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Eddie Lohmeyer is Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the Department of Games and Interactive Media at the University of Central Florida, USA. He studies aesthetic and technical developments within histories of digital media, with an emphasis on video games and their relationship to the avant-garde. Additionally, his art considers embodied experience through processes of play and defamiliarization. We spoke about game modding, artists who mod games, and his research and art. {Unstable Aesthetics: Game Engines and the Strangeness of Modding (B
...loomsbury, 2021)
0:28 - Eddie talks about how he got into studying game modding and game art.
5:58 - Eddie talks about how he breaks down modding game engines in the book.
12:19 - Eddie talks about whether the art is accidental versus deliberate.
15:30 - Eddie talks about the motivations of these artists.
17:35 - Eddie talks about what the game industry thinks of moddShow more