"When an in game character talks about how to use the controller, it rhetorically befriends us, not just as in-game characters, but also as real-world players. The breakdown of fiction levels is a positive emotional experience," (Juul, 183).
Thursday, May 29, 2008
NPC
Non-player character (Wikipedia entry)
"When an in game character talks about how to use the controller, it rhetorically befriends us, not just as in-game characters, but also as real-world players. The breakdown of fiction levels is a positive emotional experience," (Juul, 183).
"When an in game character talks about how to use the controller, it rhetorically befriends us, not just as in-game characters, but also as real-world players. The breakdown of fiction levels is a positive emotional experience," (Juul, 183).
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
WTF
Work Time Fun.
I may have blogged about this before, but I was just thinking about it, so I am going to do it again.
Out of all of the games that I have played (or have seen played), WTF is probably the most true to life. It uses a maximum of two buttons to play a giant series of mini-games. The mini-games are usually mindless factory style jobs that the Job Demon assigns. Even though the rules are super simple and the game is not open ended at all and the graphics are horrible, it provides a very convincing simulation of real life.
The actions taken while pressing the buttons of the controller are in themselves mundane.
"By completing these minigames, you earn money which can be used at a gashapon machine to randomly receive a new minigame, prizes for your gallery, or even a gadget that you can use in real life, such as a clock."
Well played sir.
I may have blogged about this before, but I was just thinking about it, so I am going to do it again.
Out of all of the games that I have played (or have seen played), WTF is probably the most true to life. It uses a maximum of two buttons to play a giant series of mini-games. The mini-games are usually mindless factory style jobs that the Job Demon assigns. Even though the rules are super simple and the game is not open ended at all and the graphics are horrible, it provides a very convincing simulation of real life.
The actions taken while pressing the buttons of the controller are in themselves mundane.
"By completing these minigames, you earn money which can be used at a gashapon machine to randomly receive a new minigame, prizes for your gallery, or even a gadget that you can use in real life, such as a clock."
Well played sir.
Marko Lehanka
There are dead flies in the splatter part.
"Corridor Painting No. 1," by Marko Lehanka, 2008
"Corridor Painting No. 1," by Marko Lehanka, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Embedding disabled by request
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEg95LwYvoE
Its strange to me that this video, the Weezer, Happy Days video, that was distributed with every copy of Windows 95, would have the embedding disabled because of Universal.
Youtube is not so great anymore
and thank you harrison 73 :-PP
Its strange to me that this video, the Weezer, Happy Days video, that was distributed with every copy of Windows 95, would have the embedding disabled because of Universal.
Youtube is not so great anymore
and thank you harrison 73 :-PP
Two things.
1. Tom Waits is on tour!!
2. I bought a jacket from Elie Tahari the other day, and I have worn it twice only and one of the buttons fell off on the train a few minutes ago. Not the kind of quality I normally look for when spending 450US on a jacket. I am returning it. Don't buy this brand.
2. I bought a jacket from Elie Tahari the other day, and I have worn it twice only and one of the buttons fell off on the train a few minutes ago. Not the kind of quality I normally look for when spending 450US on a jacket. I am returning it. Don't buy this brand.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
iGoogle Decorations
I didnt really like alot of these.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's is cool because he uses Legos.
and PPaper's:
and Philippe Starck's:
The Jeff Koons one was a bit disappointing.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's is cool because he uses Legos.
and PPaper's:
and Philippe Starck's:
The Jeff Koons one was a bit disappointing.
Clock
"Clock," by Rachel Winterton, 2007
"My attempt at creating a clock with Dain's head. Each position of the head is the hour."
Friday, May 23, 2008
Vulva O'Keefe Versus Angry Goldsworthy
image by Tyler Britt
Saturday May 24th 7-10PM
@ Deadtech
DEADTECH is located at: 3321 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago IL 60647 (just between Kedzie and Kimball Ave's)
Works by:
Kimberly Baker
Tyler Britt
Matt Davis
Taylor Hokanson
George Monteleone
Huong Ngo
Josh Rosenstock
Justing Schhaefer
Matthew Steinke
Davey Bell
Salem Collo-Julin
Chris Hammes
Maximillian Lawrence
Flo McGarrell
Andrew Roche
Chris Santiago
Edra Soto
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Man with a 30 Second Memory
Pablo showed me this. It reminds me a few websites I've been into lately.
