Brody Condon

Brody Condon was born in 1974, in Mexico. His main field of study and works are within the visual and media arts.  Condon had an early interest in video games after receiving his education from UC San Diego.  He often worked with collaborators and modified games, whether they were new concepts or similar to previous games. Some of the ideas were borrowed from other games such as Counter-Strike, which is a first person shooter computer game.  One of his first works collaborated with Anne-Marie Schleiner and Joan Leandre, Velvet-Strike, was similar to the concept of the earlier game Counter-Strike.   Within this game, players are given different spray paints to graffiti all around the entire play area.  The concept behind this game was to further advance the thoughts of fantasy and steer away from the violence of terrorism and war.  Condon and the other collaborators felt strongly that there needs to be more imagination within the environments and characters that are used in games.

Condon also organized a large performance called TwentyFiveFoldManfestation.  This is a work of art that is considered live action role playing, in which 80 players were involved in the game. It creates a world of medieval fantasy and allows players to use fake weapons, along with their creative minds to make the story come to life. 

http://www.opensorcery.net/velvet-strike/screenshots.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s7P8pOGJbM&feature=player_embedded