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Illustrator Christoph Niemann is most recently known for his playful LEGO structures in his book I LEGO N.Y. He also has a small but lovely collection of pixel artwork in his portfolio, the above work being my favorite, but peacock man coming in at a close second. Check out the rest of his pixel works on his portfolio site.
Some of you are familiar with The Bechdel Test for film, but for those who aren't it's a simple set of rules that can be applied to movies in attempt to "...gauge the active presence of female characters in
Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are." The rule originally comes from Alison Bechdel's strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and Feminist Frequency does an excellent job summarizing how many films to this very day fail the test in this video. Watching it recently made me wonder whether the test is also applicable to games.
I asked this question to my Twitter followers, but no one responded. I'm very curious. Particularly because I recently finished Bayonetta (DUN DUN DUNNNNNN). Hit the jump to see some second thoughts.
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the facade 2010, Robert
Overweg, half-life 2
Robert Overweg knows a thing or two about photographing the virtual world. An artist in residence at TAG in the Hague, Overweg approaches worlds in videogames as a streetphotographer, capturing moments and landscapes that are unique to the spaces he explores in his three new series glitches, new perspectives, and the end of the virtual world. The about column on his site says this on his methods:
Overweg dwells by foot or by air through the outskirts of the virtual world which he dissects through his photography. He documents the similarities and the differences between the virtual and the physical world while making use of the new possibilities the virtual world give him as a photographer.
By looking into how games work and the aesthetics of the virtual world he asks questions about how the system works and the people behind them.
the end of the virtual world 7, Robert
Overweg, Modern Warfare 2
The photographs are fantastic. The end of the virtual world excellently captures the isolation and solitude of virtual worlds that end in flat edges, while new perspectives highlights the beauty in being able to "...float in water without consequence..." and see things you would never be able to see in the physical world. And finally, the paused scenes in glitches reveal to us the moment of disembodiment that we encounter when the virtual world abruptly denies real world conventions.
See all of Robert Overweg's works on his site, Shot by Robert. More of this please!
via mrgan.tumblr.com
The end of LOST is near, and Panic's Neven Mrgan thought it was best to commemorate most of the castaways of the show in pixels. By "most" I mean you won't see any Libby, Mikhail, Miles, Jacob, or young Bieber-in-Black in this line-up, but fortunately Mr. Mrgan has provided the Pixel .PSD so you can make-your-own.
Out of the set, Charlie and Hurley are my favorites, and thinking about it isn't Hurely's character basically an island-flavored interpretation of Hoagie from Day of the Tentacle? I think it's pretty clear that LOST ripped off the whole time travel thing in DOTT. I mean, obviously.
Meanwhile, LOST still hasn't fixed ITS pixels. Only a few more episodes, LOST. COME ON.
*Yawn!* I'm *so* happy for Friday. This week has been nothing but utter exhaustion for me day after day, so it will be nice to take it easy this weekend. Wish I had more exciting tiff-news to share, but I don't, so here's a bunch of fun stuff for your Friday afternoon. Whee!
