Video Games and the NY Video Festival

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday July 28, 2003 @02:20AM from the gaming-in-the-name-of-art dept.

Incognitius writes "The NYT (free reg. req.) has an article on the New York Video Festival's presentation of video games as an outpost of abstraction, eccentricity and avant-gardism. Various artists have used video games to make elaborate dramatic movies. In 'My Trip to Liberty City,' for example, Jim Munroe turns 'Grand Theft Auto III' into a comic travel diary, in which he chooses the 'skin' of a Canadian tourist and blithely ignores the criminal inducements that are the whole point of the game. Cartridge hacking, 'Halo,' and other elements of the gaming world are also mentioned, illustrating the amazing range of video games today."

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What the.... by Munk · 2003-07-28 05:29 · Score: 5, Informative

...how can you mention game engine videos and leave out Red vs Blue and the Blood Gulch Chronicles.

Don't get me wrong. Randy Glass is the godfather of Halo movies, but Red vs Blue took it to an entirely new level. Heck, those guys were even invited to go to the conference and made a special video for it. This is just blasphemous.
1. Re:What the.... by zephc · 2003-07-28 05:41 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  I was just going to mention them, I'm glad you did (as you seemed to have provided more info than I knew about)
  
  R v B is hilarious, a great serial comedy, and i look forward to its progress
  
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