'THIS IS A PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE'

A dischevelled weakling in a gloomy basement plays an addictive videogame for several days consecutively, sustained by junk food & motivated by artificial rewards. The film is intended as an illustration of a portion of the lecture "Design Reboot", delivered by acclaimed videogame creator & outspoken critic Jonathan Blow. In the lecture, Blow identifies the unique expressive power of videogames, and then describes the ethical dilemnas that occur when this power is misued by a profit-hungry videogame industry. The film includes 8-bit elizabethan music by the Super Madrigal Brothers. This is the third film by SUPERBROTHERS, created in association with THE 1 CONSOLE.

Warnings: The film clip, brief as it is, runs the serious risk of misrepresenting the depth and breadth of Mr. Jonathan Blow's thoughts on this subject. SUPERBROTHERS encourages you to listen to the lecture in its entirety.

Audio & Slides for Jonathan Blow's lecture at MIGS 2007, "Design Reboot":
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For more information about this film and other pixel films by SUPERBROTHERS, visit superbrothers.ca and click on FILMS



CREDITS:

pixel artwork & film: SUPERBROTHERS ( superbrothers.ca )

musical compositions: super madrigal brothers ( supermadrigalbros.com )

voice: jonathan blow ( braid-game.com/news )

"superbrothers!" sample: guitar vader ( guitarvader.com )