This might be a rare acceptable usage of the bad x-ray look.  Along with the font, the music, and even the host (sorry, Mr. Hess) and presentation format,  the x-ray skull and brain graphic make The Knowledge Chamber look like a cheesy show from the early nineties.  But it’s not pretending to be an x-ray.  It is, however, a testament to how visualization techniques are often associated with an era.  Some of these are fads, and some are artifacts of the limitations of the technology at the time.  One hopes that when the limitations are lifted, the use of these visuals are deliberate design decisions.

Also, Congrats to Johnny Lee on your new position at MSR.

Ben Lipman