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"Are games worthy of academic attention? Can they be used effectively in the classroom, in the research laboratory, as an innovative design tool, as a persuasive political weapon? Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism aims to answer these and more questions. It features chapters by authors chosen from around
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Avid gamer/reader/artist Mike Ando worked on this project, a physical-digital replica of a linking book that exists only in thg Myst game series, for more than six years. The outcome is very, very meta. His website chronicles his amazing achievement. As he explains: "This is a “working”
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A video reportage of Assassin's Creed Art (R)Evolution, a recent exhibition on the art of Assassin's Creed hosted by the Leonardo Da Vinci National Museum of Science in Milan, Italy. In Italian. The book/catalog is available here. LINK : Assassin's Creed Art (R)
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ROM's Silvia Novak shares this beautiful promo with GameScenes and its readers. Jon Hare, we love you. Please make more games. The worlds needs you. As you remember, graphic designer, sculptor, music lover, and art director Darren Wall is launching a new publishing project called Read-Only Memory, a
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PLAYERS is one of the best Italian game magazines available period. It is my personal favorite because it's 100% independent, it is written by people who truly love visual culture in general and video games in particular. To celebrate its second anniversary, PLAYERS has just released a special
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Graphic designer, sculptor, music lover, and art director Darren Wall is launching a new publishing project called Read-Only Memory, a series of books on classic and not-so-classic videogames and their makers. This monograph series, which joins Italy's Ludologica, will feature cutting edge design and pixel-art homages aplenty. Here&
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An amazing setof black and white photographs from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Virtual Geographic: "Whilst playing Skyrim recently, I was struck, as I often am, by a scene of picturesque beauty. I thought it was so picturesque, in fact, that I took a picture of it. The
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1000+ Avatars a self-Published book by Kristine Schomaker, 2011. Edited by Nickola Martynov, With contributions by Garrett Cobarr and Patrick Millard Design by Kristine Schomaker English, 10” x 8”, 160 pages, softcover ISBN 978-0-9836572-2-4 Gracie Kendal, aka Kristine Schomaker is a Los Angeles based new media and performance artist, painter,
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"From Pac-Man to Mass Effect, The Art of Video Games makes a compelling case for games to be viewed not just as mere play, but as richly textured, compelling experiences that have crossed the boundary into culture and art. As Melissinos writes, "Our children are being born into