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Trevor Raab, Interdimensionally, 2015. The stars are aligned: all the signs are pointing to 2018 as the tipping point for in-game photography, that is, for the transitioning of this practice from the (relative) underground to a more institutionalized context. Below are some of the key factors that are contributing to
INSTALLATION
Let's face it: with a slightly different conceptual framing, a White Cube context, and an enigmatic, cryptic, inaccessible artist statement, this could have become the Game Art equivalent of Douglas Gordon's 24 Hour Psycho (1993). Instead, it's just a missed opportunity. What if we
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Tag: Proposals on Queer Play and the Ways Forward February 2 – August 12, 2018 Institute of Contemporary Art University of Philadelphia 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Robert Yang, Radiator 2 (still), 2017, video game. Courtesy of the artist. More info here. Organized by guest curator and artist Nayland
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo modes are quickly becoming the most advanced feature of most video games. Aside from nVidia recent announcement about the instagrammification of gaming, Sony has now revealed Shadow of the Colossus' photo mode which will surely spawn a new kind of fantasy tourism. The upcoming PS4 remake will include,
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Written, directed and edited by Matt MacDonald, Not Normal is one of the most sophisticated and polished GTA V machinima of the year. A story of obsession and alienation with a twist, Not Normal is a (relatively) large machinima production featuring an original soundtrack by Simon Stevens and sound design
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Yuliya Kozhemyako and Margarita Skomorokh are currently working on Overseas Digital, collection of short art games. "Each game is a completely independent world with its own rules and its own kind of weirdness. Nevertheless, all worlds are joined together by a common interface — a mysterious place resembling a spaceship.
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Yuliya Kozhemyako (Supr) is organizing an Unreal Engine 4 Game Jam. These are the rules; * create a game using Unreal Engine 4 for any platforms Windows and web is preferable; * use only engine content and engine tools; * can’t use other programs like 3d editors, audio editors, anyThingElsE editors or
GAME ART
I know, instagrammification is a terrible neologism, but bear with me for a sec. At CES 2018, nVidia introduced a feature called NVIDIA Freestyle for its GeForce Experience that basically adds instagram-like functionality to gaming practices, with obvious implications for both game photography and machinima. Specifically, right from the in-game
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Angela Washko Plays The Game: The Game Wednesday, January 10th 2018 at 7pm Museum of the Moving Image, New YorkVideo Screening Amphitheater Event WebsiteExhibition WebsiteFacebook Event Museum of the Moving Image will present the world premiere of Angela Washko’s The Game: The Game, a dating simulator that pits players
3D ANIMATION
Jakob Kudsk Steensen's AQUAPHOBIA is a stunning achievement, both on technical and conceptual levels. Created with Unreal Engine, AQUAPHOBIA is an immersive experience which allows the viewer to navigate through five different environments or "levels" seamlessly connected. These spaces form an ecosystem and include simple to
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Nicholas O'Brien's latest project is a narrative-driven, first person, essay game with a score by Seth Cluett. The game's main theme is the sudden closure of a public transportation system in a fictional Rustbelt American city. Available for Windows PC, Mac OS X, The
GAME ART
I rarely feature vernacular machinima on this site. Not because I don't find it interesting, but because fandom operates on a completely different register than video art/contemporary art. Nonetheless, tomayto_tomato's appropriation of the ultra-violent game Arma 3 to create a contemplative, ruminative visual experience