Contemporary youth is thought of today as ‘the digital natives’, those who grew up in a world of omnipresent digital technology. Yet, as a generation, they’re preceded by a generation to whom digital technology, was exactly that; technology.
A generation that needed a deep and unique understanding of that technology if you were to creatively express yourself with computers. As such, my ‘new media heroes’ are the demosceners. To focus on one individual or specific group of sceners (as they are called in their own vernacular) would short-change the entire phenomenon, as such my heroes are the collective sceners that make up the demoscene.
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Why? A simple reason; for showing a 12 year old that a computer can be a tool for creative expression.
And some favourites:
Contemporary
Classics (1993 - 1999)