BallDroppings
dissolves the Pong court into its constituents, enabling the player to play
with them. Rackets become boundaries of the playing field, and these in turn
become game elements. The ball is controlled by manipulating gravity, the
aerodynamic drag and the ball's velocity. Even the sound can be modified by the
player.
The original objective of the game gives way to a
playful trial without any concrete goal. Josh
Nimoy frees Pong from its “arcade
corset”. He smuggles it out in single components and offers the player to put
it back together in his own individual manner. Both versions have in common
that the clock is timed by the continuous reappearance of the ball. Its
movement is the energy flow that keeps the game alive. In both cases, the
directive is “Avoid missing ball...”
(A. Lange)
(ST)
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