Video game becomes part of shared culture when they are quoted and referenced by other pieces of culture. Terry Prachett wrote a book about "space invaders", Only You Can Save Mankind. A group of French animators have used humans as pixels to animate classic Space Invaders. For a comparison here is a screen shot of classic Space Invaders, from the game's wikipedia page.Monday, July 24, 2006
Space Invaders as Culture
Video game becomes part of shared culture when they are quoted and referenced by other pieces of culture. Terry Prachett wrote a book about "space invaders", Only You Can Save Mankind. A group of French animators have used humans as pixels to animate classic Space Invaders. For a comparison here is a screen shot of classic Space Invaders, from the game's wikipedia page.
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