Category Archives: Penguins

In this episode, we follow best friends Danny Parker and Karl Houghton as they reconnect in a virtual reality version of their favourite video game. I was mostly interested in the use of colours and text when it came to this episode. I thought the visuals were amazing and, much like the others, I feltContinue reading “Black Mirror: Striking Vipers (2019)”

In this episode, we follow programmer Stefan Butler as he struggles to adapt a novel into a video game. As he progresses with his creation, he starts to question reality. Out of all the movies/series I watched, this one helped me the most as the visuals relate to my project. I intend to create shortContinue reading “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)”

In this episode, we follow Cooper as he signs up to test a video game in order to make some money. This video game has the ability to alter Coopers senses by using augmented reality technology. When in the game he is first met with cliche scares; however, as time progresses the scares become moreContinue reading “Black Mirror: Playtest (2016)”

Ready player one is a science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It follows Wade Watts as he embarks on a journey to find the hidden fortune of the late James Halliday, who is the creator of the virtual reality world. This entire movie was captivating and watching it really made me grasp the wholeContinue reading “Ready player one (2018)”

In this journal, author Patricia Wallace touches on the psychology of online gaming. She states that 58% of americans play video games and the average age of them is 30. She also states that 32% are under 18, 36% are between 18 and 35 and 32 % are age 36 and older (p.193) Wallace touchesContinue reading “The psychology of online gaming (2015)”

After creating my moving images, I decided to test out what they would look like in an actual arcade.

For my final piece I decided to combine one of the most known video games , Super Mario, with a book called ‘Blood Brothers’ by Ernst Haffner. Blood brothers is a book that “delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power”. I took common characters from the superContinue reading “Penguins_ The Blood Bros”

The Ghost Road- Pat Barker (1995) Merrick: The Vampire Chronicles 7 (2000)

Moxyland – Lauren Beukes (2008) The curious incident of the dog in the nightime – Mark Haddon (2003) I wasn’t really happy with this moving image but it was interesting experimenting with light overlays