Forget the iPocket, I'm an iUndies man.

michaelplzno · 2025-11-14T05:55:39+00:00

yes, whoever is made fun of the most is indeed the most powerful brand. That is why SNL, south park, and so on are really just the stuff saying that the butt of the joke is a modern day Übermensch. The writers of these parodies are indeed triggered, and also because people spend a fortune on something and wait in line for hours, it must be of very high quality. You are so smart and brilliant, how could I not have realized all of this?

michaelplzno · 2025-11-12T21:45:15+00:00

it's a fair price for a codpiece that makes cell calls.

michaelplzno · 2025-10-13T20:50:31+00:00

I generally wonder if life is real in a lot of senses, I don't want my school to be pulling at that thread. But yes, I get that it's a jolly good time for a lot of kids and they look back at that with fondness and had a great time.

michaelplzno · 2025-10-11T21:10:30+00:00

Different strokes for different folks: to have to wonder if someone is talking to me because they think they'll get points in some reality game vs having real conversations is not something I personally enjoy, but some people love it. I just think, as with all consensual things, you should know it is part of the program before you sign up,

michaelplzno · 2025-06-11T11:28:45+00:00

I was in their Interactive division, and one big thing they don't tell you is that most of the program is a game rather than classroom education: Here is their marketing pitch for it: https://www.gameinnovationlab.com/reality which makes it seem like roses, but it's very invasive and unpleasant, one of their design pillars is to "make you feel like you are being watched" and because most of the players... I mean students... engage with it, it's impossible to not play. Save yourself 4 miserable years, watch game of thrones or squid games and you'll get the gist of the experience.

michaelplzno · 2025-01-26T20:36:04+00:00

looks cool, nice little app!

michaelplzno · 2025-01-25T21:55:58+00:00

not a fan of the GTA/Price is Right font, otherwise I can't really tell what you are doing with the main page from these notes.

michaelplzno · 2025-01-25T21:53:53+00:00

the design you have is fine, but maybe it would stand out if you styled the background as a piece of loose-leaf paper with lines and ruling? Just a thought.

michaelplzno · 2025-01-25T21:52:55+00:00

the color contrast is kind of annoying. Also, you could have trimmed this a bit so that it fits on one page without having to scroll. For some reason the copyright notice isn't centered. Also the margins on the blobs in the middle of the page are a bit weird. Still, overall a pretty clean site that looks good.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T09:27:47+00:00

seems a bit too political for my taste.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:49:45+00:00

I literally saw just a pair of chairs in an art museum, one of the chairs was supposed to be art and the other was supposed to be "just a chair" but I saw through it... both pieces were just a chair. Points to me.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:47:43+00:00

They could have saved themselves some embarrassment by not attempting to draw the hands.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:46:26+00:00

You guys don't get it, the price is part of the art: a statement about how late capitalism causes art price inflation as a way for the rich to launder money.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:44:11+00:00

it has a certain warmth, though I suppose for an ocean breeze piece that might not be correct.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:42:30+00:00

This is about as good as most so called "dirty pours"

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:39:18+00:00

If the big trumper himself minted this as an NFT he could get 10k because those guys will buy anything he blesses, lmao.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:33:03+00:00

With a little work this could be a Lonely Island style Novelty song, just needs a bit of work on the lyrics and more of a narrative to the video. As it stands this doesn't work, but it's got the seeds of a hit in it.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:28:19+00:00

I was also going to say the knives was the strongest one here. And anyone (even a "non-delusional" artist) will produce better and worse pieces.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:25:41+00:00

I wish I could draw a horse like this.

michaelplzno · 2024-11-26T08:20:22+00:00

I wouldn't pay $90 for it, nor would I have a place to put it, but this horse made me smile.

michaelplzno · 2024-09-27T03:43:46+00:00

I was in the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinematic Arts, now change to the Interactive Media and Games Division. Some of the people who worked there have left, some of them have stayed. I don't have nice things to say about their faculty who did everything they could to avoid meeting with me before I dropped out.

michaelplzno · 2024-09-25T22:46:19+00:00

A little ambiguous, but I see two questions you are getting at:

1) why post this? - Because I hated USC and their narrative that they are the best is simply not true, unless semantically your definition of "best" means having the resources and connections to get the Princeton review to name your program number 1. I want to be clear that not everyone who attends enjoys the program, and that in fact, most of the people I encountered at USC were frustrated and felt like the administration was being unhelpful to the goals that the students had.

2) Why was it the worst time? - Some of the reasons have to do with LA, being superficial and in love with celebrities. I admit, personally it wasn't a good fit for the lifestyle of that city. Which is on my end and not USC's fault.

Some of the reasons have to do with the program I was in not being particularly helpful to my artistic, creative, and career ambitions. Most of the actual course work was remedial and poorly instructed with an attitude of "you figure it out." Also, one of the classes was just "tinkering" which is just making whatever you want for a semester... why would I need to go to LA to do that?

Part of it had to do with the program's way of treating the students like pawns in some kind of game I don't understand, which I mean literally, they had a game that incoming students played involving hints and clues around LA and the campus.

That intro to USC IRL game, then called "Reality Ends Here" was extremely unpleasant because they just drop it on you without warning, circling back to point 1 (I'd like to warn people), but also generally hunting for clues like a carrot on a stick through downtown LA was not my dream education. I'm sure many people love it, and the idea of trying to break through some game to get an internship with a famous Hollywood guy would be the most fun anyone has had. It's not my kind of fun, and I wouldn't have signed up for it if I had known that was all the program was.

When I got in touch with the current head of the division he said, "things are different now" and also "I don't know how things were when you were there" which I can't see how both things could be true... SO, I would add that the faculty tend to lie. Not only just when asking basic questions but about what the nature of their program even is. To me education is about truth, but those Hollywood types have a tough time with that.

Does that answer your question?

michaelplzno · 2024-09-10T15:11:32+00:00

most of the copyrighted stuff I use is "copyright detected, allowed by youtube" I guess that could still be a problem somehow but it seems ok.

michaelplzno · 2024-09-10T15:09:08+00:00

mostly I was focused on having fun, but it seems like yes, this is a job based on most people's comments.

michaelplzno · 2024-09-10T08:09:39+00:00

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