MachineMachine /stream - tagged with videogames https://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress therourke@gmail.com <![CDATA[$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be ‘non-playable characters’ | TikTok | The Guardian]]> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/19/tiktok-npc-streaming-live-stream-pinkydoll

If you haven’t seen them yet, the videos are mesmerizing. A content creator with long, straight hair sits at her kitchen table, rapidly stringing together nonsense catchphrases, over and over with the same cheerful expression and tone. “Yes yes yes. Mmm, ice cream so good.

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Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:51:24 -0700 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/19/tiktok-npc-streaming-live-stream-pinkydoll
<![CDATA[Critical reviews/writing on Tears of the Kingdom]]> http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/373245

So, we all love the latest Zelda game (Tears of the Kingdom - TOTK), and so do the critics. But now that we and the game journalists all have hundreds of hours of playtime under our belts, have any thoughtful, well written critical takes on Nintendo's latest masterpiece been written? I know at the beginning there were a few knee jerk reviews that tried to stand out. I am looking for well written, thoughtful, but ultimately critical takes on TOTK. People who have more to say than just gushing about Ultrahand. People who have perhaps done a thoughtful comparison with BOTW at a design level, and come out with some negative feedback on the game overall.

This is not because I don't like the game - far from it - but I would love to read some balanced analysis before I venture my own (potentially critical) takes on the game.

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Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:21:08 -0700 http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/373245
<![CDATA[Game Studies - A Practiced Practice: Speedrunning Through Space With de Certeau and Virilio]]> https://gamestudies.org/1401/articles/scullyblaker

This paper discusses the emergent gameplay practice known as speedrunning, or the process of completing a game as quickly as possible without the use of cheats or cheat devices, and its relation to games as narrative spaces.

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Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:52:16 -0700 https://gamestudies.org/1401/articles/scullyblaker
<![CDATA[Rats Play 'DOOM' Using VR-Like System - VRScout]]> https://vrscout.com/news/rats-play-doom-using-vr-like-system/

We’ve seen our fair share of bizarre VR experiments over the years, but this one might just take the cake.

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Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:51:33 -0800 https://vrscout.com/news/rats-play-doom-using-vr-like-system/
<![CDATA[What is a game? | GamesIndustry.biz]]> https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-14-what-is-a-game

What is a game? It's a debate that rears its bemusing head every now and then as developers push the boundaries of the medium, and this month it has been brought back to the fore by a group arguably less qualified to give a concrete definition: lawyers.

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Mon, 17 May 2021 23:55:14 -0700 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-14-what-is-a-game
<![CDATA[Not So Super, Mario.. I was 10 when Super Mario Galaxy came… | by Bobby | Sep, 2020 | Medium]]> https://medium.com/@bobby19/not-so-super-mario-c6fcc495b4ab

I was 10 when Super Mario Galaxy came out, and I’m 22 now on its rerelease. There was all sorts of confusion before it came out, about what really was the situation surrounding motion controls, which were described as both mandatory and optional by various outlets.

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Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:13:52 -0700 https://medium.com/@bobby19/not-so-super-mario-c6fcc495b4ab
<![CDATA[Games blamed for moral decline and addiction throughout history]]> http://theconversation.com/games-blamed-for-moral-decline-and-addiction-throughout-history-123900

Video games are often blamed for unemployment, violence in society and addiction – including by partisan politicians raising moral concerns. Blaming video games for social or moral decline might feel like something new.

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Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:31:10 -0700 http://theconversation.com/games-blamed-for-moral-decline-and-addiction-throughout-history-123900
<![CDATA[This Professor Has Documented 2,000 Soda Machines in Video Games - Waypoint]]> https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ywq9pm/soda-machines-videogames

In 2016, Marshall University professor Jason Morrissette was playing Batman: Arkham Knight. While sneaking around the shadows, Morrissette stumbled upon a soda machine. Like many games, Akrham Knight doesn’t feature any real-life soda products; that’d cost money.

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Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:02:45 -0700 https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/ywq9pm/soda-machines-videogames
<![CDATA[Bitcoin mania is hurting PC gamers by pushing up GPU prices - The Verge]]> https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16949550/bitcoin-graphics-cards-pc-prices-surge

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin have soared in value over the past year, thanks to continued interest from a range of investors.

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Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:43:20 -0800 https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16949550/bitcoin-graphics-cards-pc-prices-surge
<![CDATA[Video Games Are Better Without Stories - The Atlantic]]> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/video-games-stories/524148/

Film, television, and literature all tell them better. So why are games still obsessed with narrative? A longstanding dream: Video games will evolve into interactive stories, like the ones that play out fictionally on the Star Trek Holodeck.

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Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:01:28 -0700 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/video-games-stories/524148/
<![CDATA[A new dating sim highlights the pickup artist's ugly game of seduction - Kill Screen]]> https://killscreen.com/articles/woman-fighting-pickup-artists-ugly-game-seduction/

The dating sim has been experiencing something of a reexamining of late, finding itself in the broader public eye as iterations upon its core tenants are warped, distorted, and pushed past their typical use cases.

