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With ↑urban china ↑2R has breezed one more set of his photos from China online. Again very moody, cyberpunk, and noir. Enjoy. … Continue reading
Daily Archives: Monday, 29th May 2006
With ↑urban china ↑2R has breezed one more set of his photos from China online. Again very moody, cyberpunk, and noir. Enjoy. … Continue reading
Screencap from ↵Team iT‘s movie “DeFrag”. The gaps between the floor elements to be seen in the background could not be crossed without the technique of strafe-jumping. Run done by cyrus. The currently featured game innovation at ↑GIDb is the ↑first use of snaking in the game ↑F-Zero GX (2003): Snaking is a technique that takes advantage of the “mini-boost” technique that is popular in many racing games. Basically, the players have to powerslide into a turn, and upon release, gets a slight boost of speed. Now, by applying this technique repeatedly, especially on straightaways, a player can constantly … Continue reading
Yet another instance of the appropriation of computergames by fine art: Jeremiah Palecek produces oil paintings based upon screencaps from games. via entry at boingboing … Continue reading
It’s time to clarify the ambiguous term “demo” as used within gaming culture. For that purpose I’ll quote from some ’emic sources’. 1. Let’s start with the obvious, Wikipedia’s entry ↑Game demo: A game demo is a freely distributed demonstration or preview of an upcoming or recently released computer or video game. […] Game demos come in two variations: playable and non-playable (also called a “rolling demo”). Playable demos generally have the exact same gameplay as the upcoming full game, although game advancement is usually limited to a certain point, and occasionally some advanced features might be disabled. A non-playable … Continue reading
A new project promising new insights into the history and development of computergames, as it focusses on the perspective of innovations: The goal of the GIDb [↑Game Innovation Database] is to classify and record every innovation in the entire history of computer and videogames. Because we could never complete this daunting task alone, we have made the GIDb an open wiki, allowing anyone to easily add innovation entries for the benefit of everyone who cares about the history, study, and practice of game innovation. And then McKenzie Wark, author of “A Hacker Manifesto” has put the draft of his next … Continue reading
“There were no superheroes during the renaissance period. Why? Apparently there were no supervillains so they were not needed. That would explain the lack of superheroes in fine art. It’s time to fix that.”—see the results at Worth1000’s ↑Superhero ModRen 2 photoshop contest. They really ↵seem to come back these days … From top down: “Heart of Clark” by dan5677 “Portrait of a Young Flash” by NomeDaBo “Batman and the Centaur” by ParasiteDemon via entry at boingboing … Continue reading
↑Redwood Trees, CA is a wonderful collection of historical postcards depicting California’s famous giant sequoias. The recurrent theme are the drive-thru trees, reflecting the history of transport technology’s rapid changes in front of the backdrop of seemingly eternal organic life. … Continue reading