Blips: Surplus Reading

Source: Marginalia 8
Author: Joel Goodwin
Site: Electron Dance

PSA: there will not be any new Low Cutoff posts next week. Sad, I know, but I have to take the week off for personal reasons. Luckily for you, dear reader, GDC is also happening next week, so most of the game community will be focused on that. To that effect, today I wanted to point you in the direction of some reading to fill the void until Low Cutoff's triumphant return. Joel Goodwin periodically compiles these Marginalia posts over at Electron Dance as collections of links, curated from various game developers and critics. This time around, he's enlisted Amanda Lange, Ben Serviss, Raph Koster, Tale of Tales, and Miguel Sicart (whom I just wrote about on Wednesday). Topics are all over the place, ranging from video game violence to user-generated levels, to TSA procedures. Yeah, that TSA. I'm sure you'll find at least a few of the articles interesting. Anyway, that's all for me; Low Cutoff will return on the 24th.

Blips: It's PS4 Week

Hey, I know I just got back from a break little more than a week ago, but I'm going to have to apologize for an absence this week once again. With PS4 out this week, I've been attending events and diving headfirst into the console to see what it has to offer. Look for a piece forthcoming on Kill Screen that will act as a kind of "review" of the system, but it will be a bit more focused on the aesthetics of the console's UI options, controller and first-party games. I'm also playing a third-party game for review, so, busy, yes. To tide you over on the reading material side of things, here are a few links to articles worth checking out. Check y'all later (probably next week).

Ian Bogost on "Hyperemployment"
A deep dive into Tale of Tales' Luxuria Superbia
Art, authorship, and The Unfinished Swan
Crashtxt and the inclusive art practice of Twitter glitching

Blips: A Little Break

Hey there, you may have noticed that Low Cutoff is on a brief hiatus. Don't worry, we'll be back to normal posting midweek next week, but for now, I'm out of state working on a collaborative art installation that is taking up all of my time. I'll be back home on Wednesday next week, so look for things to return to normal on Thursday at the latest. Sorry for the interruption, but in the meantime, you might want to check out the latest Marginalia post on Electron Dance, which has a collection of posts that I was likely to highlight this week anyway. If that's not enough, check out Patrick Klepek's Worth Reading post on Giant Bomb. Have a good weekend!