Berry818 - Jasper

Hey chat, anyone else feeling like this game contributes to collective memory?

A book chapter titled "Creating Game History: Intertextuality and the Formation of a Collective Memory of Games" by Regina Seiwald, explores how video games contribute to the formation of a collective memory and the history of gaming through intertextual references. It delves into the ways in which video games embed references to older games, whether through direct gameplay, visual style, or nostalgic elements, thereby preserving and emphasizing their legacy within gaming culture.

By incorporating older games into new ones, these intertextual links not only serve as a homage but also play a significant role in shaping how certain games are remembered and valued over time. The chapter highlights examples from various gaming franchises, such as Nintendo and Sega, illustrating how these intertextual connections contribute to the ongoing narrative of video game history.

This exploration is particularly relevant for understanding how cultural memory is constructed in the digital age and how video games, as a medium, engage with their own past to create a shared history among players, developers, and critics.

Image: Nintendo Company Limited. Nintendo 64 Games Console with Accessories and Games. 1996-2003. Science Museum Group.

ANTH 625 and 640

the need for glasses grows ever apparent :/

sometimes all you can do is sit there and think about your dead pets

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

i had a dream that the three graces on my arm continued into an entire back piece of other renaissance art including the rest of Primavera and then the Creation of Adam. I had no idea the tattoo covered my whole back or that it was even on there because, it made sense to me in the dream, I cannot see my back! The tattoo artist just kind of did the rest of it when I was not looking?

one of my professors says that “no one comes out of childhood unharmed” and i think its important to know all the trauma you carry with you, because a lot of people do possess some. this isnt to say that you have to get along with everyone just cause you can see why they are the way they are. however, realizing, or trying to realize why people do or act in certain ways is powerful. i dont like to use the word trauma because its been beaten into the ground. but all the good and the bad you have experienced shape you who are now, and theres no running from that. i think that both positive experiences and pain make you stronger. i do not trust people who attribute themselves to one or the other. i was just thinking about this as i make a futile attempt to fall asleep, and i have nowhere else to put this XD

“Maybe in between forever and nothing, there's a place for us.”