For those students keen on viewing the film As Real As Your Life which was briefly discussed during the History and Analysis 3 module and was planned to be shown as part of the "Becoming Cyborg" lecture on the 12th March there will be another chance to view this movie on 30th March at 6pm at MMU as part of the Technolust season that is currently screening.

For those that have not seen the trailer for this short film i have embeded it below

This screening will be a double bill of As Real As Your Life and the Korean film I'm A Cyborg But That's OK

The Starving Video Game Artist

Check out this interview with Jason Rohrer on IGN. Really interesting for those on both sides of the debate regarding art vs product, game artists and the economic decline, freeware vs platform games, and his games in general.

Reading (Week 4)

This weeks reading is...

Ernest, A. W. (2001) Will Computer Games Ever Be A Legitimate Art Form? Game Developers Conference.

Which can also be found in a more formal and extended essay in the book

Clarke, A. & Mitchell, G. eds. (2007) Videogames and Art, Intellect Ltd.