Strange Imaginary Games
RND/ To consider landscape paintings from “The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter” by gamedevs The Astronauts: 3916×2236 .jpg In which you gave up playing the game shortly after entering the graveyard, since you could not find a piece of missing crow (or whatever the hell it was) and didn’t feel like slowly back-tracking over the entire … Read more
RND/ To imagine a creepy ‘English’ seaside painting for Halloween: 2916 x 2236 .jpg Fuck Martin Parr: Photography And The Cultural Ideology Of Englishness Space 1999: Creepy 70’s Sci Fi Simulator Game Screenshots The Creepy, Empty And Uncanny World Of (Dead) Tactical Multiplayer Shooter “Ground Branch” Creepy Hipster Jesus Creepy Portraits of Deep Fake A.I … Read more
RND/ To consider classic Sci Fi TV series Space 1999 and its slightly naff (and often creepy) atmosphere: 1920 x 1080 .jpg – via Blu Ray screenshots A reference for anyone developing a videogame simulation of Moonbase Alpha. A ghostly and ethereal mood can be felt throughout each episode – it floats unseen like a … Read more
RND/ To imagine PC screenshot art / virtual photography of a creepy, empty and uncanny world of (possibly Undead On Arrival) tactical™ multiplayer shooter called “Ground Branch”: 1920 x 1080 .jpg With its souless, dead eyed character models, its deep shadows, largely featureless universe, bizarre poses and janky physics, Ground Branch delights in a sinister … Read more
RND/ To consider some noclip videogame screenshot art / virtual photography of Gmod: In which you prepare to critique the ideas of ‘Liminality’ and ‘Kenopsia in videogame spaces. 3440 x 1440 .jpg Toward A Possible Critique Of Liminality First of, one might say: balls to that loose internet jive about teh ‘AESTHETIC’, whatever it is. … Read more