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> HyperCard has been used by LGBT and other marginalized people to make interactive art representing their experiences. What an odd thing to say about it. Han
by zeveb 9y ago
> HyperCard has been used by LGBT and other marginalized people to make interactive art representing their experiences.
What an odd thing to say about it. Handwriting, too, has been used by LGBT and other marginalised people to make art representing their experiences. HyperCard has no doubt been used by mainstream people to make interactive art representing their experiences. HyperCard has no doubt been used by marginalised and mainstream people to make business applications.
HyperCard was really neat technology, regardless of who was using it at the time. It enabled some neat stacks, with a pretty neat visual æsthetic.
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- Cyberdog 9y agoIf you keep reading, the person who designed this site announces herself as a lesbian, so I guess it's an identity at the forefront of her mind. Nonetheless, yes, when she puts a line like that above the fold, one can't help but assume what she's really going for here is HyperCard stacks specifically relevant to the LGBT experience (what a weird sentence to type this morning). A niche audience within a niche audience. But I guess that's something the internet is great at serving.
- pavlov 9y ago... one can't help but assume what she's really going for here is HyperCard stacks specifically relevant to the LGBT experience Why assume? It says so right there on the page: "I'm especially interested in seeing work from LGBT people, POC, and other marginalized groups, but everyone is welcome to submit a stack!" I don't really understand why this would upset anyone. Curated compilations are common in every medium. Of course the curator will prefer to choose content that has a common theme.
- Cyberdog 9y agoI don't think anyone's particularly upset about this. Nonetheless, even broadening the scope to all "marginalized groups," how many HyperCard stacks relating to that will she actually end up getting? I think this truly will be slim pickings.
- tomjakubowski 9y agoZines are tiny on purpose. They're designed to serve a niche of a niche. If they had wide appeal, they wouldn't be zines!
- beaugunderson 9y agoIt's not an odd thing to say at all: https://archive.org/details/hypercard_caper-in-the-castro https://archive.org/details/hypercard_caper-in-the-castro > Programmed by CM Ralph (https://cmralph.com/ https://cmralph.com/) in 1989, Caper in the Castro is likely the first LGBT game. It was distributed via BBS, and is 'Charityware', with the designer asking players to donate to the AIDS Charity of their choice.