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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 February, 2007]

Cinematic biofeedback

Posted by Erik

last year I supervised a student, Andrew Dekker who integrated biofeedback sensors with half life 2 (source game engine). We took a horror mod of hl2 and Andrew had the bright idea of feeding the biofeedback into the game’s shaders so that as the player became more excited, the sensors (attached to the fingers) influenced [...]