Troublemaker Digital and The Orphanage tell Alain Bielik how they made Grindhouse rock with creative vfx for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

Christopher Harz returned to the GDC this month -- held for the first time at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco -- and reports back on the latest and greatest games, developments and trends.

Christopher Harz returned to the GDC this month -- held for the first time at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco -- and reports back on the latest and greatest games, developments and trends.

Joe Strike attends year two of the New York Comic Con to find out if the event is growing to a must-attend level like other Cons or if it will fade away in a few years.

Fred Galpern opens up a copy of Painter X and tells us if it’s matured into production environment worthiness or it’s just like working with chalk and safety scissors.

Learn how to configure the interface and change preference settings in this first excerpt from Poser 7 Revealed: The e frontier Official Guide by Kelly L. Murdock.

Alain Bielik uncovers the role of CG in meticulously recreating the infamous serial murders and period look of San Francisco in David Fincher’s Zodiac. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Ellen Wolff uncovers the beautiful yet chilling 3D effects created by Intelligent Creatures for The Number 23.

Taylor Jessen profiles the five animated shorts nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards.

Thomas J. McLean chats with vfx supervisors John Knoll, Boyd Shermis and Mark Stetson about their Oscar-nominated work and the selection process. Includes QuickTime clips!

Rick DeMott and Darlene Chan have curated a showcase of 20 of the best animated productions to premiere on the Web in the last year.

In VFXWorld's latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham tackles the topic of motion blur.

VFXWorld polled professionals to see how they are coping with some of the latest technical challenges. Bill Desowitz reports back with a few highlights.

Marco Consoli reports back from the Future Film Festival, where he experienced some tasty digital delights, both large and small, from around the world.

Rick DeMott travels to the online animated communities to find out more about the growing corner of the animation business from leaders like Neopets and Habbo, as well as newer sites, such as Urbaniacs.

In anime reviews for this month, Chris Feldman takes a look at Tokko, Volume 1, Best Student Council V.1 "A New Home" and Air Gear V.1 "East Side Showdown."

For this month, Chris Feldman reviews recent anime titles, Parasite Dolls, MegaMan NT Warrior: MegaMan vs. ElecMan and Ranma 1/2: Digital Dojo.

For the first installment of AWN's new gaming review series, "Press Start," Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla takes a look at Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Red Steel and Disney's American Dragon: Jake Long -- Rise of the Huntsclan.

Joe Strike chats with a few top execs to collect the stories of their "worst pitch ever."