LET US LAUGH AND POKE FUN AT THE GAMES-RELATED ARTWORK OF SOME CHILDREN
Children. Rubbish. The only advantage they have on adults is the fact they’ll win at life, due to dying later. Plus telly is better these days. No ‘Ceefax’ mornings for them.
“I went to the Videogame Nation exhibition in Manchester, at the Urbis, yesterday. Not bad but I would have been pissed off if I had paid money to get into it. One interesting bit is the ‘Design your own game cover’ bit, where they have a stack of A4 paper and some felt tips. This is ‘Cooking Mama with Sonic’ by Libby, age 7.”
“‘R U as speedy as Sonic?’, by Rachel from Billingham”.
“‘Where is F-Zero?!’, by Anonymous”.
“‘Single Working mother 2’, by some pervert. Other highlights included an area marked ‘Over 18s only’ that I saw a kid, probably about 12 year old, corrupting his mind with GTA4, and LittleBigPlanet with a broken PS3 controller” – LewieP.
ARTISTIC REVIEW:
REVIEW: Clever awareness of brand extensions from Libby, who shows a great eye for the sales potential of mass-market tie-ups with this genre-defying creation. Her canny emphasis on Sonic would open up the ‘Mama’ brand to an entirely new audience of SEGA and Sonic fans, helping the series earn new followers – and could lead to special editions featuring the likenesses of other games characters. Libby has not just suggested a piece of boxart, she has broken down the staid boundaries and smashed through the limits of conventional thought that would contain and limit the entire industry.
REVIEW: Where indeed? The question posed by Anonymous here is one being asked by myriad Nintendo fans the world over, as they attempt to convince themselves they’re happy playing Wii Fit. Where’s F-Zero? Where next for Nintendo now it’s ditching – and seemingly embarrassed by – its traditional userbase? Where next, perhaps, for the viewer, who, feeling disenfranchised by Nintendo’s sudden change in direction, may be left questioning their personal place and relevance to the modern games industry?
REVIEW: The question bursts through the artwork and attacks the subconscious of the would-be gamer. Am I as fast as Sonic? Would this game tell me? Could this game educate AND entertain me? By focussing on the unarticulated insecurities of the viewer, Rachel both challenges and reassures the viewer that, yes, they may well not be as ‘fast’ as Sonic but the ability to reach one’s own potential personal ‘top speed’ lies within us all and simply requires an adequate catalyst to release it. Could this game be that catalyst? Could ‘R U as Speedy as Sonic?’ be the trigger that leads to a physical and emotional uplift for the player, ushering in a positive new era for their entire life outlook? An extremely powerful piece.
REVIEW: Would.
filed in "NEWS", GONZO FIELD REPORTS, THINGS THAT ARE LIKE SEGA on Jul.20, 2009
July 20th, 2009 on 5:03 pm
Best update ever?
July 20th, 2009 on 5:12 pm
I love how Hooters’ baby son is seemingly depicted as half-cast, just SOOOO ‘Jeremy Kyle’ and depressingly accurate.
July 20th, 2009 on 5:35 pm
Her ZORG
mesmerizing!
I have learned more words in your last update, that in my last 7 years in London.
I have a dream that one day I can make an update like this for my fan base.
July 20th, 2009 on 5:52 pm
Kids these days are all Liars too. They always tell their mums and/or dads EVEN if you make them promise no to!
July 20th, 2009 on 6:01 pm
I did pay to get into the Urbis exhibition and I wasn’t pissed off. Just a little bit depressed at how shit it was.
Still, I got to fulfill a personal ambition of mine to play a GX-4000 (which was playing Burning Rubber and had confusing, fucked up controls). Well, all I saw of the console was the controller, so for all I know I could have been playing an emulator. It was shit anyway.
I also got to play Jaguar Tempest 2000. It’s not bad, but not worth buying the console for like everyone says.
All in all, I give the experience 3 out of 10.
July 20th, 2009 on 6:04 pm
Oh yeah, and only go if you can stomach hearing 18 year old kids pretending to know what a NES is.
July 20th, 2009 on 8:22 pm
This was supposed to be tomorrow’s update. Pressed a wrong button. Sorry for it being so busy around here today.
July 20th, 2009 on 8:55 pm
here here! Where is F-Zero!?!?!?!?!?!?!
July 20th, 2009 on 9:18 pm
Make the little cunts cry. Better they’re told now they’ve got no talent than let them grow up and submit for the Turner prize. Then we all suffer.
July 20th, 2009 on 11:43 pm
I saw a gx4000 running burning rubber once, it was in a shop window in calais. It was shit, and looked about as dreary as the rest of calais, even if the scenery was pretty darned similar to the background of this very web page. The game that is, not calais.
A friend of mine had tempest 2000 and it was indeed ace, but as you say, not working buying a console for, possibly even now (although, knowing me and car boot sales…£20 quid mate?) Same goes for Aliens Vs Preadtor too.
And yes, F-Zero, where is that? Not that I’d buy it, not owning a wii and never having been any good at any of the previous 3 version released. But still, they really ought to make it so I can pick it up cheap in about 10 years time, like I did with the previous 3 versions.
Blimey, what an update, there’s just so much to it I don’t even know what to say about it. With this update, you are really spoiling us* M. Zorg…
*chongox – if you’re learning english, this is a commonly used English phrase you really MUST master, it’s essential for all formal functions.
July 21st, 2009 on 4:54 am
I know I shouldn’t be shocked but fuck me, a correct use of the word “myriad”!
July 21st, 2009 on 11:14 am
We might have had Ceefax mornings but we had the best cartoons and TV shows.
Talking of which doesn’t this update need something “extra” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRlPmKvx82A there, thats better, now I’m in the mood to look at some pap!