Robot vfx has just made a funny short film, FUGU & TAKO, that follows the story of two Japanese salary men whose lives radically change when one of them eats a puffer fish in a sushi bar. The film was written and directed by Ben West who we caught up with to discuss the work.

A new models and miniature doco, Sense of Scale, is screening this weekend in London. We have a deleted scene about the models for the never-made 1987 version of Total Recall.

Autodesk’sFlame/Smoke product designer Philippe Soeiro shows off the new features of the 2013 releases in a series of overview videos.

On Tuesday, April 17th, fxguide will be streaming live at The Foundry booth (#SL9724) from 1700GMT – 2300GMT (1800 London). This was made possible thanks to the generous support of fxinsider members as well as leading sponsorship from The Foundry.

With the help of Tony Gardiner, co-founder of 3rd Gear, we have one of the first serious test drives of the Sony F65 camera.

Find out more about the exciting FMX 2012 program with presentations from all the major VFX and animation houses, and how you can support fxguide as the official FMX podcast.

We take a test drive of Gamma & Density’s 3cP / Image Control Pro app for the iPad and iPhone.

The Foundry announced that they have begun shipping HIERO, their shot management, conform and review tool for VFX. Click through for the press release and links to other coverage here at fxguide.

Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute is holding series of integrated workshop discussions and panel presentations, spanning three evenings in Los Angeles starting March 13, 2012. “5D | FLUX’ will consist of 120-minute interactive sessions aimed at encouraging in-depth conversations about world-building across disciplines.

We remember Jean-Luc Bouchard who sadly passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. Jean-Luc worked at Discreet Logic, Nothing Real and Apple.

fxguide’s Mike Seymour recently got the chance to sit down with Blur Studio creative director and co-founder Tim Miller to discuss game cinematics, in cooperation with our media partners at The Daily.

The 5D Mark III is launched – here’s what we know.

New release of Houdini from Side Effects includes enhanced Pyro FX and FLIP fluids, Bullet integration, production-ready Cloth, and Alembic export.

Imageworks says it is leaving Albuquerque, Blizzard to lay off 600 workers, while Pixomondo will open new facility in Baton Rouge.

We take a quick look at Luxology’s latest release of its modo software for modeling, sculpting, 3D painting, animation and rendering.

Kim Masters writes for industry standard The Hollywood Reporter and is also host of the highly respected podcast and radio show The Business on KCRW. We explore big budget effects films, trends at the Studios and what it takes to produce a top rated radio show on Business in Hollywood.