the hard and dark side of modding Last night’s better part I spent with ↑Resource Hacker, prying open certain system files and having healthy looks at their contents. Having looked long enough made me start to understand how WinXP’s graphical … Continue reading →
resistance against aero glass “Less is more.” —Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (↵1959) Upgrading your hardware for tilting your windows “threedimensionally” on your desktop, as ↵Madotate did for Win2k already years ago? For having simulated plexiglass frames around your … Continue reading →
↑Wired reports: “Earlier this month, French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres inducted three game designers into the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature) as chevaliers, or knights: Peter Molyneux (Populous and Black & … Continue reading →
↑Being not truthful is an installation by ↑Ralph Ammer which allows a ‘spectator’ to interact with a projected animation by gestures. Watch the video [↑24MB | .mov or ↑9MB | .mov] to see sheer magic and have the thing … Continue reading →
Humankind made two fundamental discoveries which made the invention and development of the computer possible. Firstly the discovery that the empirically graspable world, at least partially, can be described by mathematical models. Secondly the discovery that calculations necessary for prophecies—for … Continue reading →
Part of nearly every definition of game is, that there are no consequences of in-game actions and decisions to the realms outside of the game. Games have this trait in common with simulations. The decision a pilot makes when inside … Continue reading →
the day ↑DRM went down on its knees again As far as I understand the matter, it now is possible to decrypt the contents of ↑HD DVD and ↑Blu-ray Discs, because for both the same root/master key is used. For … Continue reading →
or, pride and prejudice Director ↑Geoff Lapaire, playing the character ‘↑Kyle‘ in the “↑Pure Pwnage“ Internet television series, finally revealing his face to the audience at the end of ↑Episode 12 “Game Over” [46:08min | .avi | 342.5MB], closing the … Continue reading →
More than a year ago I ↵added a tidbit to the entry ↑Pure Pwnage at Wikipedia. My addition, which—in the wake of Wikipedia’s ↑Project Internet Culture—meanwhile was moved to the ↑easter eggs section of the now existing entry ↑List of … Continue reading →
As ↑anthronaut commented in his e-mail—by which he pointed me to the whole thing—this indeed is a multi-layered interweavement of computer games, popular music, and new media … At the ↑FanTent, which stands for “fanmade content”, there is a collection … Continue reading →