Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: paper and ink Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:37:14 +0100 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 67 Message-ID: <1diging.cipge21q3hctcN@a1-88-107.a1.nl> References: <72hpk7$5bg15@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <364c6b4e.22816931@news.playstation.co.uk> <72hvs3$5bg17@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-107.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 Nick Ferguson wrote: > Yay! I bought it last weekend - I'd heard about it a few months ago > and it looked v. interesting. Upon discovering it was a graphic design/ > coffee table kinda thing with a bit of industry history thrown in among > the (superb) pretty pictures, I had to buy it. Well.. something happens here in Holland... THere is a designer institute in Amsterdam that orginizes a congress every year. It's always about new media and they choose a subject with that. I can remember it was "House" a few years ago. This year it's called "Play". It's not a commercial show like the ECTS, but it's a place to meet people and exchange views and opinions. In 3 days there will be lot's of lexures and next to that there will be an exhibition with people from the games industry that present their products or idea's. In the beginning I was not to impressed with it and it's rather expensive. I could get a free ticket via school, but I had in mind that it would just be a group of artists comming up with lots of inovative but impossible idea's. Believe me, I know where I talk about. I study at an Art Academy and in my study it's all about concepts. And lots of students come up with idea's that are just not possible. Ik know that you should not design on base of your possibilities, but a lot at my school are overdoing it with making up concepts. But when I noticed that there was a little article in EDGE (my DieHard magazine) about it, I took it a bit more serious. I will be there presenting some idea's and showing of with my Net Yaroze. Maybe I will even give a little lexure (can you imagine that?). Nick, I would lik to invite you over to Holland to come to this event. it's called "Doors of Perception" http://www.doorsofperception.com Normally the price to get in there is about 350 pounds, but I think that I can get you in for free. You don't have to stay in a Hotel, you can stay at my place. You could write a little article about it and sent it to EDGE (if EDGE does not sent a reporter of their own). Oh, and it's all in English, so the fact that it's in Holland should not be a problem (Millia is part french since it's held in France). > Games are fast gaining credibility, and a book of this quality and > maturity (and price - 20 - erp!) can only help matters. If you don't > want to buy it, at least look it up. I was disturbed to see how many of > the games in the book I own, or used to own. Hem. > > In keeping with the other theme of this thread, I buy EDGE regularly > (actually, I susbscribe) and CVG still manages to make it onto my > purchase list now and again. Arcade looks pretty interesting, tho' I > haven't seen the first issue yet. EDGE is certainly my favourite mag, > and being an EDGE journalist would be my dream job come the end of uni > next summer. FYI, I also read Empire, Neon, The Face (ponce alert!) and > Arena on a fairly regular basis. Oh, and Private Eye! If anyone wants to > read an entertaining book on the games industry, try JC Herz's "Joystick > Nation", or the book "Game Over" which gives a (rather dated) history of > Nintendo... > As long as you get my name in EDGE when you become an EDGE-journalist, I'm ok with it al ;-) > Later! > > Nick Hahahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahahah you did it again!! Tanvir for President!! All vote for Tanvir! > "Safe!" > - Tanvir Khan, 1998