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http://www.edge-online.com/blo... Episode Four in my series of video "lectures," made in association with Edge. Co-written with James Portnow, cofounder of Divide By Zero Games. Loosely modeled after Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's Zero Punctuation reviews. I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com. James can be reached at jportnow at gmail dot com. Like the intro/outro music? Download the full tracks here! Penguin Cap http://www.carbohydrom.net/mus... Bumpin http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01...

Channel: Gaming
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: kirithem

Length: 06:59
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Tags: video  games  uncanny  valley  presentation  lecture  daniel  floyd  zero  punctuation  edge  portnow  photoreal  photo-real  stylization  graphics  

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egggs532 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the entire point of games for some nerds is to get away from reality so stay in the stylization side of the uncanny valley
artman40 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Best way to test the uncanny valley is the good old "open mouth" test.
Alexisonscope (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I still enjoy coming back and watching these.
OktoberStorm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@elsieENVY The big game and movie houses won't release anything that hits down the valley, so most of us hasn't seen any real examples of this, but if you saw something that really fits down there you would probably be abhorred :P
biljetten63 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hahahahahahahaha! 3:33
malenkylizards (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Bravo! I've been discussing this with some classmates recently. I expressed my much greater fondness for stylized games, mostly for stylization sake. Didn't we all get thrilled by video games because of the strange places they can take us? If I wanted to play Call Of Duty, I'd join the military and get paid lots of money (Poor example, as CoD doesn't involve actual dying ;)).
elsieENVY (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Why did the first song sound familiar. This is so well-put together and cute haha. I don't think I have a very strong uncanny valley as of thus far.
Dnile111 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol keanu reaves XD
foggyviolentviolence (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That.... THING at 2:01(and other spots) gives me the creeps. Laughed at 2:04. Overall, nice. Entertaining. :3
addicted2ryu24x7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I feel bad for have not knowing what the uncanny valley was XD thanks for the history lesson. I definitely prefer my characters stylized! I play video games to be immersed in a new world, not thrown into a stimulated version of this one -_-

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