Day 53 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots - eviltoast

Today’s game is Mario Galaxy. I decided today was my day to be productive for once, and I dumped all my Wii games ROMs for safe keeping, along with all my Blu-Ray discs. While I was testing the Wii Games to see if they worked, I got distracted by Mario Galaxy.

I chose this screenshot specifically because it shows off the water. Mario Galaxy is one of those games that has gorgeous water.

  • niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This visual is uniquely soothing, reminds me of artist Cory Arcangel, who did an art piece with just the Super Mario clouds drifting on a television screen - hacking into the NES cartridge and getting rid of everything else - to much admiration.

    I remember reading an art journalist applauding the Impressionistic feel of the thing, the way Arcangel brought a background object to the fore, and in the process transformed it into something new entirely, with a surprising character and strength of presence.

    Here’s a Whitney Museum link to the work.

    • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      That’s really fucking clever. As a Programming major I love seeing Art and Programming combined like this. It’s amazing to me