Tom information 171 glöps
- general:
- level: user
- personal:
- first name: Tom
- last name: -
- cdcs:
- cdc #1: Sea of Colour by Dead Hackers Society [web]
- cdc #2: Fisherhawk Dr. by Melon [web]
- intro Atari ST Shipfunk by Dekadence [web]
- There are few things that I enjoy more than a DKD release on the ST. Yessss!
- rulezadded on the 2024-02-04 13:18:11
- demo Amiga OCS/ECS Is Real by Desire [web]
- There's a difference for me between something that is a piece of self-expression about a topic (message: "I feel like this about X") and something that is constructed to convey information to or influence the audience (message: "you should feel like this about X"). This prod aligns closer to the second imo. This isn't a problem in itself - in cases where there is a clear relationship between the topic, the maker and the audience, a demo that does this can be really effective (e.g. https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91793). But if those relationships are less clear I find it troubling somehow, and imo demos/art/music/etc that do this risk trivialising incredibly important issues for unclear ends.
In this case, there are enough indications that the author's "take" on the topic could be quite superficial. For instance, use of crucifixes/crosses to represent murdered civilians in the Muslim world is at best grimly ironic, and at worst flat out offensive, depending on your personal level of sensitivity ;). - isokadded on the 2024-01-25 17:48:55
- demo Amiga OCS/ECS Is Real by Desire [web]
- Once again, I find myself unable to get on board with "the demo as a medium of political messaging". For me, this is because once a demo moves thematically in that kind of direction, it is no longer "just" an act of self expression but instead begins to perform some sort of social and political action. That's OK in theory, but given the magnitude of the issues tackled here I'm left wondering what the intended "action" was in the first place.
Piggie for the chain effect. - isokadded on the 2024-01-25 10:58:18
- 40k Amiga OCS/ECS Desire FM by Desire [web]
- Excellent composition, and particularly love the rotating checkers
- rulezadded on the 2024-01-25 10:50:42
- demo Atari STe Bitroll by Bitbendaz
- Always lovely to see new STe releases and there are some cool ideas here! Without being too nitpicky ;) it would have been even better if the double buffering was fixed to avoid the shearing in some parts, and the frame drops/flickers were seen to as well.
- rulezadded on the 2024-01-24 22:56:26
- 40k Amiga OCS/ECS A Murder Of Scrolls by Andromeda [web]
- This is awesome in its combination of minimalism and technicality.
Btw I believe the correct collective noun is "a stud of scrolltexts" - rulezadded on the 2024-01-24 19:28:27
- demo Commodore 64 Cubic Dream
- Even though the effects are super minimal, I loved the feel and flow of this!
- rulezadded on the 2024-01-03 20:11:54
- demotool Windows AmigAtari Bitmap Converter by Oxygene [web]
- \o/
- rulezadded on the 2023-12-29 01:34:20
- demo BBC Micro Beep! by Proxima
- Some parts of this really impressed me, especially the plasma and the logo ripple/distorts - nice!
- rulezadded on the 2023-12-28 01:32:19
- demo BBC Micro TeleTekno by Slipstream [web]
- BBC demos are my favourite <3
- rulezadded on the 2023-12-28 01:25:09
account created on the 2019-12-08 21:47:37