Joss, Ron, and the First 500,000

Pencils, that is. A while back I posted on how you too could support the WGA Strike by buying boxes of sustainable pencils for $1 and delivering them to the PTB. Well people did, and lo, there were boxes and boxes of them, which Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly etc.) and Ron D. Moore (BSG) did pour into a tub.

Whedonesque did report on the hypnotic effect of this video.

ETA: Ron Moore posts on his blog about the whole thing.

Recommended: The Rise of the Video Game

For those who haven't seen it, the Discovery Channel has an excellent series on the history and evolution of video games. Episodes I've seen have involved inserting emotional engagement into plots and the evolution of simulation games. Highly recommended for gamers.