Comments on: 8 Bit Mary http://grandtextauto.org/2006/09/28/8-bit-mary/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mary http://grandtextauto.org/2006/09/28/8-bit-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-98867 mary Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:12:14 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1307#comment-98867 abc news covered the new 8bit documentary film! http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2564464 abc news covered the new 8bit documentary film!

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2564464

]]> By: mary http://grandtextauto.org/2006/09/28/8-bit-mary/comment-page-1/#comment-98847 mary Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:54:43 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1307#comment-98847 Jonah Brucker Cohen kindly pointed this out ... here's a segment of a review about the recent game art documentary 8Bit: "...[A]rtist/scholar Mary Flanagan approaches the topic from a more theoretical level, which is incredibly helpful to an informed outsider but also frustrating simply because theory, especially when coupled with too much deconstructionism, can pretty much be death to art and creative thinking. Maybe that’s just the chip on my shoulder. Flanagan, at any rate, asks some really important questions about the impact of games and gaming technology on our culture and, therefore, on ourselves, and she seems eager to stress how important is it not to allow these questions to go unanswered. Peel away the temporary DIY art-trends and this moment with Mary Flanagan is the secret heart of 8 BIT." http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?38059 Jonah Brucker Cohen kindly pointed this out … here’s a segment of a review about the recent game art documentary 8Bit:

“…[A]rtist/scholar Mary Flanagan approaches the topic from a more theoretical level, which is incredibly helpful to an informed outsider but also frustrating simply because theory, especially when coupled with too much deconstructionism, can pretty much be death to art and creative thinking. Maybe that’s just the chip on my shoulder. Flanagan, at any rate, asks some really important questions about the impact of games and gaming technology on our culture and, therefore, on ourselves, and she seems eager to stress how important is it not to allow these questions to go unanswered. Peel away the temporary DIY art-trends and this moment with Mary Flanagan is the secret heart of 8 BIT.”

http://www.digitalmediatree.com/tommoody/?38059

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