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Today the German magazine "Politik und Kultur", Germany's largest cultural policy newspaper, published it's July/August edition, which features a special issue on demoscene and retro-computing. (in German)

It's in total 14(!) pages of articles, interviews and demoscene art (executable graphics and screenshots from demos, together with code snippets that create parts of the screen/image).
I had the pleasure to help getting the permissions for the images/demos displayed and want to heartfelt thank everyone who contributed and of course to the whole editorial team (esp. Olaf Zimmermann) for giving us the opportunity! <3

You can get a physical copy in the online shop, at big newspaper stands, eg. at train stations or airports, or you can download the digital version here for free: direct download / all editions & online shop

I'm really happy with the result and I think it's a nice showcase of the demoscene, from the viewpoint of the more "traditional" art scene.
Check it out!

Wow, looks really interesting!

very nice <3

Quick, someone make Wikipedia articles!

well done ! (accidentally all the articles)

It looks super cool! Kudos!

Time to brush up on my German. It's pretty smashing to spend that many pages on the topic.

I was also pleasantly surprised to read an article by René Meyer. I know him personally; he's a game collector, open to all sorts of computer-related nerd stuff, and organizes the annual "Long Night of Computer Games" in Leipzig. Once, moods plateau presented a demo show in a university lecture hall as part of this event.

Great issue, highly recommended!

I also contributed a commentary article “Demoszene – Leuchtende Subkultur” and started a link-page that is anchored in the paper for further media on that topic, incl. 2003 and 1996 arte reports, some podcasts, etc..

Kinda mindboggling but in a good way.