Back from thanksgiving: the first control video

I just noticed: I have four followers on the Google thing (sorry-it's about 9 am here and snowing, so this may be a dreary podcast)
I didn't do a post last week in lieu of enjoying thanksgiving, and the disappointing fact that no one would miss the blog anyway (feel free to email me and tell me I am wrong). I was kind of hoping I could have shot something then, but oh well.
I have a couple of friends I am hoping to mooch a set of data off of, but haven't yet.
one of them, I think I might give a plug for, simply because he is doing a neat project of his own:

Ironically, I know a couple of these people.

his business, Subtletees (here's the store) has some fairly clever shirts--and considering the kid is a High School Freshman (full disclosure: I'm a Junior. this experiment is run by a high school student) it's quite an accomplishment

If you are local (by the way, all videos so far have been Central Illinois, with one from Chicago area) 

anyway, to the post!

In hopes that it will broaden the demographic, I'm adding control videos.

the variable being videogames, controls are all in color, and are of hands doing normal things, like driving a car. (as in this one)

this first control of the section is of me.

again, please please consider giving us a hand

-wavefunction22

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Gameplay: Winn and Acadia (hands)

First off, I apologize to Winn and Acadia for not posting their video last week, I spent the weekend getting some needed time off, with arrvittles (last post's feature) and spent lots of time playing Fallout New Vegas (which I highly recommend) and talking artsy shmartsy, video games, and dogs. Sometimes, personal life goes first...

but I'm back! please don't be sad!

Medal of Honor Gameplay: arrrvitles (hands)

http://blip.tv/file/4344380

we have our first two submissions! these are shorter than previous, but the good news is, we might see them again!

username: arrrvittles

age: 35

some good news.

Things are beginning to pick up! no, not much, but I have a few things lined up.
I have prepared a control video, which I will share next time we don't have a video, and a couple of set's of 'data' have been lined up.

but the big news I'm posting about right now, is that we are now available in iTunes as a free video podcast! check it out in the link below. If you don't have iTunes, you're kidding yourself, go download it now.
if you don't know what iTunes is, you've probably been in a coma for nearly a decade at least, so welcome back, and find someone to talk to, there are a lot things that have changed.
I'm in the process of uploading versions of my past videos so that they will work on iTunes. some of them are fairly large in iTunes's required formats.

anyway, here is the link to my podcast:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gaming-hands-art-experiment/id398908915

and if you WERE in a coma, they also have these things called iPods, iPads, and iPhones that people watch these podcasts on. Personally, I use phones running Android software (pretty futuristic, huh?), but these are pretty famous. check them out at Amazon with my links below.

Apple iPad MB292LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi)

Gaming hands experiment presents

Gaming hands experiment presents...

a formal duel to the death!

in leiu of new 'data', I threw together a little 'one act' ad sort of thing that I might use for any (warning, daydreaming ahead) sort of advertising that might come along

I'll be posting this all over the place, hope you like it! if you do, and want to star in our next set of data, drop me an email, as shown in the about section below this blog.

a dry spell...

well, in reality the entire life of the experiment has been in a dry spell.
I just wanted to make sure people knew we were still around (all 4 views I got last week)
I'm hoping I have a couple of videos on the way
I'm currently working on an ad through animoto.com that might boost us (fingers crossed)
in the meantime, look at these games, they might be worth a try.

inFamous Gameplay: mandrew72 (hands)

We're trying a couple things new here:

• we are now allowing conversation during collection of 'data' (videos) to keep more engaging, and easier to make              [this also means you get to hear me,  sorry, I'm not the most pleasing voice...]
• we will also be collecting 'control' videos, to compare against people playing games. these are simply hands doing other tasks (mechanical, artistic, menial, just not gaming)                                                                                            

username: [may be wrong]  mandrew72

age: 24

Dossier:
-been gaming most of his life,
-started on the PC with games like Heretic, Doom, and Mech Warrior
-made the jump to PS3 to get God Of War 3 (long before it came out)
-had been playing his PS2 since High School, with games like God Of War, Guitar Hero, and Tony Hawk
-Got good at gaming on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which his buddy bought for him to play on his laptop
-mostly plays action games, and puzzle games

MAG Gameplay: ChPuckBlesR

the first video with my new camera! (linked below)
I had this done for several days, and had some trouble cconverting... so  I apologize.
also, if you can, please consider donating some time and making a video to submit to me!
here's the info:

Something to hold you over (if anyone is there, I mean)

YES, I KNOW IT'S BLURRY. IT'S ON PURPOSE. NO, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT TO COVER UP A MISTAKE.

   I'll explain the photo in a second, but first, let me go over something:

  obviously, it's been a few days since the last post, and I apologize for that. in reality, I didn't skip out on you, and I didn't simply forget to update, I promise that if you see no update, it's not my lax, or irresponsibility.
The truth is, this is a new project, and pretty much nobody knows about it.
   It's not that I don't want to update if nobody  is going to read it, it's that it's not very easy without community support. This.... art project.... experiment.... is young, and still being defined, but the sure part is that it's not truly been done before this way.
  it's--*waggles hands*--different.                                   (<-----------------referencing Fantastic Mr. Fox)
  let's look at the definition of experimental art:

MAG Gameplay: wavefunction22 (hands)

http://blip.tv/file/4107477
As you can see, this one is about me.

might as well get it out of the way, right?

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Player: wavefunction22

AGE: 16

Dossier:
-only recently developed enough ability to be a reflex-gamer
-preferred genre previous to MAG was turn-based strategy
-Been playing video-games for the majority of lifetime
-had a strong dislike for the lack of teamwork and strategy in other games

-Originally purchased MAG to play with father, PunkMarine
-obtained MAG 2 weeks after launch date, been playing it ever since
-Around 200 hours in MAG
-reached level 60 on valor, then veteraned to SVER, where he reached level 60
and purchased a character slot on Raven.
-generally uses a Mic, but not for this video.

MAG Gameplay: PunkMarine (hands)

http://blip.tv/file/4102657/

This is an art project I concocted while playing the PS3 game 'MAG' by Zipper. The controller is the portal from the real world to our favorite virtual one, and when we play, we never look at it.
Most people would tell me that the most fascinating link is the face, and perhaps a video of that would be more interesting. The problem with that, however is that I have a mild form of autism, and have trouble with eye contact, and with the hands, an experienced player can tell what the hands are doing.
So I shot a video of my father playing MAG to test out the idea.
It is really interesting to see his button pressing match up with the sounds from the television.
I used my Droid phone, with the flash on (creating a sort of raw feeling, vignetting as well) and monochromatic. It's not perfect, I accidentally move a finger over the lens a couple of times, the film is sometimes grainy, and it's a little shaky at times, but some of that matches the game (after all, it is about a war) in the end, for the most part I think it turned out well.
I intend to do another of my own hands later on, and I invite others to make their own, and share them with me, as long has they:

A: are playing MAG, or similar multiplayer FPS

B: match effects, style, etc. of this video (doesn't have to be crappy like mine though :D)

C: also are pointed at hands

D: contain the same information as below

E: aren't obscene

F: we want to hear the game in the background, so try not to talk during it, also keep headsets off, so we can hear other players.

G: no editing besides removing excess at start or end

(sorry for so many rules, but if I am going to do a collection, they need to be similar)
it would be cool to get a variety of types (different skins colors, genders, ages play-types, you get the idea)

thanks for watching, information is below!