Forgotten Years

GameSetLinks: The Rise Of The Masocore

weekends are in place of sushi and air con, i participate in discovered, but they are also for gamesetlinks, which is why this particular set have made an form.

Notable this time - silly-looking Bape Nintendo DS queuing, a new Archive.org virtual worlds video collection, as well as Dessgeega defining the curious genre of ‘masocore games’ (Mighty Jill Off pictured).

Anyhow, bravo for the self-flagellation, and onward to the links:

Twitch - BEN X Screening and Video Game Giveaway! A Belgian movie that features (sleeper Xbox 360 title) Archlord prominently in the plot? Interesting… trailer is included.

JEANSNOW.NET Bape Nintendo DS Sells Big Hyperfashion Nigo fun meets Nintendo portable.

MALLORY by Leonard Richardson Fiction Futurismic A short story referencing ‘…geek hackers and classic arcade games, electronic Darwinism and domestic espionage, venture capital and Valley-esque start-ups.’ Some weirdass gamegeekiness embedded.

Internet Archive: Archiving Virtual Worlds ‘The Virtual Worlds video archive is dedicated to the academic investigation and historical preservation of documentation of virtual worlds.’

Fanboy Supercuts, Obsessive Video Montages - Waxy.org A couple of game-related ones in there - NES title screens and G-man appearances!

Crispy Gamer: ‘On the Bright Side: Better Living Through Videogames’ ‘Blake Snow examines gaming benevolence and creative development twice monthly.’ Cute column concept.

The Independent Gaming Source: Derek Yu’s comments on Whirled Three Rings’ new online world construction thingie needs a closer look before you find out the neatness - but neatness there is, esp. in online infrastructure/payment!

Maunday thursday

MTV Multiplayer » Pixar Character Designer Talks Assassin’s Creed’, BioShock,’ And Games As Art I feel like his Creed, BioShock immersion comments are totally valid from the ‘average member of society who is not a gamer’ perspective. Which is scary.

It Fit When I Was A Kid « Hardcasual ‘[Some] indie games tend much more towards a referentiality that relies entirely on fair use and parody.’

auntie pixelante › masocore games ‘in an age where game over is seen as undesirable, masocore games approach player death as a narrative technique.’

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