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» The Gift-Bearer: Chapter 1

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“What the fudge is that supposed to mean?!” I hear you asking, so let me explain. The »-symbol in the beginning indicates, that this post is going to be a story, an essay or some other kind of fiction; as opposed to the ♫-symbol, indicating music. “The Gift-Bearer” is the working title of a series of connected stories I am going to write and publish here. If it doesn’t make any sense to you right now, please bear with me (haha!).
“Chapter 1″ now is the first chapter in this series. Got that? Good. Then let’s begin!

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♫ Space Love

Essay, Seph Carissa / texx sound 2 Comments

Time for some music. I recently finished Mass Effect and was intrigued by the rather well drawn characters in the narrative as well as by the music which had such a familiar appeal to it, thanks to the 80′s synths in an orchestral setting. Again, I wanted to add my personal two cents to the dark voyage through the galaxy — plus some bonus material. And you can find both right here!

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Concerning Berlin

Dear Diary, Essay, photography No Comments

Berlin was calling. I had to go. Like the years before. When you’ve been to Berlin once before (and ain’t not sick of it already), you just have to return. Every summer this city calls me by a feeling or just by plain Austrian fatigue. Then I book a flight, make no plans and off I go.

This is a short photo-blog-post of my impressions.

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The Future of Visual Effects

CGI & Rendering, Essay, filmmaking 1 Comment

“Is this a computer film or a normal film?” I recently overheard a question of a girl directed at her boyfriend near a movie theater. The guy told her that they were about to watch Terminator 4 and it would be a “normal film but with lots of computer stuff”. The girl sighed. “Nobody falls in love with anybody in those movies…”

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Deus Ex Machina?

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Today was one of the days you won’t forget. But what was the essence of this day, the overall theme of its uniqueness? Experience I say, in many ways.

If you want to read about Stefan Sagmeister, a sudden incident and a cat, sacrifice ten minutes of your precious time and read on.

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Weary Wounds

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It was a cloudy and dark evening when John’s mother died. The slow decay of her mind over the past years, the fact that her skin slowly grew as grey as the walls in her room here in the local hospital, all these things made John think about joining her at this very moment. There wasn’t anything more that John could do for her.

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