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Art Meets Geek in Pac-Man

Posted by Zonk on from the wakka-wakka-wakka dept.

AnCatDubh writes "The New York Times (reg required) is running an article about online art-game hybrid Pac-Mondrian. From the article: "Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types? Maybe it's because Pac-Mondrian has more to say about Mondrian's painting than about Pac-Man." Are classic video games the new decontructionist tool?"

13 comments

  1. well by syrinx · · Score: 1

    The game is pretty cool, but whoever wrote that NYT article needs to stick their head in a bucket of cold water.

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    1. Re:well by 10537 · · Score: 1

      The game is pretty cool...

      But it ain't PacMan, which answers "Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types?"

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  2. I Kept My Soul by robbway · · Score: 1

    I couldn't RTFA because I'm still using my soul. The game is interesting. As for this being at new deconstructionist artform? This time its fairly original. Next time? YAWN.

    1. Re:I Kept My Soul by Spankophile · · Score: 1

      BugMeNot.com
      Get the plugin.

  3. Brilliant! by rueger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The music alone makes it worth playing. Even if it wasn't particularly challenging, this was great fun. These guys are brilliant! Boogie piano is perfect for arcade games!

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  4. Why only one level? by Meagermanx · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of Mondrains that would have worked, so why only one level? Also, it is rather easy, because you only have 4 ghosts, and the level is much larger than the normal Pac-Man level.

  5. Boring to play by radimvice · · Score: 2

    Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types? Maybe it's because Pac-Mondrian is just plain boring as hell to actually play.

  6. AUUUUGH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Pretty damn lame.

  7. My Idea!!! by Khuffie · · Score: 1

    It's probably a fluke, but I had this idea last year! Click here. Check the short flash presentation at the bottom. We had to propose an installation for a gallery for one of our classes. Bah...I should've gone forward with it.

    1. Re:My Idea!!! by nmh · · Score: 1

      But the Prize Budget for Boys published Pac-Mondrian on the web in 2002, although the game itself was finished in 2001. We didn't finish the physical cabinet til early 2004, but the old Galaga cabinet sat in my living room for at least a year and a half before we got around to putting a computer in it and painting it.

      There's a press release in the rhizome.org archive dated 2002-12-03:

      http://rhizome.org/thread.rhiz?thread=6124&text=12 716

      For Release: PrizeBudgetForBoys.com Clubhouse Open

      Neil Hennessy
      Message 1 of 1 in thread
      2002-12-03 12:00:00 AM


      printer version
      Post A Reply

      The Prize Budget For Boys
      Nothing is True. Everything is Permuted.

      PBFB just opened their Clubhouse at PrizeBudgetForBoys.com where you can find fun stuff like Pac-Mondrian, DIY Duchamp Rotoreliefs, the Clubhouse PooCam (requires registration), LadyKiller: A Fratricidal Romance, and A Supplement to The Illustrated Gude to Child Pornography Laws in North America. In an effort to collapse the distance between the art object and its critical reception, PBFB includes a comment page for every piece of art on the site. Come see the Clubhouse and become a PBFB Member today!

      Percival Peabody
      Standing Member
      PrizeBudgetForBoys.com
      Ideas. Energy. Execution.

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      This person claims provenance over the idea too:

      "This is what Mondriaan is all about. I once made a copy of one of Mondriaan's paintings with the pacman icons painted on the lines, but this Pac-Mondrian is the real thing, it moves and plays music."
      Hetty Litjens
      http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/art/20 04/07/18.html

    2. Re:My Idea!!! by Khuffie · · Score: 1
      It's probably a fluke

      ^ I realized it was older. I just find it cool that I had a similar sort of idea :).

    3. Re:My Idea!!! by nmh · · Score: 1

      > I realized it was older. I just find it cool that I had a similar sort of idea :).

      Me too!