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Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:48:10 -0700 https://killscreen.com/articles/woman-fighting-pickup-artists-ugly-game-seduction/
<![CDATA[How hacking fixed the worst video game of all time | PCWorld]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032869/how-hacking-fixed-the-worst-video-game-of-all-time.html

According to urban legend, a landfill somewhere in the small city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, bulges with millions of copies of the worst game ever made—a game that many observers blamed for the North American video-game sales crash of 1983. Atari’s bubble burst because of a little alien.

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Mon, 09 May 2016 01:16:36 -0700 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032869/how-hacking-fixed-the-worst-video-game-of-all-time.html
<![CDATA[The Minecraft Generation - NYTimes.com]]> http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-minecraft-generation.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=4&referer=

Jordan wanted to build an unpredictable trap. An 11-year-old in dark horn-­rimmed glasses, Jordan is a devotee of Minecraft, the computer game in which you make things out of virtual blocks, from dizzying towers to entire cities.

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Sun, 17 Apr 2016 06:02:38 -0700 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-minecraft-generation.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=4&referer=
<![CDATA[What digital trash dumped in games tells us about the players | New Scientist]]> https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28505-what-digital-trash-dumped-in-games-tells-us-about-the-players/

A strawberry Christmas cake, sexy pants, a pool table, three red jet planes, a hippy bandana, a dog sled, a jetpack, a pair of Adidas trainers, a Tudor throne, a bullet stopped in mid-flight, an iced frappé, an entire shopping mall.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2015 06:16:48 -0800 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28505-what-digital-trash-dumped-in-games-tells-us-about-the-players/
<![CDATA[This sims mod lets you wear a bathtub as a hat which will still...]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/125107432384

This sims mod lets you wear a bathtub as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people in that bathtub can also wear it as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people in that bathtub can also wear it as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people in that bathtub can also wear it as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people in that bathtub can also wear it as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people in that bathtub can also wear it as a hat which will still function as a bathtub……. >>>>>>>>> ‪#‎BATHCEPTION‬

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Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:27:26 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/125107432384
<![CDATA[It took 2 years to build this functioning word processor in Minecraft]]> http://www.dailydot.com/geek/word-processor-built-in-minecraft/?fb=dd

If it exists in the real world, you can be someone has figured out a way to build it in Minecraft. A Minecraft builder has created a word processor, complete with keyboard and monitor, entirely in the game. And it isn't just for show.

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Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:46:05 -0800 http://www.dailydot.com/geek/word-processor-built-in-minecraft/?fb=dd
<![CDATA[One Way To Make Some YouTube Videos Way Creepier]]> http://kotaku.com/one-way-to-make-some-youtube-videos-way-creepier-1640856627/all

The code that puts a first-person-shooter avatar and reticule on top of random uploaded videos doesn't appear to be publicly available. That's probably a good thing because it makes everything much more stomach-churning.

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Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:53:19 -0700 http://kotaku.com/one-way-to-make-some-youtube-videos-way-creepier-1640856627/all
<![CDATA[Drowning Simulator Is The Worst Game I Have Ever Played]]> http://kotaku.com/drowning-simulator-is-the-worst-game-i-have-ever-played-1566857713

I hate being in the ocean. Shallow beaches, I can handle, but the deep sea terrifies me more than spiders, snakes and birds who can talk put together. So a game where you do nothing but drown in open water is not my Game Of The Year candidate. But Sortie En Mer isn't supposed to be fun.

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Thu, 01 May 2014 13:40:44 -0700 http://kotaku.com/drowning-simulator-is-the-worst-game-i-have-ever-played-1566857713
<![CDATA[illucia: using a videogame to remix music]]> http://vimeo.com/63219660

illucia.com twitter.com/paperkettle illucia dtr is a patchbay controller for connecting computer programs. Life Sequencer is a game in the illucia suite - it uses falling blocks to build step sequencer patterns (it is also remixable by Conway's Game of Life). Also, it doesn't actually make any sound - it just makes data using OSC. You can then take that data and send it to any computer programs... like Ableton Live or Max. Behind the scenes (not shown in the video), Ableton and Max have some audio samplers running. As I play Life Sequencer, it builds step sequencer patterns. I then patch the data from the step sequencer into the music samplers (so that the sample playhead moves around based on the block patterns in the game). I use cables to select and layer samples, and then I speed up the playback and audio pitch with illucia's knobs. Eventually I patch in some sample rate reduction (and a special glitchy mode on Life Sequencer) right as I trigger the Conway's Game of Life pattern remixer. The Conway algorithm eats through most of the existing blocks, and then I start placing more blocks to build a new pattern. The illucia patchbay then becomes a physical controller for exploring these strange connections & reconsidering the inner lives of computer programs.Cast: paperkettleTags:

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Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:01:09 -0800 http://vimeo.com/63219660
<![CDATA[Reaching the Far Lands: one man's journey to the end of 'Minecraft' | The Verge]]> http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5341570/far-lands-journey-end-of-minecraft-kurt-j-mac

On March 28, 2011, Kurt J. Mac opened a new game of Minecraft and started to walk — and he hasn't stopped. Nearly three years later, he's traveled seven hundred virtual kilometers in hopes of reaching the end of the Minecraft world, a mysterious place called the Far Lands.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:06:56 -0800 http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5341570/far-lands-journey-end-of-minecraft-kurt-j-mac