Digital Aesthetics and Videogames

Since this comes right between our discussions of hyper-real aesthetics and the Videogame lecture next week, I thought this might be usefully relevant.

There's a game coming out fairly soon called Team Fortress 2, which isn't seeking photorealism so much as a very detailed cartoony feel visually similar to that of The Incredibles.

It's being promoted online through videoclips released every week online through sites such as YouTube or Gametrailers.

It's the first game I can think of that's aimed for a cartoon aesthetic in this context, and I think it fits the vibe it's going for really well. I've included the trailer here, with links to each of the more specific movies currently released.

I'd advise watching them at home so you're not paying for bandwidth at university.

What do we think?



In case anyone's interested in the others, we have

Meet the Heavy

Meet the Soldier

Meet the Engineer

High-Definition versions of these videos are available
here.

- Kevin.