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Game Art: Georgie Roxby Smith's "Shark Shooter [invisible souls make .308 holes]" (2013)
In case you were wondering how Damien got his shark. LINK : Georgie Roxby Smith RELATED : Interview Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Essay: Michele Hubacek's "Christ Killa: Transgressive Art in Gaming" (2012)
Since 2012, I have been teaching a course titled GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland. Michele Hubacek's "Christ Killa: Transgressive Art in Gaming" (2012) was written specifically for this class, but I believe it
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Video: Artgame Sessions (GDC, 2010)
"Artgame Sessions" @ GDC 2010: Wesley Erdelack (aka Iroquois Pliskin) discusses Jonathan Blow's Braid, Anthony Burch (aka Reverend Anthony) dissects Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry 2 , Frank Lantz plays with Mark Essen's Flywrench and The Thrill of Combat , and Jason Rohrer deconstructs Terry Cavanagh
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Game Art: Scott van Haastrecht's "Pictoplasma: Character Arrival" (2013)
Scott van Haastrecht describes this piece as "a split-flap display installation of emphatic visual communication". He elaborates: "The Space Invaders – in all their minimalist glory and retro nostalgia – have been born out of a technological limitation. Driven by the necessity to engage the player emotionally by
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Essay: Envisioning Jon Rafman
Titled PLAY THE AESTHETICS, the latest issue of academic journal COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI (Social Communications, published by University of the Sacred Heart's imprint, Vita & Pensiero in Italy) features several contributions of Italian scholars focusing on the interplay between art and digital games. My essay - "Machinima As the
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Event: GAME SALON 2 (Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2013, Kassel, Germany)
GAME SALON 2 Festival of Author Games November 27 - December 01, Kassel, Hermany Kassel Art Academy Dept. Cartoon Team GAME SALON Menzel 13-15 34121 Kassel LINK : GAME SALON (in German) - documentation (PDF, also in German) Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (Danke, Stephen)
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Game Art: Sebastian Blank's "A Dialogue between Art and Society I-III" (2008-2009)
In his machinima trilogy, Sebastian Blank explores the relationship between art and society. "It's not about what art can do for society, it's about what society can do for art."(Sebastian Blank) A Dialogue between Art and Society I (top video) is about the
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Game Art: COLL.EO's "GRAND THEFT VITO" (2013)
Artwork: Modded version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Play as performance artist, architect, writer and philosopher Vito Acconci (b. 1940). Documentation: six videos of approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds of gameplay footage from Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games, 2008). Soundtrack: audio excerpt from Vito Acconci/Acconci Studio: Interiors.
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Demo: Robert Hodgin's "Gravity" demos (2013)
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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Lecture: Bernie DeKoven's "The Well Played Game" @ NYU Game Center (2013)
LINK: Bernard DeKoven Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Game Art: SaveMe Oh's "Happy Birthday" (2013)
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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Video: Ian Albinson's "A Brief History of Video Game Title Design" (2013)
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