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[Exhibition] The Aesthetics of Gaming

Pace Digital Gallery presents an exhibition curated by Michelle Kasprzak (Scotland), The Aesthetics of Gaming.
The Aesthetics of Gaming
~Michelle Kasprzak
February 10 - March 3
Reception Feb 26, 5 - 7pm
(5:00 pm lecture by Joe McKay / 6:00pm reception)

images (L-R): screenshots from Joe McKay, Avoid, Anita Fontaine and Mike Pelletier CuteXdoom II; patterns used on this page from CuteXdoom II
At the… »

Real cash for virtual goods

By David Becker
http://www.news.com/Real-cash-for-virtual-goods/2100-1043_3-5566704.html
Story last modified Tue Feb 08 05:33:53 PST 2005
As far as real estate transactions go, there was nothing obviously freaky about David Storey’s December purchase.
A total of $26,500 for a piece of undeveloped land in an unpopulated but potentially prosperous new suburb–what’s not to like? Except that the property exists solely on the… »

Virtual gaming’s elusive exchange rates

By Daniel Terdiman
http://www.news.com/Virtual-gamings-elusive-exchange-rates/2100-1043_3-5820137.html
Story last modified Fri Aug 05 09:13:56 PDT 2005
In the world of online fantasy games, you can always buy more virtual assets if you’ve got a real-life credit card.
If you happen to find yourself short of fantasy gold pieces for the purchase of that battle hammer in the game “World of Warcraft,” for… »

Who governs virtual worlds?

By Daniel Terdiman
http://www.news.com/Who-governs-virtual-worlds/2100-1043_3-6140249.html
Story last modified Mon Dec 04 06:47:56 PST 2006
NEW YORK–Who governs virtual worlds?
As games like World of Warcraft, Second Life and EverQuest grow and develop more sophisticated communities, that question will become more and more important. So much so that a group of experts appearing Friday at the fourth annual State of Play/Terra… »

Real diplomacy from the virtual world

Real diplomacy from the virtual world
By Daniel Terdiman
http://www.news.com/Real-diplomacy-from-the-virtual-world/2100-1043_3-6067673.html
Story last modified Wed May 03 04:00:05 PDT 2006
Eric Brown and Asi Burak think a strategy game, of all things, could help forge a new level of understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
Their game, known as “Peacemaker,” is all about tearing down decades-old walls of mistrust between the two… »

Online Game: cyber-colonialism and new narratives

Are online games free from the ideology of globalism and neo-liberalism?
How the narrative structure of the games are constructed?
Who makes the games, and who consumes them?
How online game market has been grown (in Korea and the US)?
Is cyber space a new place to be colonized (by whom?) ?
Is Korea a test market for the US… »