- I’ve written for @artefactmag about New York’s public access TV in the 70s/80s - TV channels where anyone could make their own show, almost entirely uncensored. I spoke to Alex Bennett, the producer of Al Goldstein’s notorious sex-themed magazine show Midnight Blue, who shared some never before seen photos taken on the show’s set in the 70s. I also uncovered the origin story of a man called ‘Eric in his Underwear’ which is as weird as it sounds. There’s a link in my bio so take a look.We made a magazine. It’s issue 20 of ARTEFACT, the UAL magazine you probably don’t know exists. It’s got some great stuff inside and I’m not just saying that because I’m in it; our team put together some quality journalism and it’s totally free, too. Give @artefactmag a follow and keep an eye out if you want to know where you can get a copy next week.A £10,000 quilt ruined my lifeThe city, empty, but alive in its texture.I’m in there, somewhere.Works of Lee Krasner up close. She created these meticulous, suffocating spaces that speak boldly and embody a certain eclecticism prevalent throughout her life. Go and see them in person.I truly wish I could give you a credible reason for why I purchased the late 60s child’s bath toy - like that I’m having a kid or just bought a house with a bath, for instance - so I wouldn’t have to admit that it’s because I like it as some kind of weird art object.Views of the old fire station. Taken on a Casio Exilim EX-S2.Shout-out to everyone refusing to accept that the early 2000s have come to an end. Taken on a Casio Exilim EX-S2.A verdant pocket of quietness amongst the force of it all.
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The Story Behind the Synaesthesia with Rez Creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi
The season finale of documentary series toco toco focuses on the life and work of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, game designer and former head of both Q-Entertainment, developers of Lumines and Child of Eden, as well as Sega’s United Game Artists division, the team responsible … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Culture, Japan, Music, People, Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Toco Toco, Video
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Programmable Series – By Any Other Game
Every video game is an interactive experience, but when does an interactive experience become a game? Video games by their very design require input from an external source, most commonly a keyboard, mouse, controller or joystick. If a game played itself it … Continue reading
Uniqlo X BoxBoy Apparel Line Serves up an Unexpectedly Adorable Collaboration
Following on from their partnership with Nintendo for the UTGP t-shirt design competition, Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo have announced a collaborative apparel and merchandise line featuring characters from HAL Laboratory‘s puzzle platformer gem BoxBoy. The line is fronted by a pair … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Merchandise, Posts
Tagged 3DS, BoxBoy!, Fashion, HAL Laboratory, Japan, Kirby, Merchandise, Nintendo, Uniqlo
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RPG Eats, Game Boy Knitwear and Relationship Goals – Culture Collection #21
‘Game Legend‘, a fair at which various dōjin groups get together to exhibit and sell their gaming-themed creations, took place earlier in May. Kazzycom was there to capture the scene and shared with us a nice shot of some 8-bit Shugei from … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture Collection, Games Culture
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Masahiro Sakurai’s Exhaustive Smash Bros. Blog Gave Me a Year of Joy and Agony
Between New Super Mario Bros. turning ten last May and the recent discovery that the Smash Bros. DOJO!! – a website used by Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai to promote the then upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl – began updating ten … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Musings, Opinion Piece, Posts, Retrospective
Tagged Features, Masahiro Sakurai, Musings, Nintendo, Opinion Piece, Retrospective, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii, Writing
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Musings on Life and Culture from the Contemplative Mind Behind Doshin the Giant
Toco Toco‘s latest Japanese cultural showcase focuses on Kazutoshi Iida, the creative mind behind Aquanaut’s Holiday, Tail of the Sun and Doshin the Giant – minimalistic, pensive experiences that blend the traditional hallmarks of game design with distinctly human elements aimed at encouraging thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquanaut's Holiday, Art Games, Artdink, Doshin the Giant, Japan, Kazutoshi Iida, Nintendo, People, PlayStation, PS1, Tail of the Sun, Toco Toco, Video
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Highlights from the 2017 My Famicase Exhibition
We introduced this year’s My Famicase Exhibition, an art show consisting entirely of creative designs for make-believe Famicom games, at the end of last month. Hosts METEOR have now uploaded their full online gallery of every cartridge on display. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Cartridge, Famicase, Famicom, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, My Famicase Exhibition, NES, Nintendo
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Programmable Series – The Sounds Of Context
Audio in video games is an interesting beast to tackle. You’ve got background music to set the mood and enhance the environment. You’ve got sound effects for the actions players and characters perform within the game. You may even have voice … Continue reading
The Irresistible Uphill Battle of Nintendo Pocket Football Club
In a way not unlike the failure of Mario Bros. to capture the nuances of the plumbing industry with any sum of accuracy, Nintendo Pocket Football Club is a football management simulation that pushes aside the preconceptions you may have garnered about what’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 3DS, Calciobit, Download, eShop, Football, Nintendo, Nintendo Pocket Football Club, Opinion Piece, ParityBit, Sports Games
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