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Glaciers writes poetry using Google’s most popular searches

Glaciers writes poetry using Google’s most popular searches

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Currently wrapping up its first weekend on display at New York’s Postmasters art gallery, Glaciers is the latest art project from Sage Solitaire (2015) creator and Tharsis systems designer Zach Gage, as well as several billion unknowing co-authors. The exhibit features a collection of small e-ink sc
Japanese hashtag reimagines videogame covers using adorable clip-art

Japanese hashtag reimagines videogame covers using adorable clip-art

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#いらすとやさんでゲームパッケージを再現する, or as Google Translate tells me, “#To reproduce the game package in Irasutoya’s,” is a hashtag currently making its way around Japanese Twitter. It’s dedicated to taking videogame covers and recreating them with royalty free clip-art, specifically from the Japanese illustrati
Let’s Play Snake brings the classic arcade hit to Twitter

Let’s Play Snake brings the classic arcade hit to Twitter

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With visuals that can be easily represented using only a line and a dot, and rules no more complex than “get to point b without hitting anything along the way,” classic arcade game Snake has become renowned for its simplicity and elegant design. This, in turn, has lead to its prevalence among a numb
An obituary for God… the Twitter personality

An obituary for God… the Twitter personality

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God is dead. He had a good run. He quietly passed away on Saturday afternoon, surrounded by close friends, family, and Twitter followers. God died as he lived: sending out not-at-all cryptic missives to his 2.29 million followers. He will be remembered as the leader of a major theistic cult, albeit
New exhibit hints at a future for low-poly art outside of games

New exhibit hints at a future for low-poly art outside of games

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The unfortunate thing about low-poly art, the aesthetic of simple shapes and abstract images seen in games like Final Fantasy VII, is that it never got much of a chance to take off as a legitimate art style all its own. In a medium where big companies are constantly competing over realistic graphics