Games look more lifelike than ever, but they rarely feel like it. Why copying nature isn’t enough.
“In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.” – Cormac McCarthy, The Road
People who continue to play videogames after they “grow up” have usually had an experience that sealed games in their lives as something worthwhile, something lasting. My moment happened in Fallout 3.
The nine-part web game appears in CLUTCH, a group exhibition about play from the curatorial project No Where Projects at Prachtsaal Studio in Neukölln.
The demo is playable at 404 Not Found in Shibuya as part of an ars●bit display, alongside Hanabushi and hako life's PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK.
The free South Kensington show runs from 1960s computer drawings to Matt DesLauriers' Meridian, two editions of which just entered the museum's collection.
Scarlett Kim and Anthony Storniolo built the free, motion-driven Unreal Engine work for the Digital Arts Space at The Music Center in Los Angeles.