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Cephalopods

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Alphaland

Ever wondered what’s going on in the background of your favorite video games, behind all the moving pictures and pretty sounds? A new Flash game from Jonas Kyratzes titled Alphaland answers that very question by placing players in a rough Alpha version of a minimalist platformer, and then placing them deep within said Alpha’s metaphysical guts.

If it sounds confusing … well, that’s because it is. But it’s also pretty short, and pretty sad, and pretty pretty. If you’ve got a few minutes, give it a play over at Newgrounds!

(via Joystiq)

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Kim Jong Il x 3

Will the real Kim Jong Il please stand up?

The idea of Kim Jong Il has become commodity. There is a reality inside North Korea, and there is another outside. Which is real and which is simulation?

For the past half decade an excess of images, simulations and caricatures of the North Korean leader have bombarded us. The media of excess has repeated the mantra of simulation in bold headlines, in news-print and digital text : “Is… ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:28:00 -0700 http://machinemachine.net/text/things/simulating-kim-jong-il