MILES BUCKLE
Miles Buckle invents a Paul McCartney idle game from 1998
A fake anniversary reel for a CD-ROM that never shipped has commenters swapping memories of temp assignments nobody was ever given.
Rocket League
When a car throws a hook mid-air, driving becomes flight
Cabbibo’s Moon Ball grafts the Lashing magic from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight novels onto a Rocket League chassis.
Flux Empyrean
ChillCash pitched its sailing mystery as internet horror
A clip promised a cursed artifact that follows you forever, but Flux Empyrean had different ideas
Jackie Turpin
Jackie Turpin's tennis project starts with Nadal's serve
The UCLA animator rotoscoped the swing frame by frame to test a 2D-to-3D pipeline, working the seam where drawing meets simulation.
cdmx.exe
Mexico City street legends turn up as low-poly game skins
The anonymous account cdmx.exe models the capital's characters in PS2-era polygons, and the audience keeps asking where to download them.
tiengiungtong
tiengiungtong's rabbit hole is lined with bodhisattvas
Another chorus of can-I-play-this for a dreamlike point-and-click that does not exist yet
Barragán
A crucifix USB necklace carries a Barragán video game
THE END IS NEAR, made for Victor Barragán's label by Alex Sinh Nguyen, ships as $270 jewelry.
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Artist imagines what Instagram would look like on Windows 95
Windows 95 had a lot going for it: its iconic startup sound; its soothing teal background; Internet Explorer in its earliest, purest form; and my personal favorite, the Paint program. Today, if you’re ever feeling particularly nostalgic, you can run Windows 95 in your browser. (True to history, atte
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8-bit artist makes new autobiographical GIF every day
This article contains flashing images. /// Speaking to Vice’s The Creator’s Project, Italy-born, Shanghai-based illustrator Ailadi says “I like the combination of PETSCII 8-bit game aesthetic with subjects of common daily life.” She’s referring to her PETSCII series, an art project based around prod
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You’ll miss Instagram’s squares when they’re gone
Instagram announced on Thursday that its signature 1:1 aspect ratio was no more. An update for Android and iOS clients will allow users to upload full-sized portrait and landscape photos. The square will remain Instagram’s fundamental unit, but its value as a cultural currency has been devaluated. W
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Brutalism has found a second life in Minecraft
The case for preserving brutalist architecture requires some strange contortions. Defenders of gems like London’s Robin Hood Gardens or the Orange County Government Center must claim that buildings whose charms are derived from their heft and imposing strength are at risk and in need of our protecti
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If Tangerine is about technology it’s not in the way that you think
Being shot with an iPhone isn’t this movie’s standout narrative.