Ars Electronica Festival · 1997
Energized Gaming Culture
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1997
Mark von Rahden's “Energized Gaming Culture” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1997, category Net Based Art.
"Energized Gaming Culture" is an interactive essay and an encyclopedia for computer gamers. The work involves game structures and game innovations. The Web site includes articles on how computer games started ("From the Pentagon to the Pocket", the history of computer games since 1961), descriptions of the devices…
About Mark von Rahden
Mark von Rahden (D), trained and worked as a sign painter, studied graphics design at the Hochschule für Kunst Bremen; 1992-94 "coinn" development project at the HfK Bremen; since 1996, "The Farm", advertising and project agency together with David Bartusch…
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