Select Media Festival 3
Insurgent Media Arts | October 13-22 2004 | Chicago U$A

October 15, 2004

Digital Disobedients: War Games

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, GMO‚s, 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

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Gallery hours: Saturday, October 16, 1-5pm, Friday Oct 22, 2004 7-11pm