GC 08: Space Invaders Takes On 9/11 – Aliens Blow Up World Trade Center

“What do you think would be best to celebrate 30 years of Space Invaders? Oh I know, let’s go to Leipzig and parody the destruction of the World Trade Center!”

How I would love to have sat in on that meeting when Taito decided that this was a good idea, let alone a fitting tribute to a classic title. But they did, and according to Kotaku you can see a non-interactive display of typical Taito invaders zapping the Twin Towers at Leipzig right now, apparently replete with leapers in all their 8-bit glory.

Yet it’s not meant to be a game – it’s an art exhibit.

It’s the work of French-American artist Douglas Edric Stanley, who sees Space Invaders as a “social tale that can be related to historical tales without losing its poetic power.”

Actually, I wish I was making this up. Taito have yet to comment. More on Stanley here.

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  • John Kershaw

    Seeing it as an art exhibit, and with the artists thoughts on the matter, does make me think it’s actually quite a good piece. The fact that you have such an iconic videogame juxtaposed with such an iconic image of world history does, in my humble opinion, leave a striking impression. Good art that.

  • http://www.ripten.com Chad Lakkis

    Ok Kershey, I am going to send a bunch of people to your home to kill you and your family, everyone they have ever loved or befriended, and then…I will set up an easel outside, smoke a fat cigar, and proceed to paint the aftermath.

    I went to a fancy art school, and this is just poor taste.

  • madpuppy

    10-4 Chad, that is really bad taste and screams “media whore” rather than “artist”.

  • http://www.barackobama.com/ DavidGX

    So what do we do, cry about it? It’s pretty easy to simply not look at it, if you don’t like it.

  • madpuppy

    take it easy DavidGX, no one is “crying” just making observations about a tasteless piece of “art”.

  • John Kershaw

    @Chad,
    as long as it’s in black and white.

  • http://www.ripten.com Chad Lakkis

    @Kershey,

    How about MadWorld style — black and white with red all over?

  • Dillon

    I don’t know what you Americunt are whining about. 3000 morons died on 9/11. Big whoop. Millions died in WW2. You ameriwhores killed countless innocent Japanese. Do you mourn that yearly? Nope. 9/11 was a gift from God, an you stupid americans didn’t even get the message. Hopefully 9/11 part 2 will come and it’ll go through your thick, stupid, americunt dullard skulls. You aren’t the most important country on earth – in fact your lives are just a little more useless. Who gives a fuck about 9/11? It’s been 7, going on 8, years. Grow the fuck up and quit bitching. Especially you, Chad. You bitch and moan over 9/11 levels in video games – IT’S A FUCKING VIDEO GAME, GROW UP YOU SIMPLETON. Maybe you should have died in 911, shit.

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