Alex
Jovy’s “Holiday Romance”
Randomly, a young woman entices a stranger to enter her
home, where, for several days, she toys with him... remotely.
In the skilled hands of director Alex Jovy ("White Bits,"
selected for an earlier PingRay
e-Guide), this two-person story becomes an intriguing
dance of power. Comments
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KewlBox’s
“Attack of the Mutant Christmas Trees”
Here's the real war on Christmas…artificial Christmas trees, that is. From the National Christmas Tree Association (even trees are organized) comes this snowball-throwing game in support of the natural approach to indoor forestry. Comments
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Ellis
Weiner’s “Santa Lives”
Does Santa rent or own? Is he American? This “vidlit”—an animated trailer for the book version—asks such vital questions as it makes "Five Conclusive Arguments for the Existence of Santa Claus." By the author of...appropriately enough...“Yiddish with Dick and Jane.” Comments
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After making each week’s
Net selections, we select some
related books, games, DVDs, etc.
This issue: a miniature Christmas tree, “Johnny
Quest Vs. the Cyber Insects” & more
in... The
PingRay Shop
Jared
Tarbell and Lola Brine’s “Organic Machinery 2002”
Click on the beautiful, hand-drawn walking insects, and their parts pop apart and randomly reassemble into new walking insects. These little organic machines were inspired, according to the artist, by the insects of Texas. Comments
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