Armless UK Mayor To Be Mo-Capped For Video Game
Armless UK Mayor To Be Mo-Capped For Video Game
July 20, 2008
British tabloid News of the World reports that 64-year-old Crediton Mayor Frank Letch (left) will be motion-captured for an upcoming video game.
Letch, born with no arms, has reportedly developed a remarkable dexterity with his feet. He can drive a car, peel a potato and write, using just his feet.
From the NotW story:
[Letch] will be kitted out with special leggings fitted with electronic tags before being filmed carrying out various tasks with his feet.
The footage will then be mapped onto a computer and Frank... will be transformed into a cartoon... He was approached by Fragment Media, based in Newcastle, after its director Simon McKeown spotted him at a disability exhibition.
The game project involving Letch is not specified.
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Posted 11/04/09 at 10:58am
Valdearg: @JDKJ: Like I said before, would you be talking about the same "compromise" stuff if it were a different minority being oppressed? There are some things you just don't compromise on, and Equal rights is one of them.
Valdearg: @JDKJ: Like I said before, would you be talking about the same "compromise" stuff if it were a different minority being oppressed? There are some things you just don't compromise on, and Equal rights is one of them.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:53am
JDKJ: And while you're free to play the game in any you choose, it's difficult to score a touchdown on a basketball court.
JDKJ: And while you're free to play the game in any you choose, it's difficult to score a touchdown on a basketball court.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And, FYI, the history of American political struggle is rife with compromise. Give up something, get something in return. A central plank in the Nation's founding was the so-called "Great Compromise." That's just the reality of how the game get's played.
JDKJ: And, FYI, the history of American political struggle is rife with compromise. Give up something, get something in return. A central plank in the Nation's founding was the so-called "Great Compromise." That's just the reality of how the game get's played.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:44am
JDKJ: You can take the "no comprise" position all you want. And if you can do so and still obtain your objective, more power to you. But if where you're trying to go necessarily involves meeting someone else halfway, you may wanna reconsider that position.
JDKJ: You can take the "no comprise" position all you want. And if you can do so and still obtain your objective, more power to you. But if where you're trying to go necessarily involves meeting someone else halfway, you may wanna reconsider that position.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:43am
Valdearg: If progressives were to be happy with comprimise on MANY of thier issues, we'd be doing nothing but helping this country stagnate, or even WORSE, move BACKWARDS... Lets start taking rights AWAY from people, like many social conservatives want.
Valdearg: If progressives were to be happy with comprimise on MANY of thier issues, we'd be doing nothing but helping this country stagnate, or even WORSE, move BACKWARDS... Lets start taking rights AWAY from people, like many social conservatives want.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:42am
Valdearg: Being a progressive means fighting for reform, fighting to fix the way things are in this country, and fighting to give oppressed people the same rights as we have in this country. It's moving the country FORWARD, to equality for all.
Valdearg: Being a progressive means fighting for reform, fighting to fix the way things are in this country, and fighting to give oppressed people the same rights as we have in this country. It's moving the country FORWARD, to equality for all.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:41am
Valdearg: "Unmoving" in that there is no comprimise to some progressive causes.. It's not very progressive to say, "You know what? The bigots are right.. Gays don't really deserve ALL of our rights. Lets give them SOME, and they should be happy."
Valdearg: "Unmoving" in that there is no comprimise to some progressive causes.. It's not very progressive to say, "You know what? The bigots are right.. Gays don't really deserve ALL of our rights. Lets give them SOME, and they should be happy."
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:40am
Valdearg: @JDKJ: What the heck is your definition of progressive?
Valdearg: @JDKJ: What the heck is your definition of progressive?
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:39am
JDKJ: If you're "unmoving," you ain't making much progress.
JDKJ: If you're "unmoving," you ain't making much progress.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:37am
Valdearg: One can be a progressive, and take a stauch, unmoving approach to the issues.. It just makes me a STRONG progressive.
Valdearg: One can be a progressive, and take a stauch, unmoving approach to the issues.. It just makes me a STRONG progressive.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:35am
Valdearg: @JDKJ: My point was that the law was already passed.. This referendum was brought up by bigots, established by bigots, campaigned for by bigots, and eventually, passed due to bigots. EVERY SINGLE person who voted to overturn that law is a bigot.
