| E for All's Into the Pixel features video game art
While the main focus of this week's E for All Expo in Los Angeles is to let gamers get their hands on hot new console and PC games, there's a different exhibit on the show floor that appeals to art fans. Called Into the Pixel, the exhibit features fine art created by artists who work in game design. Into the Pixel — an annual fixture at past E3 Expo events — is here at E for All, featuring 16 inductees selected by a panel of jurors. It's already been shown at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica earlier this year as well as the Toronto International Film Festival. The artwork runs the gamut from Half-Life 2 Episode 2 to 300: March to Glory, Rayman's Raving Rabbids to EVE Online. For the most part, these aren't screenshots — this is fine art created by the same game designers who create the environments and characters that populate popular video games.
HONORING A LIFE OF WRITING
Born Doris May Tayler to British parents living in what was then Persia (today, Iran), Lessing is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature. An experienced traveller, Lessing has lived in the Middle East, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Great Britain. Because of her criticism of the South African government and its apartheid system, the author was prohibited from visiting the country for nearly 40 years, between 1956 and 1995. Lessing was a member of the British Communist Party in the 1950s and was active in campaigning against nuclear weapons in the following decades. .
Westwood tied for Qatar Masters lead
England's Lee Westwood shot a five-under 67 Thursday to gain a share of the first-round lead at the Qatar Masters.Coming off back-to-back second place finishes to start the season, Westwood carded five birdies in a flawless round at Doha Golf Club and shared the lead with South Africa's Anton Haig.Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott and 2006 champion Henrik Stenson led a group of seven players who were two shots behind at three-under 69, and there were 58 players overall at even-par or better.Playing in the second group off the 10th tee Thursday morning, Haig set the early pace. He got as low as six-under par before three-putting his last hole, the par-five ninth, for his only bogey.Westwood finished six groups later with a matching 67, posting a spotless round of five birdies and 13 pars.A five-time Ryder Cup star and 18-time European Tour winner, Westwood is riding a hot streak that includes seven top-10 finishes in his last eight worldwide starts since the PGA Championship.That stretch was preceded by a pair of European Tour wins earlier last season.Westwood began this season by losing in a three-way playoff to Phil Mickelson at the HSBC Champions tournament in November.
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