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Artsy Photo Duel Round 1: VTM VS Requiem
Oct 21st
So, until more photographers come out of the closet, two photos by me:
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in the left corner we have
Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption  |
and our contender is from
Requiem: The avenging angel  |
Get ready, get set, shoot! Which one do you find more interesting/like more?
Videogames: Can They Be Important?
Oct 21st
Ian Bogost, researcher, critic, designer, had a plenary address at the Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo touching on some interesting stuff. A lot of poetry and references (Archilochus, Baudelaire, Charles Bukowski…).
Head over to his blog to read it whole, here’s just a sneak peak:
Head over to his blog to read it whole, here’s just a sneak peak:
Videogames will not be important because we say they are now, in this room, with all the hubris and import of professionals bearing credentials and affiliations as validation. They will not be important because of novel new mechanics that pique occasional, temporary curiosities. They will not be important when they make Steven Spielberg cry over them or Roger Ebert review them. They will not be important when they find their place in Entertainment Weekly or in the New Yorker. They will not be important when they become a regular part of gradeschool curricula, and they will not be important when they help government agents identify terrorists, and they will not be important when they teach burger flippers how to apply pickles to charbroiled patties.
HD DVD player inside Xbox360?
Oct 21st
Seems like only yesterday that PS3 was being criticized for high price because of forcing consumers to swallow Bluray (wait… it was yesterday!)… and now it seems like MS might be deciding that being able to sell a console also as a HD movie player is a good idea after all… at least next year or so… or at least so the rumour goes. Might be a sensible thought since i’ve seen not only people on forums but even articles on how people think a Bluray player is starting to add real value to a console.
My worries however are: now it’s an extension, optional, so game makers aren’t making games on hddvd but for the default drive. But what if once it becomes builtin some companies start releasing on HD DVD? What do people who’ve got a xbox360 in the first 3 years do ? Since that’s the bulk of the install base I don’t think game companies will do it… still… a scary thought nonetheless.
vRealms: Fallout 2 review
Oct 20th
Virtual Realms is a little graphic magazine project I did with Diana Lupu (hearts) a while ago… but the reason I’m posting it here is because most of it’s first issue is a great fallout 2 review (with my nutty graphics behind the text making it fashionably unreadable). If you’ve never played the game maybe this will tempt you… or at least give some hints as to why it remains a yet unmatched ideal for me in many ways, particularly game freedom and branching story elements in a world with consequences. It also has some (non computer) roleplaying mood setters. enjoy
Dead Space
Oct 20th
Survival horror in sci-fi outer space sounds tempting in itself… but once they’ve likened it to Event Horizon they totally got me interested. One of the very few movies i watched several times. Here’s a story preview.
the simExchange
Oct 19th
I’ve always been tempted to try my hand at stock exchange but never had that kind of money… plus I’m not particularly passionate or in the know on oil or car companies… and this is where this glorious website comes in. They give you 1 million virtual currency to start your busines. Think Starcraft 2 is going to be a big hit? Buy stock now ! Is the Playstation 3 over or undervalued? I’ve started for two days now and found it fascinating (i’ve already got 1,094,864.63 DKP). Should you join gIve me a ring: my id there is "ixaarii". I’ve just started and it would be nice to have more people in my league to compare my stock to.
Zero Punctuation: The Orange Box
Oct 17th
ask me why i love wednesdays!!!
Q: Why do you like wednesdays?
A: because that’s when Yahtzee, delicious gaming spiritual successor of Douglas Adams’ chapter intro Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy sections that he is, posts his Zero Punctuation review. Always great fun… or at least mild fun… or at least some witty comments at a fast pace… anywayz: i’m awaiting it every week 
And it’s here!!! Wonder what he’s gonna do next week
Top ten NES games
Oct 17th
Sure, it’s been done before… and before… and before that also… but an interesting view IMO because of ScrewAttacks’ special style (they even had final fantasy retrospective creator talk!)
The 1UP Show: Episode 10/12/07
Oct 16th
the new 1up episode is out!
“We’re finally hitting our stride this season as the Triple-A titles keep on coming. We’re taking a look at what’s might make you happy you bought that PS3. Is Ratchet going to be a system seller for Sony? If not, well, what about the XY Tomb Raider, Drake, from Uncharted? Bryan Intihar invited Naughty Dog up to visit with Matt Leone and I to share what he got to see while writing a preview of the game for EGM.”
About ArtsyGamer
Oct 16th
ArtsyGamer is built on top of the joy of experiencing art, and the belief that games are a medium that can contain great art. That is not to say that all games are masterpieces, just like not all things printed on paper are great books. We do however believe that games are a medium which can contain all the great forms of art: imagery/paintings/photography, sculpture/3d/architecture, writing/books/story, movies and music. And in those miraculous cases where all these things work together well, one could really have amazing artistic and personal experiences.
Our dream is that ArtsyGamer will form and nourish a comunity of likeminded special people: weather you are a person who loves games, enjoys art or are an artist yourself, we would be honoured to have you onboard with us on this games-art-digitalgenerationlifestyle community. With your help, we aim to make this a place where it’s fun to spend time, to discuss things, to express yourself and to to learn from the experiences and knowledge of others. A whole lifetime seems too short to get to know and enjoy all the art and entertainment out there, but, in a comunity of friendly interesting people, we could give eachother hints as to directions worth exploring, games worth playing, stories worth reading, movies worth seeing, art worth enjoying and together get the best out of them!