Art Meets Geek in Pac-Man

AnCatDubh writes "The New York Times (reg required) is running an article about online art-game hybrid Pac-Mondrian. From the article: "Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types? Maybe it's because Pac-Mondrian has more to say about Mondrian's painting than about Pac-Man." Are classic video games the new decontructionist tool?"

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[10537]

The game is pretty cool...

But it ain't PacMan, which answers "Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types?"

I Kept My Soul

[robbway]

I couldn't RTFA because I'm still using my soul. The game is interesting. As for this being at new deconstructionist artform? This time its fairly original. Next time? YAWN.

Re:I Kept My Soul

[Spankophile]

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Brilliant!

[rueger]

The music alone makes it worth playing. Even if it wasn't particularly challenging, this was great fun. These guys are brilliant! Boogie piano is perfect for arcade games!

Why only one level?

[Meagermanx]

There are plenty of Mondrains that would have worked, so why only one level? Also, it is rather easy, because you only have 4 ghosts, and the level is much larger than the normal Pac-Man level.

Boring to play

[radimvice]

Why is Pac-Mondrian attracting more art types than gaming types? Maybe it's because Pac-Mondrian is just plain boring as hell to actually play.

My Idea!!!

[Khuffie]

It's probably a fluke, but I had this idea last year! Click here [ryerson.ca]. Check the short flash presentation at the bottom. We had to propose an installation for a gallery for one of our classes. Bah...I should've gone forward with it.

Re:My Idea!!!

[nmh]

But the Prize Budget for Boys published Pac-Mondrian on the web in 2002, although the game itself was finished in 2001. We didn't finish the physical cabinet til early 2004, but the old Galaga cabinet sat in my living room for at least a year and a half before we got around to putting a computer in it and painting it.

There's a press release in the rhizome.org archive dated 2002-12-03:

http://rhizome.org/thread.rhiz?thread=6124&text=12 716 [rhizome.org]

For Release: PrizeBudgetForBoys.com Clubhouse Open

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Re:My Idea!!!

[Khuffie]

It's probably a fluke

^ I realized it was older. I just find it cool that I had a similar sort of idea :).

Re:My Idea!!!

[nmh]

> I realized it was older. I just find it cool that I had a similar sort of idea :).

Me too!