video games

On The Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Nobody

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RND/ To consider recent freeform Lab notes on repeatedly trying and failing to meaningfully engage with others Online: Part of the problem (and, admittedly part of the actual appeal) is that I simply don’t know what I’m doing with this site, or any of its so-called content; it’s not philosophy, certainly not art as the … Read more

Virtual Photography Exhibit: “This Mod Is Dead”

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RND/ to consider partial historical / aesthetic archival study of dead, abandoned, andor dead-on-arrival mods – and a lament. Part of the Virtual Photography Exhibit: Global Videogame Capitalism and its Existential Threat First, some (mysteriously end-sentence truncated conceptual ‘play code’ for this study) – featuring an oldskool design document, and excerpts from various board posts … Read more

Hypertography One Exhibit: All Amerikan Pokemon Holocaust Selfie

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RND/ all amerikan pokemon holocaust selfie Part of the Hypertography One Exhibit (/Maximum) Fun Will Set Ir Free – The dangerous existential attitude of modern mass gaming to consider pokemon go as public spectacle remix of fellow resarc jean baudrillards general talk about information with specific mentions of pokemon go – implosion of meaning in … Read more

AAA Games Industry Notes / Critique / Conceptual Art (1)

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RND/ to consider scenes, notes, critique and conceptual art based around modern notions of the so-called ‘aaa games industry’ (note: say ‘Triple A’ like Jim Sterling Does ie while channelling Skeletor) Oh the privilege of unawareness of privilege. —   No more or less — Candy coated sh1t king. Agent K: Do you know the … Read more