Inklings of Addiction...

[John Bailey]

Well whaddya know...

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> List of media players supporting visualization
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> iTunes (2001, Apple) (Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows)
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_visualization
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> Not available on the iPod - only on the OSX.
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> Bekah
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> On Sep 22, 2013, at 4:47 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The only software hiccup I picked up was mention of iTunes Visualizer
>> - as far as I can tell iTunes didn't launch until Sept 2002. Although
>> the way it's used in the novel as a metaphor is pretty sweet.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Christopher Simon
>> <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> As a recovering video game junkie and Linux user, I was surprised at how
>>> accurate and familiar the video game, etc.,  references were. The only thing
>>> that struck me as a bit off was the mention of Microsoft XP, which would
>>> almost always be referred to as Windows XP. This was cancelled out by the
>>> reference to Maxine going home from the party, CD tilde home (or something
>>> very similar). In Linux, the cd command changes directories in the shell,
>>> and the ~ is the default indicator for the home directory. I thought that
>>> was pretty clever.
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Bekah
>>> Sent: 9/21/2013 12:59 AM
>>> To: John Bailey
>>> Cc: Michael Bailey; P-list
>>> Subject: Re: Inklings of Addiction...
>>>
>>> Not to neglect the MUDs which were prior to Jackson's birth - and (D)ARPANET
>>> which seemed to be Google searched.  There used to be (still is)  an
>>> "undernet" where I did some stuff years ago.  It's also called "Deep Web"
>>> but I never knew it as that.
>>>
>>> There is a hwgaahwgh.com just recently registered.  (heh)
>>> http://w11.zetaboards.com/thefictionalwoods/topic/9144840/1/
>>>
>>> Bek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 20, 2013, at 8:21 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pynchon seems reasonably well-versed in gaming history - enough to
>>>> suggest he was at least a hands-on parent when it came to his kids'
>>>> gaming habits. More than just running a wikipedia search on what games
>>>> were popular in the years leading up to 2001.
>>>>
>>>> Portal 2 (not Portal) offered one of the most engaging experiences
>>>> I've had in any artform. No violence, incredibly gorgeous to look at,
>>>> but the narrative that creeps up organically around all the play is
>>>> deeply affecting if you pay attention to it. Lost of references to the
>>>> myths of Electra, Prometheus etc and the dialogue is laugh-out-loud
>>>> funny throughout. One of only two games I've played that are worthy of
>>>> the boring "are games art?" debate (the other being Journey which had
>>>> me weeping copiously).
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Michael Bailey
>>>> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I'm somewhat ashamed that i never have done much gaming atall ... I was
>>>>> pretty good at one pinball game, long ago won a sub sandwich for high
>>>>> score
>>>>> on Gulfstream, but, well - that game was an easy one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Guys in my workgroup have been devoted to zelda, wow &c also quake but it
>>>>> seems like a lot of pretend killing ... Hard to get very revved about
>>>>> that...being a militant pacifist & all!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ddr seems like fun, played it a little, then bought the sims a long time
>>>>> ago
>>>>> but never got hooked
>>>>>
>>>>> Portal is supposed to be cool but am i going to be striving to blow
>>>>> somebody
>>>>> away?? Live & let live...
>>>>>
>>>>> In bleeding edge i just read a reference to games that were "too
>>>>> beautiful"
>>>>> to be marketable - any idea which games pynchon may have meant?
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember being humiliated by myst, playing at a friend's house and
>>>>> getting
>>>>> stuck at some limbo full of reproachful phantasms...that was a very
>>>>> pretty
>>>>> game!
>>>
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