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IP Yuk-Yui reinvents a classic work of existentialism, Albert Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus, a s an experimental video game which invites the player to rethink the meaning of action, free will, and human intentionality. This contemporary, interactive version consists of two related but autonomous versions: S for Sisyphus
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More waiting, more absurdity in Kent Sheely's new video, Put it on my tap. Former detective Max Payne awaits drinks in various bars he's just shot up. LINK : Kent Sheely
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This is phenomenal. In the 1989 adult-oriented computer series, Leisure Suit Larry wanders the jungle of a colonized village searching for love, which he finds, after a multitude of failed romantic interactions, with Passionate Patti, a perfect and unattainable woman. In an act of cathexis, Larry's energies concentrate
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Kent Sheely's latest project mixes reality and virtual reality: this machinima features a conversation with John Draper aka Captain Crunch, a pi oneer of phone phreaking" which paved the road for modern-day computer hacking. The video was show from inside a payphone in the recently released game
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Kasem Kydd is a visual artist born in Queens, New York. This is his first machinima, developed with 2K Sports' popular basketball game series. He attended the Cambridge School of Weston and is now enrolled in the Fine Art Program (BFA) at Carnegie Mellon University. Play The Game Before
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Four quadrants action! CCTV-like aesthetics. A visual meditation on "the repetitive nature of video game mechanics" (BBK). "The work that I’m currently producing looks at a lot of aspects of what life simulation games actually do, putting you in the position of a God-like figure, all
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“An experimental animation using a game engine to forecast a future where our coastal environments fall into the sand as global warming seeps away the land. Creating digital art is often an exercise in finding new methods for using software." (Jason Nelson) Beautiful. It reminds me of Sheldon Brown&
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Kent Sheely's ongoing series gets even more Beckettian with episode 12, set in the world of Mafia 2. LINK : Kent Sheely
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On being stuck. LINK: Victor Morales
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It's really hard to make a parody of something that is already grotesque. LINK : SaveMe Oh
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GAMES AS ARTS/ARTS AS GAMES @ The Poly 24 Church Street Falmouth, Cornwall, England TR11 3EG United Kingdom Curated by Tanya Krzywinska (The Games Academy) in collaboration with the MetaMakers Games as Arts/Arts as Games is an annual festival organised by The MetaMakers Institute of Falmouth University at the
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COLL.EO, YOU'RE IN A WONDERFUL COUNTRY, 2016 Installation shot. "The popular racing game Forza Horizon 2 (2014) is set in a “realistic” world: a virtual replica of Northern Italian charming small towns, picturesque seaside villages, and rural landscapes. But there is something missing: roadside trash. This