Name: Christopher Lewis
Location: Burlington, VT

Part time philosopher, full time coder. I dabble in many things. One day I will probably write half a novel about it.

I'm not much of a photographer, but I like to play one on Instagram.

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Double Fine Adventure

“Over a six-to-eight month period, a small team under Tim Schafer’s supervision will develop Double Fine’s next game, a classic point-and-click adventure. Where it goes from there will unfold in real time for all the backers to see.”

The kickstarter project for Tim Shafer’s new point-and-click adventure game has gotten completely out of control, netting over $3 million in contributions. Shafer is the brain behind the adventure classics Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle. His company, Double Fine, is also responsible for their recent critical success, Stacking.

I’ll admit, I had no real interest myself until I was charmed by Shafer’s irreverent pitch video. Each of the follow-up updates are also worth a watch (there’s even a bloopers real).

Tags video games art kickstarter video creative funny gaming

Transcendenz: Metaphysical Immersion

“Transcendenz offers to connect our everyday life to an invisible reality, the one of ideas, concepts and philosophical questionings which the world is full of but that our eyes cant’ see. By bringing together the concepts of augmented/altered reality, Brain Computer Interface (BCI) and social networks, Transcendenz offers to live immersive philosophical experiences.”

Upon receiving word of this from my friend and fellow philosopher-in-arms, Steve Cavrak, I couldn’t help but compare this project to the movie of an oddly similar name and premiss, eXistenZ.

Michaël Harboun’s idea is not yet a reality, but there’s no question that this is where we are soon headed. Probably the most fantastical technological hurdle presented in Harboun’s vision is the ability for the device to decipher the content of a wearer’s thoughts, yet even this is already possible. That’s right, some crazy researchers in California have already proven that it is possible for computers to decipher our internal monologue with alarming accuracy.

It’s as cool as it is spooky.

Tags philosophy design creative nueroscience

Radiohead - Paranoid Android: YouTube Artists Mix by OHADI22

YouTube user OHADI22 does some incredible digital alchemy, splicing together over 30 other videos, all a cover for Radiohead’s iconic Paranoid Android. The result is incredible.

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I’m Here Originally released to the public for the first time at 2010’s Sundance Festival, I’m Here is one of my favorite Spike Jonze films. Jonze is commonly known for the bizarre and wonderful film, Being John Malkovich. Musician Sam Spiegel also deserves a nod for the gentle and moving soundtrack. This short film was funded by Absolut Vodka, but beyond that there are no other noticeable commercial ties. It is based on Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, and uses two human-like robots as the romantically entangled subjects. From wikipedia: The filmmaker depicts each dismantling of Sheldon as a contribution to a deepening relationship, the two dynamics (destruction and growth) being inversely proportional over the course of the film: the lesser “he” becomes the more “they” become. You can watch it here.

I’m Here

Originally released to the public for the first time at 2010’s Sundance Festival, I’m Here is one of my favorite Spike Jonze films. Jonze is commonly known for the bizarre and wonderful film, Being John Malkovich. Musician Sam Spiegel also deserves a nod for the gentle and moving soundtrack.

This short film was funded by Absolut Vodka, but beyond that there are no other noticeable commercial ties. It is based on Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, and uses two human-like robots as the romantically entangled subjects.

From wikipedia:

The filmmaker depicts each dismantling of Sheldon as a contribution to a deepening relationship, the two dynamics (destruction and growth) being inversely proportional over the course of the film: the lesser “he” becomes the more “they” become.

You can watch it here.

Tags film art creative robots