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Former Offworld editor, current IGF Chair, and all around cool dude Brandon Boyer wrote in today to let us know about a new project of his called “Venus Patrol.” The idea, as he describes it, is to make an online space dedicated to the culture of games that is holistic and far-ranging; it’ll avoid the news cycle and will view games as cultural artifacts alongside film, music, and literature. Basically, something similar to what he was doing at Offworld(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); In Boyer’s own words: One of the things we’ve seen over and over is that when you bring in someone with a fresh perspective, someone not entirely steeped in or beholden to the usual videogame language — a multimedia & painter duo like Masaya Matsuura & Rodney Greenblat, a sculpture student like Keita Takahashi, a new media artist like Toshio Iwai, a graphic designer and DJ like Baiyon, an illustrator like Superbrothers — what results is something not only amazing & unique, but something that itself charts a new course for future games. Bringing in that kind of perspective, and showing the wider creative world that videogames can be something more than what they’re used to — and also something that it’s entirely possible for them to lend their talents to in groundbreaking ways — is more or less exactly why I do what I do, and where I hope to take Venus Patrol. As if to demonstrate all the cool people he works with, Boyer has put together a pretty amazing amount of swag for folks who donate to the Venus Patrol Kickstarter page, particularly if they hit the $75 mark. Prizes include: * an exclusive wallpaper painted by KATAMARI DAMACY & NOBY NOBY BOY creator Keita ทดลองเล่นสล็อตฟรี Takahashi * MINECRAFT character skins from Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time * new games exclusive to โปรโมชั่นสล็อต the Kickstarter by CANABALT creator Adam Saltsman, RADICAL FISHING/SUPER CRATE BOX creators Vlambeer, SWORD & SWORCERY EP creator Superbrothers * the first version of JOHANN SEBASTIAN JOUST (according to Tim Schafer “the first killer app for the PlayStation Move”) from DIE GUTE FABRIK * a new SWORD & SWORCERY 7″ EP * trading cards from comic book artist James Kochalka (currently also working on his indie game with Pixeljam) * two sets of 8-bit game-related prints from Double Fine artist Scott C (behind PSYCHONAUTS, BRUTAL LEGEND and so on) Competition’s competition I suppose, but the world could use a few more online publications like Venus Patrol. And moreover, two sets of Scott Campbell prints for a worthy cause ain’t a bad deal at all. Venus Patrol: Charting a New Course for Videogame Culture [Kickstarter] You can contact Kirk U31 com Hamilton, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.