Jacob Banigan

Follows three groups of guys hanging out in Calgary.

The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever possible, as peaceful observers, inhabitants of a digital world, which is a detailed replica of Midtown Manhattan.

Alberta farmers using ‘purple farm gas’ in street vehicles get more than they bargained for when the Purple Gas Regulator arrives.

An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.