DVDs: August 2006 Archives

It's been over 10 years since Myst came out, and I recently bought this 10th Anniversary edition to introduce the world's best computer game to my daughter. The 3 DVD set runs on Mac and Windows and contains three titles: Myst Masterpiece, Riven, and Myst III: Exile. My daughter is spooked and enthralled by the creepy, lifeless world filled with abandoned buildings and machines. She having a great time discovering the world of Myst, and I'm having a great time rediscovering it. $14.82 on Amazon

I really think John Kricfalusi is the only contemporary animator that has a direct link to the hilarious and brilliant animators of days gone by like Bob Clampett and Tex Avery.

These special episodes of Ren & Stimpy were created (long after the characters' debut in the late 1980s) for Spike TV, a young men's cable channel, and John K was pretty much give free reign to be as crude as he wanted to be. These cartoons are not for kids, because there's a lot of nudity and sexual situations. But they're funny, and if your kids do happen to get their hands on them, they are going to love them.

As a bonus, John K talks at length about each cartoon, and invites his animator pals to stand in front of the video camera pointed at the corner of the den in his San Fernando Valley ranch home to talk cartoons. For a cartoon fan like me, it's pure Heaven. $19.87 on Amazon