Bonoboblogs

As I’m writing this the birds are chirping outside and I have to get up to go to work in just a few hours. What started out as a relaxing evening with Monster Hunter Tri ended up being a incredibly frustrating setback. And it all has to do with my new biggest enemy in the [...]

With E3 approaching the fundamental flaws and fallacies of the gaming culture are exposed as we are treated with a high dose of concentrated bullshit right from the hype engine that propels the industry. One thing that strikes me now more than ever is the fact how many games celebrate and worship war and soldiers. [...]

die zeit für die bilder ist knapp im moment. zwischen der organisation des vierwändekunst-festivals 2010, dem anstehenden relaunch unserer büro-webseite und den zahlreichen gesellschaftlichen verpflichtungen eines ‘young emerging artist’ bleibt nicht mehr viel raum für das hobby.

aber auch wenn es nicht immer einfach ist, es muss ja erledigt werden: denn wenn ich es nicht mache, dann macht es keiner.
lange rede kurzer sinn. ich habe den moment genutzt und ZACK, hier isses.

aus der reihe ‘mixed media wenn ich mal zeit habe‘ | 2010

Today I went downtown to check out some hardware / software. There are 3 big technology store chains downtown (Saturn, Media Markt, ProMarkt). I used to enjoy simply browsing through their stuff. Recently, I realized that they grow more and more redundant up to the point where I don’t see a reason to go there anymore. I [...]

As you might have heard, I’m currently working for Cologne Game Lab. I’m helping to establish a Master in Game Development and Research program. We are accepting applications now. Recently, I made two posters to advertise the program. I’m glad to be able to share the with you. Enjoy!

I like to play games. I want to play a lot of games. But playing games takes a lot of time. And I don’t have much time. Thus begins a vicious circle of money-spending and frustration some of you might be familiar with. First I have no time to play games and when I do, I often [...]

es gibt doch noch überraschungen und so beginnen manche tage dann mit einem echten knaller. doch von anfang an.

während ich heute meinen täglichen morgen-kaffe zu mir nahm und neben her kurz mit hans beltin telefonierte,  blickte ich nachdenklich aus dem fenster. gerade war ich dabei hans noch mal die situation zu erklären und ihm ein paar ideen für sein neues buch durch zu geben, da spielte sich direkt vor meinen augen eine unglaubliche szenen ab.

direkt gegenüber meinen fenster, hinter dem kirchdach tauchte langsam, aber deutlich zu sehen eine meiner collagen auf. hochauflösend und in – wie ich zugeben muss – brillanter qualität. ich war tief beeindruck, aber zum glück geistesgegenwärtig genug die kamera zu zücken um diesen moment fest zu halten.

nach etwa 2 bis 3 minuten war der spuk dann vorbei.

Writing about the all problems I encounter has an interesting therapeutic side-effect. It makes me realize how much they bother me and encourages me to do something about them. I recently wrote about the problems I had with my mouse. The many comments I received from you inspired me to dig deeper. After some research [...]

“Beet Fleet” is the name of a work, that was made Filip Kostovic as a result of the Bachelor course of studies Game Design 2010 at the HdK Zürich. The sort of game uses two turntables as input devices, that controlles the action on the z- and x-axis. The visuals are abstract and strong, with parallels to Tron or Rez. The longer I think about this, the more it seems, that Beat Fleet is a consistent extension of the basic idea of Rez, taking real “analog” hardware controller into account. Will DJs keep on playing games in the future at work? Also check out the other works, they all look interesting. (via)

I just saw the a live coverage of the WWDC presentation. Interesting to see the new iPhone. As always Apple makes a big fuzz about mundane improvements. I especially enjoyed little details like giving names to new technology. “Retina Display” seems emotionally so much more engaging than “960×640px 326ppi display”. It’s actually a well-known method [...]

I have been recently upgrading my Dreamcast library and going through some of the games. Playing old 3D games there is one thing that REALLY strikes me every time. They often age quite horribly. Case in point, Metropolis Street Racer. It actually is a very smart, cool racing game. It focuses on fictional city courses. It features [...]

Manufactoria is a strange puzzle game, that is not that easy to access and understand. But somehow this makes the charm of this game, since robots (gone mad) are the topic of the game. The puzzles to solve are testing machines for the robots. Robots (in the real world) are a very unique topic of it’s own, that is not easy to access. That’s why I think, that the un-accessibilty of this game just perfectly match the mood. Rounded by the surreal Brasil-like soundtrack, I’ll bet, that Manufactoria will play into the heart of robotists in records time.

If you are into robot-games, please also check out Light-Bot and Little Wheel.

Enough Plumbers is obviously inspired by Super Mario and retro-games in general. But it features also innovative and experimental game-elements. Every time the Plumber collects a coin, he will ge cloned. In the end many, many Plumbers try to reach the flag to end the level. The player controls all player-sprites at once.

The game was build by Glen Forrester and Arthur Lee. And while outside heavy rain is going to start, I better have another play with Enough Plumbers…

Space geekout time. You might have seen this most disturbing video. Cape Canaveral has been attacked by a giant mutant insect (00:06). Luckily, a company called SpaceX was able to launch an escape vehicle. The rocket safely reached orbit. The insects are no longer a threat But jokes aside, the launch was something special. First of all, [...]