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Tom information 208 glöps

• general:
• level: user
• personal:
• first name: Tom
• last name: -
• cdcs:
• cdc #1: Sea of Colour by Dead Hackers Society [web]
• cdc #2: Fisherhawk Dr. by Melon [web]

• 64k Acorn Push by bitshifters collective [web] & Torment [web]
• Wowwww this is phenomenal - super original and beautifully presented
• rulezadded on the 2024-03-31 08:07:21
• demo Nintendo 64 Supersensory Investigation "Point Borealis" by Macau Exports
• I really really love this work. Such a fresh combination of the atmospheric found footage-style scenes with the more recognisably "traditional" demoscene effects. Just awesome.
• rulezadded on the 2024-03-30 19:10:37
• 256b procedural graphics TIC-80 lgbt139 by All You Can Execute
• @lowrez: ah, those halcyon times! Which were when exactly? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_in_mythology
• rulezadded on the 2024-03-17 11:53:32
• 256b BBC Micro 256: A (not enough) Space Odyssey by bitshifters collective [web]
• It's the Beeb, so an immediate thumb from me. But this is awesome as a 256 anyway - progression and meaningful sounds!! And apparently a lot of BASIC here? This could be enough to finally provoke some Beeb coding from me!
• rulezadded on the 2024-02-19 19:40:21
• 64b MS-Dos Downfall by Desire [web]
• How?!
• rulezadded on the 2024-02-17 22:49:43
• demo ZX Spectrum out of scene? by sibCrew
• I hadn't seen this sib krew prod until now :) but as always I LOVE the feel. Awesome awesome tune and deliciously subversive visuals. A million thumbs
• rulezadded on the 2024-02-14 18:52:06
• intro Atari ST Shipfunk by Dekadence [web]
• There are few things that I enjoy more than a DKD release on the ST. Yessss!
• rulezadded on the 2024-02-04 13:18:11
• demo Amiga OCS/ECS Is Real by Desire [web]
• There's a difference for me between something that is a piece of self-expression about a topic (message: "I feel like this about X") and something that is constructed to convey information to or influence the audience (message: "you should feel like this about X"). This prod aligns closer to the second imo. This isn't a problem in itself - in cases where there is a clear relationship between the topic, the maker and the audience, a demo that does this can be really effective (e.g. https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=91793). But if those relationships are less clear I find it troubling somehow, and imo demos/art/music/etc that do this risk trivialising incredibly important issues for unclear ends.
  
  In this case, there are enough indications that the author's "take" on the topic could be quite superficial. For instance, use of crucifixes/crosses to represent murdered civilians in the Muslim world is at best grimly ironic, and at worst flat out offensive, depending on your personal level of sensitivity ;).
• isokadded on the 2024-01-25 17:48:55
• demo Amiga OCS/ECS Is Real by Desire [web]
• Once again, I find myself unable to get on board with "the demo as a medium of political messaging". For me, this is because once a demo moves thematically in that kind of direction, it is no longer "just" an act of self expression but instead begins to perform some sort of social and political action. That's OK in theory, but given the magnitude of the issues tackled here I'm left wondering what the intended "action" was in the first place.
  
  Piggie for the chain effect.
• isokadded on the 2024-01-25 10:58:18
• 40k Amiga OCS/ECS Desire FM by Desire [web]
• Excellent composition, and particularly love the rotating checkers
• rulezadded on the 2024-01-25 10:50:42