrooms. But a website has collected the streaming footage...