I just love Tetsuya Mizuguchi's REZ from the day I got it in 2002 for my Sega Dreamcast, and still playing it in the guise of the new Xbox360 HD version that came out recently in 2008.
Aesthetically to me, a continuation from Tron. For me, Rez appeared whilst I was still doing VJing and Motion Graphics, so felt right at place when I got to play it. What was memorable though - and I can't remember something being similar at the time - was the fusion of the music and the game elements. Though basically a Game on Rails shooter, the exchange of the usual explosion and gun sounds for musical notes and percussive sounds, produced for me, a really involved music video.
example of gameplay
Both Rez and Tron, are definite visual influences on my Second life creations (particularly now they've added glow effect) - especially with my last sound toy I made called Pusher-Tron
About Me
- Annabeth Robinson
- Lecturer at University of Salford teaching BA(Hons) and MA Animation. Her practice is Moving Image based, working with Performance and Stories - across screen and interactive media. She is also interested in the applied use of Creative Technologies. Annabeth is also a member of the Leeds Creative Timebank - where she supports documentation of community and arts projects in the region. Her work has been shown Internationally, notably as an Artist based in the virtual world of 'Second Life', where she is known as Angrybeth. She also uses other Game Engines and 3D Virtual Worlds for educational purposes, and consults and helps design projects which use of game technology. Currently she is doing a collaboration with Leeds University's Earth Science Dept - to create Serious Games for Geology. Her Real world website is at Annamorphic.net
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