Google Tech Talk (more below) March 7, 2011 Presented by Jason Scott. ABSTRACT Jason Scott will talk about making the documentary and we’ll be screening some portion of the film. www.getlamp.com In the early years of the microcomputer, a special kind of game was being played. With limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power, the first games on home computers would hardly raise an eyebrow in the modern era of photorealism and surround sound. In a world of Quake, Half-Life and Halo, it is expected that a successful game must be loud, fast, and full of blazing life-like action. But in the early 1980s, an entire industry rose over the telling of tales, the solving of intricate puzzles and the art of writing. Like living books, these games described fantastic worlds to their readers, and then invited them to live within them. They were called “computer adventure games”, and they used the most powerful graphics processor in the world: the human mind. Rising from side projects at universities and engineering companies, adventure games would describe a place, and then ask what to do next. They presented puzzles, tricks and traps to be overcome. They were filled with suspense, humor and sadness. And they offered a unique type of joy as players discovered how to negotiate the obstacles and think their way to victory. These players have carried their memories of these text adventures to the modern day, and a whole new generation of authors have taken up the …
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REINEDES BC Today’s Fresh Music Intro ! ???from the 4th Album ??????? 2008/12 by Lamp Genso Lamp’s Biography Lamp was formed in 2000. Member are Taiyou Someya (composer / guitarist / conductor / producer), Kaori Sakakibara (vocal / flute / accordion), Yusuke Nagai (vocal / multi-instrument-player / composer). They released their 1st album Soyokaze Apartment 201 (Breeze Apartment 201) in 2003, 2nd album Koibito e (To My Lover) in 2004, 3rd Album Komorebi Dohri Nite (On The Sunlight-Through-Trees Street) in 2005 and Original Compilation Album Zankou (Remain Of The Light) in 2007.–All of their CDs are released by the MOTEL BLEU, a Japanese indie label.– They released CDs also in Korea and had a live in 2006 at Seoul and Jeonju. Most musical arrangements are done by themselves. And a lot of great musicians participate in recording or playing at their lives. They are currently recording their 4th and 5th albums.
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