I’ve just finished making a video about the similarities between the ancient Hindu art of spiritual discipline and the rather more modern art of online gaming. Watch the higher self rack up high scores getting to the next level of consciousness in the transcendentally physical world of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch! It’s a little over four minutes and change, keep reading for the download links and screenshots.

Direct downloads are here:

lo-rez (7meg) | hi-rez (34meg)

Otherwise, If you’re linking here, please link to this page or yogadeathmatch.com and not directly to the videos (though linking just to the torrents is OK). Thanks!

Further Linkage

-I’ve gone into more detail on my feelings on Half-Life 2 on theculturalgutter.com.

-this vid will appear in Novel Amusements #5, my DVDzine, which will have the theme “Games and Shames.” Let me know if you know of any neat vidz for this ish, and if you have one of your own check out the submission guides or buy #4.

-In 2003 I also made a vid called My Trip to Liberty City, a travelogue from a Canadian tourist in the world of Grand Theft Auto III, and in 2001 I made >interactive, a short about two guys who use the language of text games to talk about love. You can check these older vids out (and my own text adventure videogame, Punk Points) here.