Morning Linkage (Aug 27)

Transportation

Engine porn. Full view of the gear dri­ven cams on an awe­some lit­tle Benelli.

Perfectly, post-apocalyptically Vespa.

Nice lines on this yel­low Honda cafe. The light driz­zling of water drops does not hurt the look of these shots.

Gaming and Culture

SEGA has a yakuza based game for play sta­tion. How good is it? Jake Adelstein asked 3 “guys” to have a look. Other than the red shirt…

Art, Images, and Design

Elsa Lanchester was the orig­i­nal Bride of Frankenstein. Madeline Khan will always be my favorite BoF, but you have lots of images to choose from in this round-up by Wicked Halo. NSFWerot­ic mon­ster nudi­ty.

Animation

We’ve all done it; let our sense of dread over­whelm our com­mon sense, and been embar­rass­ed­ly cha­grined at our silli­ness in the end. Smoothly ani­mat­ed with soft sculp­tures and quirky card­board, Something Taken, Something Left Behind, reminds us that chil­dren aren’t the only ones giv­en to irra­tional cat­a­stro­phiz­ing. (Video, 10:14)

off you go into the rainy weekend…