Del.icio.us links for August 27th through September 2nd:
- lautrec on MySpace Music – Snazzy shouty post-hardcore/indie outfit; promising stuff.
Tags: band music - Yo Man Go! (is a band again!) on MySpace Music – Pretty fun pop punk band. “We heal like fucking Wolverine”, hahaha, nice.
Tags: band music - CAUTIONHORSES on MySpace Music – Wickedly hyperactive, sleazy, frantic rock & roll band from Brighton. Saw them supporting That Fucking Tank & others a few weeks back, my second fave band of the night.
Tags: band music hotdamn! - Procedural Destruction and the Algorithmic Fiction of the City – Rather than opt for procedural techniques, game designers usually elect to build their cities by hand, often with startling results. The re-imagined contemporary New York that features in last year’s Grand Theft Auto 4 required a small army of well-paid artists and designers to hand-craft the entire world. Their accomplishment is unmatched, but the cost to the company behind the project is in the tens—and perhaps hundreds—of millions of dollars. To build up a living city from blank polygons is one of the most expensive possible projects in game design.
Tags: architecture cities design games urbanenvironments videogames computing art proceduralgeneration - Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle – “We are Fiji,” declare Fiji Water posters across the island, and the slogan is almost eerily accurate: The reality of Fiji, the country, has been eclipsed by the glistening brand of Fiji, the water.
Tags: fiji branding capitalism greenwashing environment business philanthropy politics militarydictatorships - bilge pump on MySpace Music – Awesome. “I like your style!” “Thank you very much.”
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