Back in May It’s Nice That used a few GIFs to illustrate the game artist and sound producer Sam Rolfes created for Adult Swim. As far as I can tell, the general concept is this: a fucked up figure floats in space while squares are shot it at. You control the figure. Every time a shape hits the body, it makes a noise. You like it when shapes hit the body, because you can literally turn the game into a drum machine. It’s kinda fun, and of course, moving the figure around turns it into a dancer.
The GIFs are really about getting you to the game, but they work on their own as well. There’s an unlikely janky quality to the loops that’s unusual for GIFs drawn from videos. As a result, they seem to celebrate their own GIFiness, rather than simply approximate another medium. It’s a great example of an auxiliary material can have its own life and vitality.
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