(t)error
Date: Wednesday, July 06 @ 12:43:38 CEST
Topic: Political Games
Robert Praxmarer
http://www.servus.at/cubic/(t)error.htm
Seriously some people are too good. This political game was commissioned by ars electronica and then deemed too controversial to be shown!!
Whom would you like to play to get the world back into right shape? George W. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, or rather Tony Blair? Starting the computer game (T)ERROR, the player is spoilt for choice. A camera tracks the player’s movements and a projector throws the players outlines in original size on a white wall in front of him, all in realtime.
When the player kicks, his shadow will kick. When the player ducks or jumps to avoid bumping into an enemy jet, his shadowy avatar will do exactly the same in real time.
The empty silhouette of the player gets filled out - and this is the players choice – with the face of George W. Bush, the flag of a state which supported the Iraq war, or the body of Osama Bin Laden.
For gaining a good game score, you will have to fight evilly.
Being slipped into this stereotype role, you have to avoid tanks, submarines and fighter planes, you have to collect oil pumps and dollar notes, and you have to kick civilians begging for help. If you succeed in all these matters, you are the lucky winner and rise to the next game level.
(Text from Robert's site).
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