Posts Tagged ‘videogames’
Care Bear Carnage
Care Bear Carnage, by Jude Buffum:
“Tenderheart Bear battles the insidious Teddy Ruxpin for control of the global stuffed bear toy market, using his trademark “Heart Attack” to finish him off. ”
Exhibited at the Autumn Society’s “80s Pop Show.”
[via Gamefreaks]
Jeff Koons Must Die!!!
Hunter Jonakin’s video game Jeff Koons Must Die!!!
“Jeff Koons Must Die!!! is made up of a fabricated 80’s style stand-up arcade cabinet, and a simulated digital environment presented in a first-person perspective. Viewers must pay twenty-five cents to play the game and the virtual environment is traversed with a joystick and two arcade buttons. The premise of the video game is to allow the viewer to virtually destroy work by the artist, Jeff Koons.”
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What It Is Without the Hand That Wields It
What It Is Without the Hand That Wields It is an interactive installation by Riley Harmon:
“Mediated experiences of killing change our perception of authentic violence and death. As gamers die in a public video game server of a modified version of Counter-strike, a popular online first person shooter, the electronic solenoid valves dispense a small amount of fake blood. The trails left down the wall create a physical manifestation of virtual kills, bridging the two realities. The title is inspired by the Telefon Tel Aviv song of the same name. ”
[via wmmna]
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Animated Gif of the Day: Videogames are dangerous
[found here]