Strange Imaginary Games
RND/ To consider PC screenshot paintings of the supreme emptiness of Apex Legends: 3916 x 2236 .jpg To consider Apex Legends one of the more aesthetically ugly (neckless, safe, generic, corporatized, sterile, wishy-washy, bland) games around. As though the developers threw every single known style at the wall and kept whatever failed to immediately slide … Read more
RND/ consider “Dr. Disrespect” (Guy Beahm aka Diarrhea Panic) based net.art 3840×2160 .jpg, screenshot via Twitch – featuring actual stream chat comments 5760×3840 .jpg, edited publicity photo 3840×2160 .jpg, screenshots remix To what extent can such a divisive Virtual AAA-industry Meta-Figurine / ‘gaming personality’ be considered a product of, (say) The [Global Videogame] Truman Show, … Read more
RND/ to consider two, apparently parallel-running narratives from the strange world of modern videogaming (/as) Culture 3678×4091 .jpg, edited in Gimp – In which insider associations with the whole, vile industry is still apparently a nice little earner for chosen Influencer$ and key Streamer$; winning by one point (million) indeed! #ethicsingaming — Example Reference Links … Read more
RND/ to consider the current height / king of generic art styles (style of no-style?) evident in F2P battle royale multiplayer videogame “Apex Legends” Somehow simultaneously professional (technically accomplished, ‘polished’) and amazingly run-of-the-mill, Apex Legends signifies a new old breed of forgettable, mish-mash art styles and all but interchangeable pseudo-characters https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertwhat/40039431433/ – Full series of … Read more