Comments on: Memories of the future http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/10/memories-of-the-future/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/10/memories-of-the-future/#comment-524888 Tracer Hand Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:41:44 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12279#comment-524888 Wipeout arrived just at the tail-end of "futurism" as a somewhat agreed-upon gestalt for rave music. Smart drinks, electronic sunglasses that pulsed light rhythmically through your eyelids as you reclined on some cheap chaise longue in the grotty corner of a conference center that had been turned into a rave for one night only, pitch-perfect parodies of corporate logos that dotted rave flyers (and which also found their way into this game as the logos for the different "teams") -- all of this was already cracking against the reef of something else Wipeout arrived just at the tail-end of “futurism” as a somewhat agreed-upon gestalt for rave music. Smart drinks, electronic sunglasses that pulsed light rhythmically through your eyelids as you reclined on some cheap chaise longue in the grotty corner of a conference center that had been turned into a rave for one night only, pitch-perfect parodies of corporate logos that dotted rave flyers (and which also found their way into this game as the logos for the different “teams”) — all of this was already cracking against the reef of something else

]]> By: Andrew F http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/10/memories-of-the-future/#comment-523096 Andrew F Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:01:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12279#comment-523096 I think he's got it right - WipeOut was the first time I recall that video games really felt cool (in culture, rather than just our heads), and is indirectly responsible (along with a good image of what the PlayStation meant, now completely gone) for its ascendancy. Also the mentions of the techno tracks that he slipped into the naming reminds me that one of my favourite parts of the the experience was the impression that you can be partake of this general area of coolness without actually being a club kid going out every weekend (or in my case any weekend). I think he’s got it right – WipeOut was the first time I recall that video games really felt cool (in culture, rather than just our heads), and is indirectly responsible (along with a good image of what the PlayStation meant, now completely gone) for its ascendancy.

Also the mentions of the techno tracks that he slipped into the naming reminds me that one of my favourite parts of the the experience was the impression that you can be partake of this general area of coolness without actually being a club kid going out every weekend (or in my case any weekend).

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