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Review of Gauntlet (Atari, 1985)

ROSSSUTHERLAND — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:39:20 +0000

“The original Gauntlet was released with no ending. The hundred or so levels were randomised and looped for as long as play lasted. Atari saw Gauntlet as a process, a game that was played for its own sake and not to reach completion. The adventurers continue forever until their life drains out, their quest ultimately [...]

In the Beginning

ROSSSUTHERLAND — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:25:20 +0000

Commissioned for “In The Beginning”: an evening of talks and discussion on the Big Bang, held @ The Dana Centre, London Science Museum.

In the beginning, there was Ewan’s Bar and Grill.

Ewan created the mood lighting and the beer cellar. He separated the lounge from the games room and the water from the whiskey. He created [...]

The Significance of 4am

ROSSSUTHERLAND — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:26:52 +0000

If we believe what we see on late night TV, Then the only thing people watch on light night TV is metaphor.

The gang member watching hyenas on Discovery. The drug addict glued to White Christmas, The junior statesman prone in front of Night of the Living Dead. The jilted romantic trapped between channels, each broadcasting a monochrome clinch: Darling, I….don’t ever…hold [...]

Praise Sonofabitch for the Day Off

ROSSSUTHERLAND — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:36:11 +0000

A Poem for President Obama (in N+7)

Each day off we go about our buskets,  walking past each other, catching each other’s  eyebrows or not, about to speak or speaking.

All about us are nomads. All about us are  nomads and brand, Thoth and ding, each  one of our anchovies on our tonker.

Someone is stitching up a Hemerobaptist, darning  a holiday in [...]