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I’m sure you have all seen this clip of David Bowie talking about the Internet back in 1999 “I think we're actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”.
One of the things that is always missing whenever that clip goes viral is the context from which he was speaking.
David Bowie was in the Metaverse before most people were even on the web. Here’s an overview
At the time of the recording ALL of the following was already happening and going on in his life:
BOWIE WORLD (1999)
Created by World’s Inc. in 1999, Bowie World was the first 3D virtual world created by a creative artist on Bowienet.
Bowie World allowed users to experience the immersive world of David Bowie, interact with fans from around the world, purchase merchandise and meet with David in avatar form.
The 3D environment was powered by worlds.com technology and featured integrated chat room etc.
See this paper from 1996 ACM interactions, Sept-Oct 1996 journal for more details.
"He would never announce it in advance, but he would get on to the chat board and talk to us. The handle he always called himself by was Sailor," says Mr Carrington.
In 2016 daily dot went to visit Bowie World and documented their experience. there were people in the world chatting! Still! 17 years later!
// If you’re so included you can read my experience of doing something similar. I toured Active Worlds (launched 1995) in the book Lost Zone. Hiking the Dawn of Metaverse //
Cyber Song (1999)
The same year 1999, Bowie recorded the worlds first ‘Cyber Song’.
Fans were invited to send in lyrics to help co-write a track, and 80,000 people responded. The song Bowie chose was by a 20-year-old American, about the idea of having a virtual life on the internet.
You can find the song on the album Hours...
"What's Really Happening?"
Grown inside a plastic box
Micro thoughts and safety locks
Hearts become outdated clocks
Tickin' in your mind
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Fans were invited to watch the track being recorded live via a 360-degree interactive webcast!! back in 1999!
The chat logs from that session are still online and archived at bowiewonderworld.com
The chat reads like literally any twitch livestream you’d read today:
*** Now talking in #BowieNetChat
Eileen: hmph -
pFuRs: looking glass studios
Bonster1: I like the hair especially ;)
Eileen: (duh)
Mechnic: his hair! *sigh*
Eileen: I LOVE his hair..
Bonster1: it's getting really long
Bonster1: my husband is jealous
Eileen: first time in my LIFE I have actually LIKED the way he wears it
LdyofDarkness: if I could be anyone's hair in the world, it would be his
William: silly old man
Bowie also showed up
TotalBlamBlam: Is that Davis Bowie?
Bonster: (David Bowie) yes I smell great
A potion of that chat in addition to the recording session is taken up with discussion about the (then upcoming) adventure game: The Nomad Soul developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive.
The Nomad Soul (1999)
David Bowie is not only *in* the game and also wrote the soundtrack with Reeves Gabrels from The Cure!
I’ve never played the game but here’s a two line review:
In an alternate reality, all hell is breaking loose. And only one person can stop it - YOU.... sitting at your computer. That's not a witty commentary on video gaming, it's the plot of the game. And that's just the start of this bonkers bonanza.
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Lastly, for completeness I should also mention BowieNet
BowieNet (1998)
From 1998 - 2006, BowieNet wasn’t just David Bowies website with its virtual world, chat rooms, live-streamed concerts etc
It was also the name of his ISP
Thats right, for 8 years Bowie ran an Internet Service Provider offering high speed and “uncensored” access to the Internet.
The ISP provided every user with 5MB of web space, encouraging them to create and share their own websites. Newcomers were told they’d need at least a 28k, but preferably 56k modem connection – this was demanding at a time when the commercial WWW infrastructure was still in its infancy.
Through his Ultrastar company he negotiated deals to give users access to music services like the Rolling Stone Network, which livestreamed concerts, and Music Boulevard, one of the first companies to offer paid-for downloadable music tracks.
For Bowie, this ISP wasn’t just a new means of marketing his material to the masses, it was the realisation of something he’d always understood about music: that the fan response completes the art.
Anyways, hope his ‘Alien Life Form’ have a little more context.
Bowie was in the Metaverse way before many of us were even on the web!
#David Bowie#bowie world#metaverse#cyberspace#bowie#cyber song#cyberpunk#online world#online worlds#ISP#the nomad soul#hours#internet#history#worldrunning
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" You think. You fight. You interact. Only, in a parallel universe! "
PC Accelerator Magazine n15 - November, 1999.
#Eidos#Eidos Interactive#Omikron#Omikron Nomad Soul#The Nomad Soul#Quantic Dream#David Cage#David Bowie
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#omikron the nomad soul#the nomad soul#David Bowie#boz#Fanart#quantic dream#video games#lady denki#my art
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Daikatana is just American The Nomad Soul
Or is The Nomad Soul just French Daikatana?
