Life imitates… Gaming?

It seems the hot new trend is to use human beings as pixels to recreate scenes from classic video games. For example, check out this Tetris performance:

Of course, you may feel inclined to play the game… which you can do at the official Tetris site.

…or this take on Space Invaders:

Click here to play the Space Invaders and get some more background it.

…or even this take on the classic, Pong:

For an interesting tangent, read the real story behind Pong…

Now, if you look at the three videos posted to this point, you’ll notice that it’s the same performance artists. But check out this effort by the Cal State Marching Band:

Obviously, videogames have reached the point where — like movies — they can evoke nostalgia and warm fuzzies from people who grew up enjoying them. Makes you wonder how long it will be before we see someone “perform” Halo, eh?

We’re going to need a LOT of pixels (people) to do this game justice.

10 January 2008 | Art, Videogames | Comments