Since I have mentioned the “Electric Sheep” screensaver before, I thought it was prudent to inform users of this software that multiple vulnerabilites was discovered recently. In a posting to the Bugtraq-list the vulnerabilities are described, and may in worst case enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code on your machine. An upgrade to the [...]
The Importance of End Sequences
In an article published on PopMatters titled “Endgame”, author Colin Harvey explains why he is using “Blade Runner” in his class “Game Cultures” (an undergraduate programme at London South Bank University). In one particular session the focus was on the importance of Openings and Endings, and “Blade Runner” was the natural choice.
BRI gets a new look…
Blade Runner Insight has been re-implemented! Now the focus on analytic work is even more clear. The gallery with its music samples etc. has been removed, as you can easily find it on other BR sites. The new way of publishing articles is much more convinient, and should allow for more rapid updates. People can [...]
The World 2019: A Worn-Down Hell
Director Ridley Scott’s mesmerising imagery conveys an age of fear and despair, apathy and alienation – a future without a future. Contrary to many classical dystopias, the horrifying message is seldom explicit. Scott utilises the full strenght of the visual media. What makes the society in Blade Runner so frightening is that it resembles our [...]
Androids do indeed dream of electric sheep!
A screensaver called “electric sheep” interconnects pc’s worldwide. When these computers “sleep”, the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other over the Internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”. The result is a collective “android dream”, an homage to Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids [...]
