Cory Doctorow: xBlocks is part of an exhibition in Milan -- it's a Super Mario/Pitfall-inspired sculpture that you "play" by moving around while chasing characters around on its surface using game controllers.
xBlocks is a convergence between video games & sculpture -- liberating play from the screen. It is a mixed reality installation inspired by traditional platform games of the late 1980s such as Super Mario Brothers or Pitfall. Using standard game controllers, two opposing players must help their characters navigate in and around a three dimensional maze. The real challenge comes, not from traditional game mechanics but rather from moving with your character as he sprints around corners and jumps between the installation's two play surfaces.
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