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How I became gaming's most popular and anonymous photographer

71 points by makepanic 13y ago

noonespecial 13y ago
Awesome. I'm in. As a guy who restores old consoles as a small hobby, having detailed photos of the interiors, parts and circuit boards available will be huge. The kickstarter's only got about two days left. He's met his goal but personally I'd like to see this get even more support.
nohuck13 13y ago
Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1699256938/the-vanamo-online-game-museum http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1699256938/the-vanamo-on...
Sujan 13y ago
One of the best "advertorials" for a Kickstarter I've seen yet. Made total sense as the conclusion of the article. I backed.
melling 13y ago
Something like this is great. However, it leaves me wondering if it wouldn't be even better, if 3d scans couldn't also be made.
- james3 13y ago
  would be a serious stretch goal
- cbhl 13y ago
  That would require lots of new hardware, which presumably he doesn't yet have. Maybe someone else who has access to 3D scanning equipment would be able to do it in a few years. Or maybe the people at SIGGRAPH will come up with a crazy new algorithm to reconstruct 3D models of game console from 2D photos. ;)
bluedino 13y ago
What kind of a setup does one use to take a picture like the Playstation controller in the article?
- ghshephard 13y ago
  Here you go - http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpens...
kevando 13y ago
Tell me about a time you hacked something other than a computer system
acomjean 13y ago
This is cool. The pictures are great looking. Takes me back to the intellivision days.
jameshart 13y ago
This is a great example of what kickstarter should be for - funding things that 'it would be nice if someone did'. Except the actual kickstarter project and rewards aren't exactly what's being pitched. I just like the idea of funding someone to go ahead and take decent pictures to donate to wikipedia. Not sure I like the idea of the separate 'museum'.

71 points by makepanic 13y ago

Awesome. I'm in. As a guy who restores old consoles as a small hobby, having detailed photos of the interiors, parts and circuit boards available will be huge. The kickstarter's only got about two days left. He's met his goal but personally I'd like to see this get even more support.

nohuck13 13y ago

Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1699256938/the-vanamo-online-game-museum http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1699256938/the-vanamo-on...

Sujan 13y ago

One of the best "advertorials" for a Kickstarter I've seen yet. Made total sense as the conclusion of the article. I backed.

melling 13y ago

Something like this is great. However, it leaves me wondering if it wouldn't be even better, if 3d scans couldn't also be made.

james3 13y ago
would be a serious stretch goal
cbhl 13y ago
That would require lots of new hardware, which presumably he doesn't yet have. Maybe someone else who has access to 3D scanning equipment would be able to do it in a few years. Or maybe the people at SIGGRAPH will come up with a crazy new algorithm to reconstruct 3D models of game console from 2D photos. ;)

bluedino 13y ago

What kind of a setup does one use to take a picture like the Playstation controller in the article?

ghshephard 13y ago
Here you go - http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpens...

kevando 13y ago

Tell me about a time you hacked something other than a computer system

acomjean 13y ago

This is cool. The pictures are great looking. Takes me back to the intellivision days.

jameshart 13y ago

This is a great example of what kickstarter should be for - funding things that 'it would be nice if someone did'. Except the actual kickstarter project and rewards aren't exactly what's being pitched. I just like the idea of funding someone to go ahead and take decent pictures to donate to wikipedia. Not sure I like the idea of the separate 'museum'.