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As I said before, the Oculus Rift is the new Kinect. Expect a lot of crazy, weird - or VRird - stuff. In this regard, Hodgin's demos, made with Cinder, are very promising. LINK : Robert Hodgin aka Flight404 Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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LINK: Bernard DeKoven Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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What can I say? Just reiterate that SaveMe Oh is pure genius. Loved the Eadweard Muybridge references. LINK : SaveMe Oh Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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A brief history of video game title design, created by Ian Albison for Will Perkins and Lola Landekick's presentation“Talking Titles: How The Language of Cinema Changed Video Games” @gamercamp.ca. Edited by Ian Albinson. Soundtrack: Anamanaguchi's "Endless Fantasy" LINK : Ian Albison Submitted by
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Anna Anthropy aka Auntie Pixelante @ UCLA GameLab on January 22, 2014, 6:00 pm Don't miss Anna Anthropy's lecture at UCLA GameLab on January 22, 2014. Anthropy is an "American video game designer and critic. She has developed a number of freeware games including Mighty
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If you happen to be in Wroclaw, Poland between November 13-15 don't miss Isabelle Arvers' workshop focusing on machinima, 8-bit aesthetics and demoscene. Arvers is giving a talk about the medium of machinima. As she writes on her blog, "I actually think that we can now
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Presented at the 9th Edition of the Black & White festival, Revenge of Revenge of Doh (RoRoD) is an interactive installation created by Portuguese artist Jorge Nuno Coutinhoinspired by the video game Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (Taito, 1987). As in many others Breakout clones, the player's goal in
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A variation of an interpretation of an event based on an original performance by Andrew Gardikis: "Super Mario world-record speedrun + Plumbing inspection footage = Frantic pipe exploration" (Kent Sheely). LINK : Kent Sheely Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Now trending: Videogame criticism on contemporary art blogs. It makes perfect sense. In fact, I cannot think of a better place for game criticism. I am just surprised that it took so long. => Paul King on Gone Home & Half-Life, and, previously, Proteus. Good stuff. LINK: Bad at Sports
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LINK : SF BAY Guardian Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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PUNK ARCADE a UCLA GAME LAB EVENT November 9, 2013, 5:00 - 8 pm, free and open to the public Punk Arcade is a DIY games exhibit presenting works that are independent, minimal, offbeat, and sometimes gritty. Curators team up with artists, students and designers to race against the
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If you are lucky enough to be in Aix-en-Provence for GAMERZ #9, one of the hottest Game Art festivals in Europe - if not the world - don't miss the Performance Night at the École Supérieure d'Art from 7 pm till midnight. Here's the