Arthur's Look At Playing Dead In Games
Over at the 'War And Video Games' weblog, there's a new post up discussing a new video game-related story which is in the rather fun "bi-monthly 40,000-copy newsprint periodical" Arthur Magazine.
As blogger Ed Halter explains: "The latest issue of Arthur is now available for download as pdf. Check out my article "Playing Dead: How Protest is Entering the (Video) Game of War," in which I interview Joseph DeLappe about his dead-in-iraq project."
He also adds: "(And don't miss Arthur's profile of director Peter Watkins—whose mind-blowing films are essential viewing for those interested in games and war.)" Didn't know about Arthur Magazine before - it's not very game-related, most of the time, unless you count previous cover subject Grant Morrison (who has worked on the Battlestar Galactica game among others - keep up, kids!), but it does seem cool.
Comments
I wonder how many of DeLappe's fans would approve of someone walking into bars with a bullhorn and reading out the names of those killed by drunk drivers
Posted by: KG | July 9, 2006 4:54 PM
Arthur is an mostly excellent magazine to be sure. Very much neo-hippie which can be grating but it also packs a ton of great interviews namely alan moore and grant morrison. Personally I dont like comics at all so its not a fanboy thing either. Very well written but a leans a little heavily on the "making your own reality" trope.
Posted by: abelincolnjr | July 10, 2006 9:43 AM