Strange Imaginary Games
RND/ To consider the unique lo-fi retro video #aesthetic of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days – a generally crap little videogame with an amazingly ugly, glitchy, horribly all too watchable / hyperreal look, feel and vibe. Samples: Images courtesy of walkthrough by The Blue Dragon. Download 290 .jpg images (1920×1080 .zip 290MB): KAL2 Part … Read more
RND/ To consider a faded VHS Betamax action movie poster for an imaginary (straight-to-unrewound Betamax) flick entitled “American Rampage Mind Trap: 3652 x 2699 .jpg Four Movie Landscapes: Conceptual Art Painting Zero Views Youtube Videos Movie Denis Villeneuve’s Depthless, Boring Dune (2021): A Critique Zack Snyder’s Awful “Army Of The Dead”: An Existential Movie Review … Read more
RND/ To imagine if you will the strange midnight neon VHS horror aesthetics of “The Convenience Store” videogame by Chilla’s Art: 1920 x 1080 .jpg First off: balls to contemporary online discussions about ‘aesthetics’. The word has long since become lazy short hand for ‘obsolete, nakedly pro-capitalist discussions of ‘The A E S T H … Read more
RND/ In which (while asleep) you consider imagining happening upon an old unrewound VHS tape containing the pop video “Only In My Dreams” by Debbie Gibson 3994 x 2994 .jpg, edited in Gimp, screenshots via LOLtube In which you note both that amazing purple-blue color often seen in oldskool 80s videos, and the bizarre ‘Remember: … Read more
RND/ to imagine enlarged screenshots of classic violent anime “BAOH” from an old LOLtube video – notable for over the top expressions on the ugly faces of its crudely drawn characters – In which the word “BAOH” appears to mean ‘bow’, as in ‘respect due for such uniquely oldskool VHS crudeness’ — // how to … Read more