Issue 27 07.15.2011

Issue 27

Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator

Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator

OdysseyOdyssey is a simulator in the online world of Second Life devoted to presenting contemporary art and performance. Odyssey provides studio space to dozens of artists and features continuous online exhibition space for installation and performance work. The simulator is currently co-managed and co-curated by Yael Gilks (Fau Ferdinand) and Liz Solo (lizsolo Mathilde). Experiencing […]

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Stop Putting the Hero’s Journey in a Skinner Box

Stop Putting the Hero’s Journey in a Skinner Box

What happens when you decompose a game? When you take a game and remove the goals, remove the structured levels, remove the explicit challenges, remove everything except the components that make it up? Someone who makes games can tell you that get kind of a glorified toy box. Sometimes it’s fun to play in, sometimes […]