Paul DeMarinis and Cai Guo-Qiang
Some of my all time favorites!
"A Light Rain," Paul DeMarinis, 2004
"Clear Sky Black Cloud," Cai Guo-Qiang, 2006 (video)
"A Light Rain," Paul DeMarinis, 2004
"Clear Sky Black Cloud," Cai Guo-Qiang, 2006 (video)
Tamahome, 2005
A house built after a Tamagotchi with Richard Serra's Tilted Arc and some legs.
All of the files for this are lost now.
Strange Icons
"New Museum," Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA with Gensler, 2007
"A Sort of Loss," Matthew Brannon, 2006
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Construction sites
Here are some photos from Roberta Fallon's Flickr page of an affair inside a building that is being remodeled to become the Please Touch Museum.
This is relevant to my interests!
This is relevant to my interests!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Homaro Cantu and Felix Gonzalez- Torres
Homaru Cantu with his inkjet printed sushi
Untitled, (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), by Felix Gonzalez- Torres, 1991
Monday, May 12, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
IX, by H3X3N
Deadtech.net, H3x3n.net
Tonight Dain and I are going to see Jon Cates' show at Dead Tech. Maybe Dan Roe will come along too.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Gold Farmers
Gold Farmers is a documentary about gold farmers, by Ge Jin. It is part of the HOMO LUDENS LUDENS exhibition at LABoral, in Gijon.
Here is an interview with Ge Jin @ wemakemoneynotart.com.
"LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial presents HOMO LUDENS LUDENS, an international exhibition and conference examining play as a principal element of today’ s world, and highlighting its necessity for our contemporary societies."
Here is an interview with Ge Jin @ wemakemoneynotart.com.
"LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial presents HOMO LUDENS LUDENS, an international exhibition and conference examining play as a principal element of today’ s world, and highlighting its necessity for our contemporary societies."
Sarah Oppenheimer's Folding Catalog
@ the Berlin based DUVE Gallery, Next Fair Chicago, 2008
photo by Pablo Gaviria,
artist's website.
Sara Oppenheimer displays catalogs of different ways which she has observed people folding their newspapers. When the information meets, one side of the paper to the next, new articles are formulated. It is a brief meeting of information, and each new article is secret. If the fold is undone, the new text is destroyed. There is no way to read the remix. All we can tell of the text is the way it was created.
link.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Poster for the Internet and Google Street View Painting
"Poster for the Internet," Grumbacher watercolor, graphite and ball-point pen on Arches, 23 by 31cm, 2007
"The Void," a glitch in Google Maps, Street View, Grumbacher watercolor and graphite, on Canson, 15 by 20 in, 2007
inspired by the web paintings of Valery Grancher
Jens Haaning and Miltos Manetas
Unfinished homepage address on Certificate. On the certificate the following text is written:
"Certificate
http://www........................com
Jens Haaning
To see the internet only as a extension of the possibility of communication is an extreme oversimplification, seen from an Existential point of view the internet gives the possibility to be alone with other people, 1999"
Found at: real normal
Take away posters by Miltos Manetas, from his site http://www.outsideoftheinternetthereisnoglory.com/, 2007- 2008
Image from Blow de la Barra
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
SIMS
"The Sims are not and should never be avatars, as they were in the online game. The Sims were born to be surrogate slaves to our dreams and fantasies," says Gonzalo over at Ludology.org.
"What if I could create my own little world and all the people in it and watch them go through their business and jump in and change things when I want," asks Rod Humble in the linked NYT review.
"What if I could create my own little world and all the people in it and watch them go through their business and jump in and change things when I want," asks Rod Humble in the linked NYT review.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Manetas in SL
I found, on Miltos Manetas' site, a slurl link to his place in Second Life called "Desert". He has a new text too, which is always fun and out there. I guess I missed all of the events though..
"Desert", 2008
"Sad Tree", 1995
After quick Google of "desert existentialism":
"Desert of the Real", still from "The Matrix", 1999
"Desert", 2008
"Sad Tree", 1995
After quick Google of "desert existentialism":
"Desert of the Real", still from "The Matrix", 1999
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)