We haven't produced a "Notes On A Screen" since the week of the Wisconsin Film Festival, apologies. We blame complete silver screen burnout. With all of the hoopla regarding Public Enemies being filmed around the Capitol earlier this week this seems like the best time to fire up the weekly round-up of TV, gaming, and film news coming out of the greater Madison metropolitan area.

Johnny Depp wasn't in town for this shoot of what has come to be known simply as P.E., but Christian Bale and Billy Crudup did strut up the steps of the Capitol building as Madison doubled for Hoover's fledgling FBI headquarters. Bale is playing Melvin Purvis, who was Dillinger's pursuer, while Crudup is portraying the young Hoover. The results are photos and coverage galore.

Gary Gygax, Wisconsin resident and creator of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away on Tuesday. I grew up playing that and similar games, spending whole weekends with friends immersed in fantasy worlds and fueled by Doritos and Mountain Dew. I had been struggling with how to sum up the weird emotion wrapping itself around one of my childhood memories when John Kovalic, creator of Dork Tower, sent dane101 an email offering his reflection on Gygax and, well, he hit it right on the head. - JR

I found myself at Pegasus Games (the shop Pegasaurus Games in Dork Tower is based on) last night.

It's been a while since I was back there. Too long, in fact.

I was sort of surprised that the store was open as late as it was, as I drove past it. So I stopped in to say "hi" to Suzanne.

I picked up a Swear Bear, and the new edition of Talisman, and realized I was pretty darned charged about getting this. In fact, it's been a while since I've been this excited to buy a game.

Wandering around the store, I noticed a bunch of kids in the back room, playing games.

They were high school age, mostly: few seemed older; a few seemed younger. There were some geeks and nerds, some who seemed the type who'd be social outcasts in school, and some who didn't.

When we first sat down to track the film and gaming news in Madison we thought it would be a once or twice a month feature. So far we've been surprised to find enough information coming out to fuel once a week reports. This week we expand a bit to the arena of television (yes, this is the second version of week eight, I accidentally published an incomplete version on Sunday night).

First up, Wisconsin Film Festival news. This year the film festival will be held April 3-6 and a handful of the film selections have leaked to the public. Each time we run this article any WFF news will be posted at the end. Why? It was brought to our attention via a concerned reader that by running the leaks at the top we may be "spoiling" for those who like to be completely surprised when the list pops up on the WFF website or in Isthmus (I think on March 6). Here at Dane101 we don't want to be spoilers so from now on we will give plenty of warning as to when WFF news is about to start and we will always post the news at the bottom.

Prolefeed Studios announced this morning that the premiere of Here Kitty, Kitty at the Majestic Theatre on February 28 just became a little bit more spectacular. The kitchsy R&B genius of Har Mar Superstar has been added to the bill, a perfect fit considering HMS is the personification of absurdity and the film is about an absurd attempt in Wisconsin to pass a bill that would allow us to shoot cats. Meow.

Please stop playing World of Warcraft at the local coffee shop. I'm going to be kind and omit the name of the coffee shop you game at and also the picture I took with your back facing me and the screen of your MacBook clearly showing World of Warcraft (for now). Whenever you are there, and it is at least twice a week for more than two hours, the internet connection is slow and often has to be reset. This coffee shop isn't very busy in the mornings and there are typically only two or three other laptop users besides us so these issues shouldn't be occurring (and they don't occur on mornings you aren't around). Stop hogging bandwidth! If you have an addiction or some weird exhibitionist fetish for playing World of Warcraft in public (note: playing WoW in a coffee shop doesn't suddenly equal social life) then at the least consider spreading your Corrupted Blood Plague around and switch up which coffee shops you use in the morning. That way you aren't frustrating the same people. If you need help, Hotspotr can point you in the direction of open wifi hotspots around Madison. Public internet access is for low bandwidth activities, like surfing the web or checking email, not for embarking on the Burning Crusade.