selectparks - Digital Disobedients: War Games

A Select Media Festival 3 Exhibition Designers and programmers are being acknowledged this year for creating games as social commentary. Many PC games motivate your interaction by placing you in a kill or be killed setting, while other games typically encourage winning as your objective. Contrary to mainstream games, the games we have selected call your attention to the story and place importance on inaction as well as action. They illustrate polemic perspectives on war, terrorism, GMOâ€šs, and capitalism. Even though these games make you think about serious issues, they are still fun, creative and masterfully designed. From cute pixel flash games to realistic 3-D game mods, these works peacefully exemplify the art of War Games.

FLASH/SHOCKWAVE GAMES Bush Game by J.Oda http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html Anti War Game by Future Farmers http://www.antiwargame.org Donkey John by Kaho Cheung, Tom Spiers, and Joe Boughton-Dent http://donkeyjohn.com Madrid by Newsgaming.com http://newsgaming.com/games/madrid September 12th by Newsgaming.com http://newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm Pinga by Amy Francheschini, Linda Leow, and maxMin http://futurefarmers.com/pinga/pinga.html PC GAMES Waco Resurrection by Team Waco @ C-Level http://waco.c-level.cc 911 Survivor by Jeff Cole, Mike Caloud, and John Brennon http://selectparks.net/911survivor/911game.html Escape From Woomera by The Escape From Woomera Project Team http://escapefromwoomera.org STOP BUSH by Together We Can Defeat Capitalism http://twcdc.com/STOP_BUSH_3D_COMPUTER_GAME High School 1542 N Milwaukee Ave 3rd Floor Gallery hours: Saturday, October 16, 1-5pm, Friday Oct 22, 2004 7-11pm