| .dirtee codah. on Wed, 6 Feb 2002 02:24:19 +0100 (CET) |
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| <nettime> jodi's _untitled-game_::a review |
::jodi's latest offering _untitled-game_ ::a collection of mangled [quake-]g][p][a][tches][me versions ::re][work][route a 1st person 3Dshoot-em-up game d.sign ::via multiple re:structurings ::.m.anip.u..lations. of game-play conventions ::perpetuated via ::these 3D-m.ulative games. ::infrastructural code/execution ::splicing & redirection of typical p][rogrammed][erceptual dr][nu][a][nces][wcards ::these reworked quake "instances" ::r more profound than the ty.pica.][she][ll][ed][y repetitious ::pleasure-loadings derived from playing the original. ::there is no hierarchical game narrative ::or goal-orientation pathway 4 a user [player] 2 follow ::3D architecture/physic.al imitation-codas ::are out. ::_untitled game_ seeks 2 flatten ::a cartesian-tinged digital mimicking dynamic. ::a lapsed-quakeian gamerhead ::finding myself off-kilter ::stuck b.yond regular pro][jected][prio][inter][oception ::that 1st person-perspective games mandate ::x.pecting the usual action-reward loop 2 govern ::n.countering the dis.m.boweling of the rule-based progression arch ::jodi smearing the whole chrome-somaesthesia-projected-game-surface ::with a certain rude lateralness ::a cut-up of the regulated combative space ::in2 soni.c][ode][.e.scapes ::con.ducting meaning-routes according 2 ::pro.][audio&][vision.al knowledge. ::cumulative f.fects ::reorientation of game][r][-parameters ::-if-unkeen 2 equate fundamental value judgements ::re: the length of time spent n.gaged ::in either quake.mode [original or "jodiesqued"]..... ::-then-chunk the jodi.quake.scape as ::more of a holistic reconstruction ::b.ing reluctant 2 polarize the x.perience ::re: x.traction from an _original_ article/actuality ::predated game-orientation software...... [press "m"] ::message: god.mode// ::walk.thru.the.conceptual.walls . . .... ..... net.wurker][mez][ .][E][mot][E][ion capt][l][ure.goes.here. xXXx ./. www.cddc.vt.edu/host/netwurker/ www.hotkey.net.au/~netwurker .... . .??? ....... # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]