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Letter to the Smithsonian: How Not To Curate a Video Game Art Exhibition

The videogames-as-art discussion is rife with many arduous "arguments":http://motherboard.tv/2011/3/22/brian-moriarty-is-with-ebert-video-games-aren-t-true-art from without and within the gaming community. So when an august institution like the...
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.7.11
Music

Creators Remix Roundup Week 25

Ocean waves for your chill wave.
Kathleen Flood
5.6.11
The Creators Project Coachella

Emicida At Coachella

The self-made Brazilian rapper who rose to fame through YouTube, visited the US for the first time to perform at Coachella in April.
The Creators Project
5.6.11
Art

Technological Performance Tactics With Michael Yuen

Artist hires crowds to follow him, showcases artwork on donkeys, and photographs cults of teenagers sporting wearable tech.
Xue Tan
5.6.11
Vice Blog

FRIDAY TYRANT – A RAGER AT THE WHITE HOUSE

VICE Staff
5.6.11
Motherboard Blog

A Vintage NASA Film About How The First Astronauts Got Ready

It's the fiftieth anniversary (plus a day) of "the first manned spaceflight":http://www.universetoday.com/85449/rare-and-unpublished-life-photos-of-alan-shepards-historic-flight/ by an American. Flying to space may feel all commonplace now, but...
Videodrome
5.6.11
Art

Smithsonian's Crowdsourced "The Art Of Video Games" Exhibition Comes Under Fire

The gaming community is none too pleased with the voter selected list of games to be included in the exhibition.
Julia Kaganskiy
5.6.11
Art

Miniature Architectural Projection Mapping

In a reversal of the usual trend for large buildings, PROJEKTIL use a showroom model, but the results are no less impressive.
Kevin Holmes
5.6.11
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros 5/6/11: Responsible Drinking, You're Killing Cable

_Finally. It's Friday. Here's a bunch of stuff you can make small talk about at a bar tonight._ h3. ONE: Sony's sorry, offering $1 Million Insurance After that whole Hacking fiasco ("Bloomberg":http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-06/sony-offers...
Ones Zeros
5.6.11
Motherboard Blog

Fight Mom Spam With Mom Spam

Just in time for Mother's Day, "Jessica Amason":http://bigcrush.tumblr.com/ and friends at the ad agency "Mother New York":http://www.mothernewyork.com/ made "a website":http://www.momspam.net that contains a menu of email forwards - the kind mom "just...
ALEX PASTERNACK
5.6.11
Film

David Lynch's Coffee Commercial Is Damn Fine (And Damn Disturbing)

The master of the uncanny advertises his David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee by talking to a decapitated Barbie doll’s head.
Kevin Holmes
5.6.11
Motherboard Blog

Rick Doblin, PhD, Wants You to Buy Ecstasy at Your Local Pharmacy

A "Reddit user":http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gu2d2/ama_with_rick_doblin_phd_questions_on_psychedelic/ organized a video Q&A with "Rick Doblin":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Doblin, the head of the Santa Cruz-based "Multidisciplinary...
Videodrome
5.6.11
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