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The following - in this morning from Ross Harley ? might be of interest ...

Apologies for x-postings.

A new game video collection at the Internet Archive - games for art's sake. ...

I thought some on the list might be interested in this.

Cheers,

Danny

Begin forwarded message: ...

Melanie Swalwell wrote:

Ah yes, I was a bit lazy there. It says that ISPs have to delete their customers' stuff if that stuff might infringe copyright. They have to do that pretty much as soon as someone claims a breach of copyright -- there's no need for proof. It's new this year: ...

wow, so many great responses in so short a time. thanks everyone.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Julian Oliver wrote:

..on or around Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:03:52AM +1200 Luke Munn wrote:

Hi Luke,

I'll let some others (like Julian Oliver) reply on the specific visa situation for kiwis, as I'm from the US. ...

hey ADAers,

my wife and I are tentatively considering moving to berlin, germany for about a year so I thought I'd tap the pool of knowledge... :-) ...

but australian and new zealanders dont seem to be eligible.? do you know nay more about this julian? ...

this may be of interest to the young'ns amongst you (20-28 years)..

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just after you've been to Tiny Noise in Lisboa, head north-east to Asturias, Spain for the Homo Ludens Ludens conference and exhibition..

LABoral Centro de Arte y Creaci?n Industrial presents HOMO LUDENS LUDENS, an international exhibition and conference examining play as a principal element of today's world, and highlighting its necessity for our contemporary societies. Following the exhibitions GAMEWORLD and PLAYWARE, that reflected respectively on the different playful and social sides of gaming creativity and interactive art, HOMO LUDENS LUDENS now sets the setting that embraces these data and looks into the notion of play in a wider spectrum, presenting how it has evolved in our digital times. http://www.videoludica.com/news/gamescenes/game... http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/exhibitions/show/63

if you are planning to turn up, email me and we can have a proper Asturian cider together in Gijon. ...

I would have loved to get involved with this one but i'm a bit housebound with a new baby. Does anyone have any experiences/reports/photos to relate? ...

Window presents a special one-night only video game show. With a handpicked selection of innovative, unusual, and experimental games from Bill Viola, Toshio Iwai, and others, the Play It! section allows visitors to experience first hand important game works. ...

..on or around Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:55:18PM +1300, Douglas Bagnall said:

Julian Oliver wrote:

do you have any video documentation of the setup at Te Tuhi?

no. didn't think of that in time.

worth mentioning i think you should submit it to:

http://www.indiecade.com/

Well I would, except for 2 things. To quote http://www.indiecade.com/index.php ?/events/submissions/

Submit the $25 processing fee.

I've given up on anti-royalties. They just don't seem to work for me. Maybe I should start a festival.

i didn't know they now had a fee. that's disappointing.

i have to confess that Fijuu2 - a game a friend and i had in the last edition - is perhaps the unspoken culprit there. ...

Julian Oliver wrote:

no. didn't think of that in time.

..on or around Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:56:53AM +1300, Douglas Bagnall said:

hello,

As some already know, the code for the video game machine I showed at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts is now free software available under the GPL. ...

Game off March on -empyre-

"Video games are the first stage in a plan for machines to help the human race, the only plan that offers a future for intelligence. For the moment, the insufferable philosophy of our time is contained in the Pac-Man. I didn't know, when I was sacrificing all my coins to him, that he was going to conquer the world. Perhaps because he is the most graphic metaphor of Man's Fate. He puts into true perspective the balance of power between the individual and the environment, and he tells us soberly that though there may be honor in carrying out the greatest number of victorious attacks, it always comes a cropper." - Chris Marker, 'Sunless' ...

Game off March on -empyre-

"Video games are the first stage in a plan for machines to help the human race, the only plan that offers a future for intelligence. For the moment, the insufferable philosophy of our time is contained in the Pac-Man. I didn't know, when I was sacrificing all my coins to him, that he was going to conquer the world. Perhaps because he is the most graphic metaphor of Man's Fate. He puts into true perspective the balance of power between the individual and the environment, and he tells us soberly that though there may be honor in carrying out the greatest number of victorious attacks, it always comes a cropper." - Chris Marker, 'Sunless' ...