#simulacra

[fifiophobia]

Doodle of evil robots as battery powered fruits/vegetables

We’ve got: POTaTOS, Avacadan, simulapple, LAME, Tomal 9000, and Beetly

#portal #portal 2 #system shock #ihnmaims #i have no mouth and i must scream #space odyssey #simulacra #glados #shodan #am #allied mastercomputer #hal 9000 #wheatly portal 2 #wheatly #doodle

[conniemcfalcon]

Those Simulacra 2 illustrations really did scratch my actor obsessed brain

#markiplier #actor mark #simulacra #simulacra 2 #can you tell im not a graphic designer #who killed markiplier #wkm

[lesbianwithchainsaws]

I know there's more, but still

#These are the ones I've watched so far and I definitely need to watch more #funnily enough I haven't seen the most well known one (unfriended) #internet horror #horror #horror movies #horror films #spree #ringu #welcome to the game #simulacra #host

[skylarsblue]

Being on the ace spectrum means my fictional crushes get really weird sometimes. And yeah, I’m most known for being into fictional murderers. …and Krampus. BUT BEYOND THAT

My bitch ass has a crush on the Simulacra creature from Simulacra™️.

THAT BITCH HAS NO BODY. IT’S A WEIRD INTELLECTUAL THING. I CAN’T EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE, MAN

#skylarspeaks #simulacra #is this fandom too niche? #I think it might be

[the1975attheirverybest]

Matty, ATVB, Simulacra and Simulation

responding to a question that someone asked ( which @abiiors has been kind enough to pass on to me). Here’s a brief explanation that I hope makes some kind of sense. ( please easy on my friends yall. Their blogs aren’t means of contacting me🩷)

it’s all very ✨meta✨ and ✨postmodern✨ I’m not really joking this is the kind of philosophy that Matty is referencing when he calls things “postmodern” or “meta.” So, strap in. Grab a snack or a drink or a joint.

ANYWAYS!

The relationship between art/ media, and “reality” has been a hot issue of contention for philosophy going alllllll the way back to Ancient Greece where Plato argued that artists are “liars” who “copy” reality and try to pass it off as real. 

This obviously brings up questions regarding imitation, invention, recording, copying, representation, transcribing, etc etc etc. 

the book that Matty is referencing Simulacra and Simulation takes up these issues in the context of our current society (postmodernist, late stage capitalist society). 

The book argues that we have become sooo obsessed with media that we have replaced “real life” with it. We treat images, recordings, video, memes, etc as real as the things that they are based on (real life). 

In this way, what we know now as reality is actually a simulation of reality. 

According to the book, this did not happen overnight. It’s something that we moved towards over centuries. The real move likely started in the 1600s and it took until the 20th century to get us to the point where we are now. 

“Simulacra” is all the excessive media that we have used to replace the real world. Signs, symbols, ads, billboards, video, sound bites, etc. 

simulacra are NOT “pretending” to be real or “hiding” the truth. They have simply BECOME THE TRUTH because we treat them as true.

The book refers to this phenomenon as “hyper reality.” Like more real than the real. The thing that we started off simply recording or copying (“real life”) has turned into “less real” than thecopy of it (the video, picture, movie, insta post, etc).

The book makes a dramatic analogy of this by telling a hypothetical scenario where someone decided to make a map of a giant empire that is soooo detailed and accurate that it becomes as large as the empire itself. So people start to treated as if it ISSSS the empire. Not a map of it. 

Fun fuckin fact: this book came out in the 80s lmao. So before social media. Imagine how wild it would be today?

Why is Matty referencing this book? 

Well, let’s take a look at his Instagram posts (pause for a moment to consider the irony that he’s posting an Instagram story of a book about how everything is basically an Instagram story of reality. Peak Matty Healy? I think so. )

The first quote that he posted is

 Simulating is not pretending: "Whoever fakes an illness can simply stay in bed and make everyone believe he is ill. Whoever simulates an illness produces in himself some of the symptoms.”

As I said above, simulation is not meant to “trick you” its not covering something real underneath. It IS the thing now. It’s acquired the status of being real. So, if someone goes so far as to act sick, stay in bed, make themselves sneeze, cough, stay up all night so that their eyes are red and they haven’t slept and they’re super tired, they might as well BE SICK. in fact now they AREEEE SICK they’re not pretending. 

2. The second quote is 

Therefore, pretending...leaves the principle of reality intact: the difference is always clear, it is simply masked, whereas simulation threatens the difference between the "true" and the “false,the real" and the imaginary 

“Pretending” would be considered lying. Like there is a truth distinct from what you are portraying and you seek to hide the truth by portraying it differently. “Simulation” however doesn’t leave any difference between what’s true and what you show publicly, the two collapse into one another. 

What does this have to do with ATVB?

Well, Matty is taking us back to “If it’s method acting but what you’re acting is actually your real life then what’s acting and what’s real?” Right?

