Most users of the Internet by now know about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), or House Bill 32611, and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP Act or just PIPA), or Senate Bill...
Often, artistic pursuits are described as abstractions. They are interpretations of material. Rarely are they thought of as scientific pursuits. However, there are many new media artists who take it upon themselves to bridge the gap between what is seen as science and art. Especially...
To immigrants, Tijuana marks the frontera, or last stop before entering the United States. To American tourists it’s known as “T.J.,” a place to get inexpensive pharmaceutical drugs, dental work and plastic surgery. If you're a visitor you become acutely aware of the “safe district”...
A New Avenue for Change It turns out you don’t have to camp outside in a tent in frigid climes to pitch a successful protest. The Electronic Disturbance Theatre has been doing them comfortably since 1997. Using simple technologies such as E-mail, HTML, and Java, the...
My new media art students will be posting over the next 8 week a series of introspective blog posts on digital/ new media artists. Our aim is to post one every day or every other day. Enjoy, comment, discuss!...
Our rather populous Winter Team (12 of us) has begun a new round of design and development for our STEM Bias project. No genre is left out: board games, card games, iPad/web games, and of course, performative games! [caption id="attachment_4491" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Meet Zara, our design...
In our current project on implicit bias and stereotype threat, we are making some games for middle-school aged girls. One of the problems we consistently encounter in designing these games is the societal taboo against girls gaming, and its effect on our target audience. This...
Artstop Program: I ♥ GAMES (Game Appreciation for Middle Schoolers) Tuesdays 2:30 - 5PM starting January 17th 2012 AVA Gallery Do you love games - computer games, board games, card games? Do you want to know how games work? Join the Upper Valley's innovative designers from the Tiltfactor laboratory...
Happy Holidays from the Tiltfactor team! If you are scrambling for last minute gifts, here are some more suggestions, this time from Tiltfactor intern Shaun and project manager Sukie: Assassin's Creed: Recollection (iPad game) Shaun: Recollection is an iPad-only collectible card game, based on the popular...
Looking for gifts but don't know what to get? The Tiltfactor staff has come up with gift picks that should satisfy the "non-gamer" or 733t player. Check out the gift suggestions from Tiltfactor's most popular Post-Doc, Geoff, and incredible interns Max and Erika (reprinted from our...