Mikes Brain Blast: Sonic Fan Film in the making

Mike's Brain Blast: Sunday, April 15

Hey guys, welcome to the first of a brand new gaming related news segment that I'll host here on the Lab blog,
Mike's Brain Blast. You may not know that I'm a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog and if any of you are also
interested in Sonic you'll be glad to hear that a Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Film is in
the works, it will be funded by Blue Core Studios and directed by Eddy Lebron,
who has also in his past directed the well know Mega Man Fan Film.
The Sonic Fan Film has an estimated release of May 2012, it has now been in the works
for over a year. The estimated length of the film will be 20-35 minutes.

Here's a link to the trailer of  the Sonic Fan Film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1dPBPr_H4

Here's the film's blog: http://www.sonicfanfilm.com/

This is Mike, signing off.

Last week's holiday session, and free Game Maker course

Hello everyone.

Thank you to all those who took part in last week's very successful holiday session. It was a great afternoon with a lively and fun atmosphere, even given that the laptops ran out and we had to drag in chairs from other rooms to cater for everyone!

In particular, a huge thank you to the five regular Thursday Lab kids who acted as mentors and helped out their peers. You guys did a brilliant job.

Secondly, some people might be interested in a free 20-hour online GameMaker course that is being run by a private Melbourne-based educational institution. More details can be found here:

http://www.aie.edu.au/Default.aspx?PageID=5032578&A=SearchResult&SearchID=4316500&ObjectID=5032578&ObjectType=1 (and thank you to Sue for sending the link!)

Regards,

Stefan, Dale and the Lab team

A drawing created with Corel Painter Essentials 4

Hi, Bailey here. This is a creeper being scared by a cat.
I drew this picture because I liked how cats were introduced into Minecraft in version 1.2

Anybody like Minecraft?

Hey parents, does your child like Minecraft? There is a wide variety of animations about Minecraft on the Internet, and for those of your children who are interested, here's my Top 5

5. The Minecraft Collection

A short series of videos made by someone new to Minecraft, they did a pretty good job though!

4. Rick's Minecraft Tales

Another series of funny short films about Minecraft. (Australian Made)

3. Epic Minequest

A short video about a man who makes an unlikely friend, a Creeper. (Australian Made)

2. Derpcraft

Another Minecraft short showing somebodies initial reactions to Minecraft. (Australian Made)

1. Revenge

A Minecraft music video about somebody who stands up against Creepers,

the music is great and this video is undoubtedly the best Minecraft video I've seen.

Minecraft Artwork!

Here's a video I made,
it's a Speed Art of a Creeper, a popular meme from the Minecraft video game.
The video includes a download link to a editable PNG (Type of picture)
So you can feel free download and edit it to your hearts content.