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FreePixel looks at video games as part of the moving image culture. Games are not movies. But games use moving image tradition in their presentation. That is why FreePixel offers a critical look at games and their expressive qualities that grow from the use of the moving image.

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[Archive for December, 2006]

Time for a French School of Machinima?

Posted by Michael

What is it with the French? First Alex Chan’s The French Democracy and now KBS Production’s Bill et John. Does it actually pay off to have a national cinema and defend it as a cultural treasure – even in Machinima?
So far, Machinima had the flair of the global player. Hearing Hugh Hancock at the Festival [...]

welcome to FreePixel

Posted by Michael

Welcome to the FreePixel blog.
This is an blog about games and forms of emergent play. It should provide a critical perspective to games and more specifically: games as part of a moving image culture. Topics include machinima, virtual performances, game mods, game art, and whatever else emerges in the fuzzy outskirts of games a media [...]