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Raiford Guins Behind the Bezel: Coin-Op Arcade Video Game Cabinets as Design History Stanford University Friday, March 6, 2015 12:00 pm, free and open to the public Shriram 104 room Raiford Guins is a Leeds United Supporter. He is also an Associate Professor of Culture and Technology within
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A new project from COLL.EO (Colleen Flaherty and Mattteo Bittanti): Arthur Rimbaud in Liberty City, also known as Grand Theft Rimbaud. It is a replay of David Wojnarowicz’ (1954-1992) photographic series Arthur Rimbaud in New York (1978-1979) developed within the virtual spaces ofGrand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar
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Colleen Flaherty, outer space, oil on canvas, 2015. PATTERN RECOGNITION FEBRUARY 21- MARCH 18, 2015 RANDOM PARTS 1206 13TH AVENUE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94606 OPENING RECEPTION: THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 3-7PM LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC WITH THE BAND UNCLE AT 4:30PM "In the seminal Understanding Media. The Extensions of
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Stanford University is organizing a series of events about interactive media and games. The seminars features an impressive number of game scholars from various schools (of thought) and institutions, including Henry Lowood , James Newman , Robin Hunicke, KatherineIsbister , RaifordGuinsand Chaim Gingold. The seminars began January 9th and run every Friday until
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A fascinating example of post-photographic practices by Hungarian artist Loránd Szécsényi-Nagy (b. 1984) aka SZNL. 0.43 megapixel was created with a GameBoy camera, an add-on for Nintendo's 1989 portable console. The camera specs are anachronistic: 4 tone (grayscale) black and white images and a
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Rockage: San Jose 4.0 is a three-day celebration of indie music + retro gaming on Feb 6-8, 2015 at San Jose State University Student Union Ballroom, presented by MAGFest and SJSU Event Services. The 2015 rockage line-up includes 40+ bands/DJs and 100 classic arcade/ pinball/ retro
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Created by French artist Julien Borrel for the Second Edition of the Montpellier Game Convention, Run on Warcraft is "an endless loop, a vanity about this character rushing through different places in the game with no purpose. The total absence of user interface and the lack of controller, immerse
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Lindsay Grace and Paolo Ruffino are curating one of the hottest events at the upcoming Digital Games Research Association Conference 2015 which takes place at Leuph ana Universität Lüneburg in Lüneburg, Germany: The Blank Arcade: Games Out of a Joint. A follow-up to the highly successfu first iteration in
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I am fascinated by artists' appropriations of Grand Theft Auto. Take for instance Gibson's Grand Theft Bicycle (2012). This mod features an interesting ensemble of "gangsters": Yasser Arafat, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George Bush Senior, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Dick Cheney, Hillary
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"A retrospective on the stories and aesthetics of 8bit music" is a killer essay by Anders Carlsson aka GOTO80 on Chipflip, originally written for inclusion in an art catalogue - the exhibition in case is Lu Yang’s ANTI-HUMANISM at the OK Corral gallery in Copenhagen. The
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Salon Ludique #3: DREAMS Espace Fibre 2665, rue Augustin-Cantin 2nd Floor Montreal (QC) H3K 3L12 mouffe, mouffe, 2014 The third edition of Le Salon Ludique, a not-for profit event series, designed to initiate and sustain a critical dialogue centered on experimental practices across artistic disciplines previously featured on
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The third edition of Vector, one of the most important events about Game Art in the world, is upon us. The full program is now online and tickets are on sale. The Festival about GAMES.ART.NEW MEDIA takes place at multiple venues located in Toronto, Canada and will feature