EVENT
Stanford University is organizing a series of events about interactive media and games. The seminars features an impressive number of game scholars from various schools (of thought) and institutions, including Henry Lowood , James Newman , Robin Hunicke, KatherineIsbister , RaifordGuinsand Chaim Gingold. The seminars began January 9th and run every Friday until
GAME ART
A fascinating example of post-photographic practices by Hungarian artist Loránd Szécsényi-Nagy (b. 1984) aka SZNL. 0.43 megapixel was created with a GameBoy camera, an add-on for Nintendo's 1989 portable console. The camera specs are anachronistic: 4 tone (grayscale) black and white images and a resolution of 128
arcade
Rockage: San Jose 4.0 is a three-day celebration of indie music + retro gaming on Feb 6-8, 2015 at San Jose State University Student Union Ballroom, presented by MAGFest and SJSU Event Services. The 2015 rockage line-up includes 40+ bands/DJs and 100 classic arcade/ pinball/ retro console games on
Machinima
Created by French artist Julien Borrel for the Second Edition of the Montpellier Game Convention, Run on Warcraft is "an endless loop, a vanity about this character rushing through different places in the game with no purpose. The total absence of user interface and the lack of controller, immerse
ART GAME
Lindsay Grace and Paolo Ruffino are curating one of the hottest events at the upcoming Digital Games Research Association Conference 2015 which takes place at Leuph ana Universität Lüneburg in Lüneburg, Germany: The Blank Arcade: Games Out of a Joint. A follow-up to the highly successfu first iteration in Salt
GAME ART
I am fascinated by artists' appropriations of Grand Theft Auto. Take for instance Gibson's Grand Theft Bicycle (2012). This mod features an interesting ensemble of "gangsters": Yasser Arafat, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George Bush Senior, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Dick Cheney, Hillary
ESSAY
"A retrospective on the stories and aesthetics of 8bit music" is a killer essay by Anders Carlsson aka GOTO80 on Chipflip, originally written for inclusion in an art catalogue - the exhibition in case is Lu Yang’s ANTI-HUMANISM at the OK Corral gallery in Copenhagen. The
ART GAME
Salon Ludique #3: DREAMS Espace Fibre 2665, rue Augustin-Cantin 2nd Floor Montreal (QC) H3K 3L12 mouffe, mouffe, 2014 The third edition of Le Salon Ludique, a not-for profit event series, designed to initiate and sustain a critical dialogue centered on experimental practices across artistic disciplines previously featured on GameScenes, focuses
ART GAME
The third edition of Vector, one of the most important events about Game Art in the world, is upon us. The full program is now online and tickets are on sale. The Festival about GAMES.ART.NEW MEDIA takes place at multiple venues located in Toronto, Canada and will feature
ART GAME
Above is a sneak preview of Eddo Stern's new artgame, Vietnam Romance (not to be confused with the eponymous 2003 machinima ). The slogan goes: "If you hated the War, but liked the movies, you'll love this game". In November 2014, Vietnam Romance: Levels 1-3
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THE NYC ARCADE curated by The Sheep's Meow January 15, 2015 at 6 PM Microsoft, 11 Time Square, New York, NY 10036 RSVP, FREE ENTRY Play the latest locally-developed games & interactive experiences with the creators! An insane number of independent games for otherwordly ludic experiences. Full list
BOOK
My new project is titled How to get rid of homeless. The medium of choice is print. Or, rather, post-print. A 600-page epic split in two volumes documenting the so-called “homeless scandal” that affected the newly released game SimCity (Maxis/Electronic Arts, 2013), How to get rid of homeless reproduces