Valdearg: @JDKJ: My point was that the law was already passed.. This referendum was brought up by bigots, established by bigots, campaigned for by bigots, and eventually, passed due to bigots. EVERY SINGLE person who voted to overturn that law is a bigot.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:35am
JDKJ: And for someone who often sings in the key of "progressive," you often incongruently take a "my way or the highway" position on issues. That's not very progressive. Unless the definition of "progressive" changed will I slept.
JDKJ: And for someone who often sings in the key of "progressive," you often incongruently take a "my way or the highway" position on issues. That's not very progressive. Unless the definition of "progressive" changed will I slept.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:30am
JDKJ: @Val: That's a ridiculous distinction. Votes could have just as likely been cast to uphold the law as they were to repeal the law. The repealers just happened to outnumber the upholders at the end of the day.
JDKJ: @Val: That's a ridiculous distinction. Votes could have just as likely been cast to uphold the law as they were to repeal the law. The repealers just happened to outnumber the upholders at the end of the day.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:29am
Valdearg: This doing it by the books bullshit clearly isn't winning over bigoted America. It's time to show these assholes we won't stop until EQUAL RIGHTS have been achieved.
Valdearg: This doing it by the books bullshit clearly isn't winning over bigoted America. It's time to show these assholes we won't stop until EQUAL RIGHTS have been achieved.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:28am
Valdearg: It may be getting to that point, where violent protest is all that will wake people up..
Valdearg: It may be getting to that point, where violent protest is all that will wake people up..
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:27am
Valdearg: @JDJK: We weren't voting on referendums.. The Referendum was to OVERTURN a law that passed the Maine Government. They were given the right to marry by the state, and then had it TAKEN AWAY by the people.. That's beyond fucked up.
Valdearg: @JDJK: We weren't voting on referendums.. The Referendum was to OVERTURN a law that passed the Maine Government. They were given the right to marry by the state, and then had it TAKEN AWAY by the people.. That's beyond fucked up.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:25am
JDKJ: No. Rather than voting on referendums and crying when the initiative fails, I'd be doing what Black people in this country have often done in the face of oppression: reaching for the matches and the gasoline.
JDKJ: No. Rather than voting on referendums and crying when the initiative fails, I'd be doing what Black people in this country have often done in the face of oppression: reaching for the matches and the gasoline.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:24am
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sortableturnip: JT has a new job? http://tinyurl.com/ykzqu5g Paragraph 7 is where you want to look
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:23am
JDKJ: I don't see the distinction you're attempting to draw. A law is a law. And in a democracy, the laws are supposed to be reflective of the will of the people.
JDKJ: I don't see the distinction you're attempting to draw. A law is a law. And in a democracy, the laws are supposed to be reflective of the will of the people.
Posted 11/04/09 at 10:21am
Valdearg: @JDKJ: I bet you'd be singing a different tune if black people weren't allowed to get married.. You'd be saying the same thing I am. Fuck the will of the people, restricting rights like this is UNACCEPTABLE.
Valdearg: @JDKJ: I bet you'd be singing a different tune if black people weren't allowed to get married.. You'd be saying the same thing I am. Fuck the will of the people, restricting rights like this is UNACCEPTABLE.
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Ok that's something you don't hear everyday. Although I wonder what kind of game will feature a protagonist that only uses his feet? (or maybe it'll be an antagonist).
Probably:
- a character who's simply very good with his feets (arms added afterwards)
- an armless war veteran or hospital patient
- an armless alien creature with human-like movements
That's all I can think for now.
... Homestar Runner?
LOL
Does anyone know what games came from Fragment studios? I'm not familiar with them.
-Entertainment isn't the reason the world sucks. It's the reason we know the world sucks. For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007)Grand Theft Childhood, by Harvard researchers Larry Kutner&Cheryl Olson
Well, I'm Intrigued. Hopefully we'll get a follow up on what the game is.
- http://socialistgamerreview.com ~ Because the Proletariat Plays Games Too.
See? I always knew that videogames are 'armless...!
Personally, I would just love to have the motion captures for reference, like I have books of Muybridge photographs. How often do you get the chance to study the movement of someone who has developed such fascinating coping mechanisms? I really hope this is for more than just motion capture for some monster...this is just too cool.
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