There are, of course, other ways to extend this conundrum in light of 2023. That is, what’s rhetorical difference between “Truman Black” and “Matty Healy”? What’s the difference between the public perception of Matty Healy and the “real” Matty Healy? (Is there even such a thing?) If he commits to a joke or a bit AI HARD is the “bit” even a bit anymore? If not, does it lose its effectiveness? Cuz obviously people do acts  BECAUSE they’re acts. They’re not reality. Except we now live in a world where all “acts” can and are indeed real. 

Furthermore: is there a difference between the first and the second halves of the show? During SATVB NA the answer was no most of the time. Because they blended the setlist. BFIAFL and greatest hits were no longer clearly separated. They played bits of both at the same time. 

If all of this is true, what then does it even mean to be “sincere” or “earnest” in a world where everything has an equal degree of reality all the time?

DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY AT ALL OR AM I INSANEEEE

#matty healy #atvb #simulacra #simulation #the 1975 #atvb2024 #SATVB #ross macdonald #the 1975 satvb #george daniel #adam hann

[grey-birdy]

I don’t know why, but one day I remembered a game like “Simulacra”. (Are fans of this game still alive?..)

In the game, when Simulacra showed their “appearance” and spoke, there were spots in the background like the Rorschach test. Therefore, why not draw a spot instead of a head. With every second the spot changes its shape, just like in the game. ;)

#simulacra #simulacra game #humanization #sketch #character

[illuminesce]

In December of last year, @mabbees and I gave a talk at Nerd Nite Tokyo about a genre of games that have been called "desktop simulators" or "UI games"—essentially, a narrative fiction that takes place entirely within an interface, whether it be a smartphone, an old school Mac, or an imaginary interface in hypnospace.

We called these types of games "Interface Dramas," as in, "telling dramatic stories through the use of interfaces."

We think this should be its own defined genre and should be something games can be tagged as on Steam, just like "point-and-click adventure" games or "story-rich" games.

Check out the transcript of our talk—it goes over what interface dramas have in common with other adjacent genres such as interactive fiction, visual novels, simulation games, and alternate reality games, and what makes them different.

View transcript and slides here.

Games featured in the cover images are:

Terranova

Her Story

SIMULACRA

Hypnospace Outlaw

#interface drama #visual novel #interactive fiction #indie games #video games #simulacra #secret little haven #terranova #her story #hypnospace outlaw #desktop simulator #ui game #flashing gif #flashing tw #flashing images

[02kt]

#cobalt b #nemesis #cocoritter #tsubasa #huma #tower of fantasy #tof #hotta #simulacra #video game #icons #matching #free to use

[spiritintouch]

OMG. I found the sketches with the protagonist detective from Simulacra 2

I love him💖

#simulacra #simulacra 2 #my art

[robertmatejcek]

Tableaux Noir: Vault (Animation No. One) - 1″:1′-0″ diorama - mixed media - robert matejcek - 2022

Steve Zissou: "Here's where we do all our different science projects, and experiments, and so on."

- Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

tags:

#robert matejcek #diorama #miniature #small scale #simulacra #dream worlds #uncanny valley #photography #digital media #mixed media #frame animation #science #biology #botany #botanical #garden #life science #old laboratory #curation #plants #seeds #flowers #blossoms #blooms #architectural #art #my art #artists on tumblr

[fifiophobia]

I’ve had a specific question for a while, and decided to make this poll to test my hypothesis

#also feel free to add your crushes down bellow or something #I’m interested to see where this study goes #vision #the vision #glados #william afton #springtrap #mettaton #AM #allied mastercomputer #Shodan #simulacra #hal 9000 #wheatley #expirement #polls

[pharrell-the-formation]

I don't think a translation is needed here.

Dedicated to my friends who are periodically involved in the discussions of my interests with me.

#i dont even know how to tag it #7 days decide your story #Argo’s choice #Five nights at Freddy’s #Fnaf Retold AU #Rusty Lake #Cube Escape #Simulacra

[floragators]

Me when my fixation on Simulacra the game back from 2020-2022 has comes back again to bite me and start simping over its voice. I love the first one specifically

And yes I do indeed ship Pretender/The Protagonist with Spark Simulacra aka Simtender

And yes you can indeed search up Simulacra x Pretender and you will find my old artworks on DA from 2020 with my own design for Spark. My old art is cringe though and I do intend to redesign it soon to fit into the Inkblot looks nd Virus look like how I always saw it. I think very hard about the design.

I do ofc also have designs for Flappee Bird and Kimera/Rippleman.

Please Simulacra fans that are still somehow alive in this fandom talk to me I’m so in love with the game and wanna potentially roleplay and discuss about it.

#pretender #simulacra #simulacra game #dead fandom

[contac]

#when your fake living room opens up into a bunch of tiny fake bathrooms #vhs #gif #lowe's #80s interior design #1984 #80s moms #80s fashion #simulacra #simulation #false reality #simulacrum

[chelbizzaro]

Just doodles.

#avatar #avatar 2022 #colonel miles quaritch #atwow #simulacra au #quaritch #simulacra #branka #quaritch x oc #my art

[grey-birdy]

Simulacra really glad to meet you.

#simulacra #simulacra game #humanization #sketch #character #art #artwork