Merit Coba

What is not there, or is, in hindsight.

Yesterday I conducted a small experiment with one of my family members. I quoted the above line that Magritte put on his painting: Ceci n’est pas une pipe and asked what it was about… the answer is: about a pipe. I bet that if I say this line to a random group of strangers that…

Merit Coba

28/11/2013

sound and vision

c’est une pipe, ceci n’est pas une pipe, it is a pipe, it is not a pipe, magritte, rene magritte, text and pictures, text vs pictures, the treachery of pictures

The walking dead videogame: interactive storytelling.

(This movie shows three key scenes.. if you do not like spoilers you should not watch after the first scene has ended. There is a red walking dead sign dividing the first and second scene.) I was fortunate that I did not buy the video-game the walking dead. I was somewhat suspicious about it actually…

Merit Coba

27/11/2013

review, stories, videogame, videogame

colors, imagery, interactive movie, shots, stories, story, story-telling, video game, walking dead, walking dead game

“The scent of her” by Chuckmatrix Clip. Virtual Sculpting

Some time ago I went to a place(sorry I forgot the name) because I felt inclined to do so and there was an exhibition of the works of various artists. The art that stuck in my mind were these sculptures made by Chuckmatrix Clip. There are not that many sculptures being made as compared to…

Merit Coba

22/11/2013

Art, Traces of a Second Life

“The scent of her”, Chuckmatrix Clip, prims, Ragdohcchio, raghdoccio, sculpting, second life art, steammonkey, veleda lorakeet, virtual sculpting

Two nekos do Urupe 7: Luxembourg

Luxembourg is both the name of a small country and its capital, located in the West of Europe lodged between Belgium, France and Germany. In fact it is so small that you might see it as a city with outlaying districts and surrounding country side.. Perhaps the inhabitants of this small country might best speak…

Merit Coba

20/11/2013

Traces of a Second Life, Two Nekos

europe, luxembourg, two nekos, two nekos do urupe, urupe

Two nekos do Urupe 6: Berlin

When we were thinking of another capital of Urupe we could not help but think of Berlin. Berlin, of course, is the capital city of Germany, a country that is well known by the general movie going public at large for visiting other peoples countries uninvited. This is of course something that lies in the…

Merit Coba

03/11/2013

Traces of a Second Life, Two Nekos

berlin, cat people, europa, europe, germany, second life, two nekos, two nekos do urupe, urupe

A state of mind 2: who needs the government anyway?

In the previous installment of a state of mind we ended we the guys we see above. We see them hunting down the zombies in the Night of the Living Dead. So how about the government? What are they doing? Of course anyone who tells a story of a nation like the United State being…

Merit Coba

01/11/2013

rants, stories

army, cops, flies, government, resident evil, sheriff, Stake Land, State of Decay, state of mind, the crazies, the law, umbrella, undead, waling dead, zafehouse, zombies

A state of mind 1: show time

Zombie stories have been crawling out of the woodwork with impunity this last decade or so(yeah, I know cheap line). The appearance of the Walking Dead series shows that the zombie apocalypse has even intruded into the mainstream mindset. I do not know what makes zombies so popular nowadays and your guess is a good as…

Merit Coba

31/10/2013

stories

complex, kill, killing, Life, Night of the Living Dead, simple, society, Stake Land, State of Decay, undead, walking dead, weapons, zombie, zombies

Two nekos do Urupe 5: Venice.

Merit: “Venice is actually a kind of strange place for it looks like someone forgot to add new buildings to it after the sixteen century or so. So it is a place that seems forever in old times. So it is a good background for eerie and strange novels, movies and assorted imaginations. Of course..…

Merit Coba

26/10/2013

Traces of a Second Life, Two Nekos

capital city, don’t look now, europe, Maurier, movie, neko, red, Roeg, second life, two nekos, urupe, Water

State of decay(for pc) 2: tips and tricks

An introduction Originally I had one long post that contained all, but I decided to split the post into separate items. This is the tip and tricks part. Tips and tricks So next follow some tips and remarks and if you are the kind that likes to suffer discover everything yourself then by all means: stop reading.…

Merit Coba

19/10/2013

rants

game, State of Decay, Tips, Tricks, video game for pc

Two nekos do Urupe 4: Alors Paris

Honestly, we went to Paris first. We just wanted to confuse you. Paris might possiblly be the capital city of Urupe because it has a very big tower (= bog tower). Other cities have big towers as well, but not as iconic as Paris has. It is the Eiffel tower, a huge early industrial age…

Merit Coba

18/10/2013

Traces of a Second Life, Two Nekos

capital city, cuckoo clock, eiffel tower, europe, france, moulin rouge, paris, third man, two nekos, urupe