[Metalab-announce] [Sa., June 23., 20:30] dorkbot #3 - "hacking game machines", with martin pichlmair.

[Peter Kuhm]

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== Hacking Game Machines == 

= dorkbot =

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= dorkbot #3 - hacking game machines = 

with martin pichlmair. <http://attacksyour.net/pi>

when:     Saturday, June 23, 2007, 8:30 PM 
duration: ~90 minutes 
where:    Metalab, Rathausstrasse 6, 1010 Vienna
          <http://metalab.at/wiki/Lage>

Games are a defining medium of our time. The majority of them is produced
by multinational corporations, designed to appeal to the mass audience,
locked on drm-protected and region-coded data media, and sold, shrink-
wrapped in plastic. yet resourceful hackers and artists are working on the
liberation of this medium. serious games, homebrew games, and game art
are results of their great efforts. martin pichlmair and his guests will
present a number of game machine hacks - from a modified pinball machine
dating back to the 70s to musical instruments running on the nintendo ds. 

Let's crack open the game machine a bit further. 

Lecture/workshop in english language.