“Moving Mario” presented by Lam

Symposium:

• ISEA2009: 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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• Moving Mario

• Keith Yan Kit Lam

Venue(s):

• Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland

• Over the years, the development of video games is trying its best to produce the virtual reality experience which getting closer to the reality. By changing the interface, from Atari’s joystick to Analog Vibration of PS2 joystick, then Gun Shape controller for shooting game, and Dance Mania’s floor controller to Wii wiimote, video game design is creating more and more “physical experience” for the players. Players now can actual smash and swing to play the game, but we are still playing the games in a 2D virtual environment: manipulating the character in an unlimited virtual space in a fixed static limited real world.

  Moving Mario is definitely not reproducing Super Mario Bros in another way. By grabbing partial concept and some of the key elements behind the TV game development, Moving Mario is trying to challenge some of the traditional game elements. Throughout the gaming process, players can rethink the relationship between the player and the game. [source: Vimeo]

Video:

• Moving Mario (2007) from Dimension Plus on Vimeo.

Category:

• Artist Talk