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[Game Signs] vol. 02 DON'T FUCK WITH THE WARRIORSRockstar's finest horrorshow

[ENGLISH] It wouldn't be an exaggeration to claim that the Warriors can be seen as of one the best playable versions of a feature film in the history of videogames. Something has changed for the better: this game is not the average transposition, generally lacklustre or devoid of its own medium soul, but a real prequel with respect to the movie. [continue on GameSigns]

[ITALIANO] The Warriors può essere considerato uno dei migliori adattamenti giocabili di un prodotto cinematografico nella storia videoludica. Il gioco segna una piccola ma importante svolta nel rapporto di amore e odio tra i due regimi espressivi. Qualcosa è cambiato in meglio nel modo di intendere questo rapporto: il gioco non è un adattamento, ma un vero prequel del film, un'operazione intertestuale e metatestuale che si inserisce nella trama, nello spirito e nella visione della pellicola. [continua su GameSigns]

vol. 02 - DON'T FUCK WITH THE WARRIORS!Rockstar keeps pushing the envelope of ultraviolence

The Warriors, Rockstar's videogame based on the 1979 movie by Walter Hill, is one of the best experiences you can now buy in a media store. For three reasons.
First off, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to claim that it can be seen as of one the best playable versions of a feature film in the history of videogames. The second reason to appreciate Rockstar's game is the fact that The Warriors is a revival operation that makes a point in a history of aesthetic and linguistic influences between the cinematographic and videoludic media. The most important reason to hit on Rockstar's game, however, is the way it manages to act as the latest, carefully planned act of the company to push the envelope of what's visible in the popular, contemporary representation of violence via the video-ludic medium.

The Warriors makes me want to go out and make a gang of my own. And we like this. Yes, we do.

Continue to Game Signs.

[Semiologica]YOUR FRAGRANCE, EVERYONE'S RULESMassive transgression/collective individualism

A partire dall’analisi di due annunci stampa di profumi “Hugo Boss” questo saggio, pubblicato sul periodico di semiotica Ocula, esamina in primo luogo la “messa in scena” a livello discorsivo di due modelli differenti di mascolinità e apre considerazioni sulle modalità mediante cui l’attuale sistema mediatico propone l’individualismo come modello collettivo. Da qui l’evidente creazione di paradossi e cortocircuiti tra sociale e individuale, tra esclusivo e massificato. Lo sguardo analitico proposto reintroduce in nuce la possibilità di una semiotica che – come la prima semiologia barthesiana – possa interrogare criticamente il sociale e le sue forme di manifestazione ideologica.  [ Leggi su Ocula - Semiotic Eye on Media ]

Peach's Hot Pants

Nintendo's mascots are warming up in yet another sports title: this time, Tennis is getting the bonus mushrooms / special moves treatment on GameCube (plus Daisy's and Peach' hot skirts and hot pants).

My Mario Power Tennis review is online now on multiplayer. But it seems Nintendo is planning more, too...

Le mascotte nintendo si riscaldano in un'altro titolo sportivo: questa volta è il Tennis a ricevere il trattamento a base di effetti speciali e funghi bonus su GameCube (con aggiunta di gran costumini di Daisy e Peach). La recensione di Mario Power Tennis è online su Multiplayer. E sembra persino che Nintendo abbia in mente altro...

The Flaming Deutschen

Teutonic industrial juggernaut Rammstein is flaming its way to Milan for the most awaited live performance of the year. No matter what some may say and no matter their are starting to appeal to stubborn metalheads a little too much, for the Rammstein ensemble definitely defies cathegories to punch a hit of their very own.

  The most famous german band in history (yes, more than Kraftwerk) is going to play on Friday, 24th in Milan at Forum, ravashing the crowd with its industrial riffs, electronic synths, basso profundo vocals, tech make up and advanced pyrotechnics. Be sure to hang out and find a ticket... and by the way, a friend of mine has one to sell.

Stay tuned for the live report and for my official Rammstein biography...

Retroludica vol. 01'PACMAN (Atari VCS2600)Plus: re-considering vintage gaming

Introducing RetroLudica, the vintage gaming column starting at Multiplayer as part of the Videoludica bouquet. In this issue, a not-so brilliant Pacman conversion for the Atari VCS2600 is on the spotlight.

Il Classic Gaming ha due nemici. In primo luogo, le romantiche difese a oltranza dei “veri giochi di una volta”. Poi, le squallide considerazioni sui “giochi vecchi e inguardabili”.  Pseudo-correnti di pensiero che hanno la stessa ragione d’esistere, nessuna. RetroLudica presenta gli artefatti ludici come documenti storici di epoche ludiche diverse, dotati di un ruolo, qualunque sia stato, nell’evoluzione del gioco elettronico. Si inizia con Pacman VCS2600, alla scoperta di una conversione redditizia ma non certo brillante. Continua su Multiplayer.

Classic gaming has two enemies. The first is the often a-critical romantic consideration of "good ol' videogames" being superior. The second is the pathetic denigration of those who think "old games are today unwatchable". Pseudo-interpretations like these are approaches that simply don't deserve to exist. RetroLudica is introducing games as both games as they play in any time and historical documents of ludic eras, with a role - whatever it may have been - in the evolution of digital gaming. Pacman VCS2600 starts the discussion as a profitable, yet not so brilliant, conversion of a timeless classic. Continue to Multiplayer (in italian)