toys
The picture at the above left I found via my pal Vít Šisler’s ↑Videogames and politics (↵Šisler 2005). It reminded me of a drawing Hypher—a core-member of ‘my tribe’—did in August 2004, which I have put at the top … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2006
counter existentialism
Jon Griggs’ ↑Deviation definitely is a piece of ↵CS–↵machinima worthwhile to watch: The short film ‘Deviation’ was shot using an online game engine with the virtual actors and director never having met one another. Macintyre, an online-game character and … Continue reading →
shadowrun: one night
On 5 April 2006 ↑Erik Ralston has released a piece of amazing MP2-machinima: ↑“Shadowrun: One Night” [21:41min | .gvi | 199MB]. For an interesting discussion and more background information refer to the according thread at 3DR: ↑[MP2 Machinima] Shadowrun: … Continue reading →
red woman
On Saturday I had Spaghetti al Tonno for a late dinner. Within ten minutes after having finished the plate the ache started. Don’t ask me about the night, as my intestines were well messed up. The whole Sunday I … Continue reading →
guy kewney
That’s just wonderful: The BBC wanted to interview IT journalist ↑Guy Kewney live on air for BBC News 24. When the scheduled interview was close, a producer went to the reception of Television Centre and called out: “Guy Kewney!” … Continue reading →
cyberpunk china
↑2R has returned from China and among other things brought along beautiful photographies of which he has put a ↑first set online. Partly noir, partly cyberpunk, partly both, all China. Lots of neon, menacing nighttime indoors and outdoors architecture, … Continue reading →
cyberpunk china
↑2R has returned from China and among other things brought along beautiful photographies of which he has put a ↑first set online. Partly noir, partly cyberpunk, partly both, all China. Lots of neon, menacing nighttime indoors and outdoors architecture, artefacts’ … Continue reading →
… and hollywood will listen
Actually I won’t talk—I already did so on 02 May 2006, high noon, right on Munich’s Marienplatz. Our students invited me to do so, thank you for the faith in me. But allow me to start at the beginning … Continue reading →
presence and absence
↑Anthronaut delightedly used that old vernacular in telling me that he nearly shat his pants when he read ↵when hell is full for the first time. That was exactly the anticipated effect, my intention as author. ↑KerLeone was delighted … Continue reading →
nomads online
My colleague ↑Birgit Bräuchler, author of ↵Cyberidentities at War, courteously invited me to send in a proposal for a workshop called ↑Understanding media practices, which she will organize together with John Postill at the ↑9th EASA Biennial Conference which … Continue reading →