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quantification prescribing interaction
Artist and composer ↑Ben[jamin] Grosser, currently teaching at the School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, two days ago has published his fine article “↓What do metrics want? How quantification prescribes social interaction on Facebook.” Here’s the … Continue reading →
what is embarrassing?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #18 Why are the two gentlemen looking a bit off-balance, what is embarrassing in the scene depicted? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment … Continue reading →
who is repairing?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #38 Who is repairing something inside the back of that head? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the ‘Leave … Continue reading →
otaku, doujinshi, and gamemodding
↑Mizuko Ito [↵keitai-scholar and sister of blogosphere-legend ↑Joi Ito] introduces us to ↑Otaku Media Literacy—if one would replace ‘anime otaku’ by ‘gamemodders’ and add one or two adjustments, her text still would be ‘the truth’. Here’s an excerpt: ↑[…] Overseas … Continue reading →
history repeating?
amok runs, killergames, and modding culture In the morning of 20 November 2006 the radio told me the sad news of yet another amok run in a German school. Although depressed by the fact, I couldn’t suppress a little Merlin’s … Continue reading →
kaizo mario world
impossibly hard variant of super mario world This is to humble every single speedrunner, trickjumper, DeFRaGger, or first-person-shooter virtuoso/elitist who ever dared to badmouth about 2D jump’n’run sidescrollers and the supposed lack of skill involved in playing them. The … Continue reading →
cybernetic science fiction
It simply is astounding what a collection you amass on your hard drives over time—and about how many of the collected things you simply forget. I just refound an unfinished draft version of Patricia S. Warrick’s ‘↑Cybernetic Imagination in … Continue reading →
subway shenanigans
“Subway Shenanigans” is a montage of stunts and trickjumps done in “Subway Surfers,” the popular endless runner mobile game. You will see all 52 characters available in the game until today, performing jumps you may not have seen before. … Continue reading →
teh_lamerer’s config
After the somewhat cruel experience concerning my performance in ↵Q3A during ↵the last LAN-party I attended, I now have started to take measures—the ↑Fighternight 8 is approaching—again ↵at Wolfenstein! As I do not get to grips with DigitalHawk’s config … Continue reading →