Why all video games look the same /  by Mirena Rhee

I've seen the gradual deterioration of artistic innovation in the US.

The media landscape is dominated by ads spilling out of a screen, shopping and flipping numbers aka money. Oh and forgot streaming, what kind of a total moron watches streaming video games. They're lazy to even play games themselves and watch other people do it. In the same way the American public rather watch all kinds of idiots live on Instagram rather than live themselves.

People are obsessed with people's yachts, what prevents you from getting on a boat and sitting on the railings? You don't have to buy the whole fucking boat.

Oh I forgot, Americans work endless hours so they can rent little cages in the suburbs to fill with stuff before dying of overeating. Sure, can't fit too much living in that. Better look up some actor to give you the rundown on life.

YouTube has convinced young people that somehow it's okay to stare at a screen 4 hours on end and get bored out of your mind watching kit bashed landscapes stream by.

They now even outsource playing games.

Streaming is totally uncreative but displays 10 times as many ads.

It's like a giant ogre chewing food and constantly spitting it out, only for another ogre to chew it even further and spit it out into the mouths of gaping humans.

I've been looking at video games recently and I noticed how they all look the same, all artistic innovation has been bred out of them. All art is dominated by kits, The most boring ugly way of making video games. All enemies look the same all the characters look the same and all the environments look the same.

It's the same ugly medieval village it's the same ugly utensils on every ugly table, it's the same zombie enemies, The same awkward animations, The same tedious talking to NPCs to gather information in the game. I watched a sped up speed run and for about 20 minutes nothing happened, The same ruined landscapes, The same encounters, The same environmenrs I've seen hundreds of times.

I can't imagine who can possibly stand being lobotomized with this pile of ugly.

I actually now enjoy sports games racing games and sandbox ones like beam.ng. I also really enjoy watching small developers innovate because all AAA is a kit graveyard and franchise head explosions.

It's the same with ai art, they all look the same it's just paint by numbers on pixel scale. Completely unoriginal.

I challenge AI to mix paint and prepare damar varnish. Gravity is a bitch. I really like it.

Sunflower fields /  by Mirena Rhee

Watermelon, watermelon /  by Mirena Rhee

Watermelon, watermelon
are you gonna be sweet?
You are heavy and shiny.
Dad said the stem mustn’t be curly
and it must sing when you tap it.
I trust my dad with Watermelons
the one I picked was sugary and dark red inside
it sounded like… crack, crack… when I cut.
Our mouths went… mlem, mlem.

Literally sitting on top of my Corsi- Rosenthal box, appreciative of being able to breathe, chasing tiny hairs across my canvas, and fixing the giant Martian rock /  by Mirena Rhee

A report from the currently really gassed New York City. On a positive note I already wear a respirator when I paint. but it sucks to be gassed and to create because you paint with the head not the hand and any worry messes with the process. Painting at least the way I experience it is a state of zen when total calmness enters your body and soul and then you maintain steady hand for hours on end. I am not the Jackson Pollock type although I love the energy when I make installations. Here i whisper basically.