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The Video Game MonologuesDecember 9th, 2009 |
YouTube – The Video Game Monologues.
I don’t even know what to make of this. 
I suppose I am flattered, sort of. It stars me and McKenzieWark. (Be patient, it speeds up after minute 3 or so).
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"The world the way they thought it was..."
Mantees, the fictional person in this who bears resemblance to me is not actually me.
You haven’t played EVE Online before?????
I am disappointed!
Looking at the BBC mashup of pundits punding at Kevin Kelly’s site, I sense the weboligarchs are in for a satirical pasting.
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/12/the_web_is_larg.php
I watched the Danah Boyd video, read her speech and thought to myself, cry little girl but you walked right into this thinking somehow that giving droning speeches of profundities that were old before you came on the scene and not noticing that the entertainment appeal was tight sweaters and strawberry blondeness is noobie to the anklets. If she really believed attention is power, she would have pulled up the sweater and dared anyone to keep looking at their TwitBoxes.
All stages are entertainment regardless of venue or cause. All audiences turn when they get bored. If all you have is cover material even where ‘reimagined’, you’re going to get air horn borne at some point. Man up, reinvent, or retire. That’s show biz.
“It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world ‘cept for Lola.”
“boys will be boys” — Or girls. Or hedgehogs. Or robots. With ray guns.
Morgan Ramsay>Actually, I was paying homage to Raph’s son!
Well, that military entertainment complex has really got its claws into him, then!
Or, put another way, “boys will be boys”.
Richard
Wow, this is awesome! Like a combination of The Matrix and Ishmael, for games. It lacked a real conclusion though – I was hoping for something more.
Still, it was entertaining, and gave me something to think about. Thanks for sharing.
Richard:
Actually, I was paying homage to Raph’s son! “This would be awesome if you had a ray gun. All good games have enemies and ray blasters.” (<a href="link)
Gamers taking themselves taking themselves a little seriously. Ok.
It would be funny if the Raph avatar hit the McKenzie avatar on the back of the head with a basketball at the end. That’s entertainment. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!
Morgan Ramsay>Put the model of Raph on Metaplace or something, so we can dress him up in battle gear and fire lasers at space monsters.
That military entertainment complex has really got its claws into you.
Or it could just be evolution.
Richard
Put the model of Raph on Metaplace or something, so we can dress him up in battle gear and fire lasers at space monsters.
Looks as if someone mistook the contents of your book for the entirety of your thoughts.
Richard
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Thanks for taking the time to watch the video (and for understanding that it’s supposed to be tongue-in-cheek). It was just a little project for a grad class here at Georgia State University, never thought you’d actually be watching it. I’m obviously a big fan of your book, thanks again!