#probably the latter given Daikatana's infamous dev time#but the nomad soul DID come out six months before daikatana#omikron the nomad soul#the nomad soul#daikatana
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the way mania haters talk about mania is so funny they're like "this album almost KILLED fall out boy's CAREER this album lost them SO MUCH MONEY mania FLOPPED everyone HATED it" they talk about it like fob had to sell their kidneys to keep touring on the thing. like. mania? the album that debuted at number one? the album with last of the real ones on it, the song that fans loved so much that they got it certified gold despite the label doing absolutely nothing to support it or push it for radio in the slightest? the album that got fall out boy a grammy nomination? that album? you can call it polarizing if you want but you can't say it didn't do a hell of a lot for an album that had a first single with such an eclectic reception
#*making poasts#one day people will like. learn that personally disliking something does not automatically make it unsuccessful#i mean sometimes i wish it did but if that were true david cage would be languishing in obscurity after omikron nomad soul#and had never gotten put in the limelight with heavy rain and proceeded to make some of the worst games ive ever seen#god i wish that me hating that man made him unsuccessful#these tags are hopelessly off topic but the point is. not liking something doesnt make it unsuccessful lol
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Big fan of faceless protagonists in surreal RPG maker games that talk like 19th century philosophers and are afraid of women
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the dark Frankish lich-sorcerer Dah Veed Ka-ge, who has placed His phylactery in Vile Illusory Works masquerading as Video Games
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So badly coping with RWBY hiatus already that I doodled my dream RWBY Beyond episode about a cheeky monkey faunus and his tired older cousin as they make the journey across the desert to Vacuo ✨️👉👈🥺✨️
#rwby#rwby fanart#rwby sun wukong#sun wukong#starr sanzang#rwby starr sanzang#even if she never gets any major canon relevancy... starr will always be relevant in my dreams fsdf ✨️🥺✨️#crwby i would give you my soul if you'd drop even the tiniest of lore about how they went from nomadic to living in the city.....#pleaseeeeee im begging!! 😭#also who do i gotta bribe to leak her canon design huh?#HUH?!
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Sometimes it's good and even necessary to rewatch Super Best Friends to rediscover your unbridled hatred for David Cage.
#super best friends play#david cage#omikron the nomad soul#indigo prophecy#heavy rain#beyond two souls#detroit become human
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#my art#pixel art#disgaea#soul nomad#nier automata#nier#breath of fire#goemon#noitu love#mario#bowser#cave story#shovel knight#boktai#captain america#marvel#fanart
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Worst Video Game Song Tournament - Round 1 Match 23
Drawbridge Dilemma - WarioWare: Get It Together!
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Fight Theme 1 - Omikron: The Nomad Soul
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FIGHT!
I would recommend listening to as much as you can of each song before voting, but how you choose is up to you! Remember to be civil in the tags and replies!
Propaganda under cut:
Drawbridge Dilemma:
"idk it appears at the most unfair boss stage of the game (or at least one of them. the most unfair one is Ashley's)"
Fight Theme 1:
"this one is often forgotten and it sucks so bad 😭"
"Anyone who used to watch Super Best Friends will be deeply familiar with this song. It's almost normal for a while... until the actual vocals kick in. I especially appreciate how the song seems to literally fall apart towards the end."
Feel free to add more propaganda in the tags and replies, or send it to me in the ask box and I'll try to share it as soon as I can!
#my posts#worst video game song tournament#round 1#poll#music poll#music#video games#tournament poll#poll tournament#poll bracket#tumblr poll#tumblr polls#tumblr tournament#tumblr tourney#warioware#warioware get it together#warioware: get it together!#warioware git#drawbridge dilemma#omikron the nomad soul#omikron: the nomad soul#omikron#fight theme 1#Youtube
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I have missed drawing Gig.
My inspiration was from the 30th anniversary artwork with Disgaea characters and characters from NIS games.
Light/texture used in the background do not belong to me.
They are from an old website called Shizoo. I am not sure if that site is active anymore.
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Not entirely sure what the in-game context for this would be, but Yuri Lowenthal {Gig's Voice Actor} and Neil Newbon {Astarion's Voice Actor} hugging at the BAFTA's was just so lovely.
#🎨 munart#Soul Nomad#Gig#Baldur's Gate 3#Astarion#Neil Newbon#Yuri Lowenthal#I love the contrast of. The VA's are such sweethearts.#Whereas Gig hugging ANYONE would be a goddamn miracle#Okay To Reblog#Queue
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what if we were two damaged space probes, drifting aimlessly through space until we found one another and repaired each other by merging our minds and bodies and purposes into one <3
#can’t stop thinking about them#(nomad and tan ru)#fixing each other <3#accidentally turning each other evil <3#they are each other#mind body and soul#this is about#star trek#s2e3#the changeling#star trek the original series#nomad#tan ru#almost cried when nomad self destructed :(#this show is terrible and wonderful and all i can think about
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Dusty Misgestalt
The things that I lost here, the people I knew
They got me surrounded for a mile or two
The car's in reverse, I'm grippin' the wheel
I'm back between villages and everything's still
Noah Kahan: The View Between Villages
Dusty belongs to @dustymisgestaltsso
#sso#ssoblr#star stable online#sso oc#sso moodboard#HI YES I HOPE YOU LIKE IT#ALSO I ADORE DUSTY#I just love love love his vibe#it's giving cowboy druid viking nomad mix and I'm LIVING for it#the leather clothing the pandoric scarring the nomadic lifestyle boy you got me HOOKED#it turned out a bit darker and glommy-ish than I originally planned on#but at the same time I feel like it still fits especially considering his struggle with fitting in with the Sisterhood and coming back to#Jorvik and trying to stay as far away from his Soul Rider duties s much as he can#listen if I do one of these and don't know the OC in advance I try to do as much research as possible
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