Unlocking the N.E.S.

Just the other day in Scotland, new footage of the Loch Ness Monster surfaced from depths of the vlogosphere. In metaphortean circles, new sightings associated with nessies are a regular occurrence. Adventurous explorers everywhere are unlocking the N.E.S.! The Nintendo Entertainment System, that strange survival of the 8-bit era, is a dinosaur in relation to today's highly evolved gaming. The archetypal adventurer in these waters is Cory Archangel. Upon closer inspection, he is in fact in the company of quite a motley crew.

Ogo Eion, of the Portland duo Disjunct is no programmer. Instead he dives right in and intuitively intervenes with these live electronics.

Likewise, Baltimore's Jeff Donaldson touts his noteNdo techniques for playing with power. In an interview last April, Donaldson explains, "In the beginning I was just using tin-foil…and you know this thing is plugged into the wall...I just intuitively knew the spots to go for and didn’t kill myself." Like all such pursuits into the unknown it's the moment of rupture that reels one in. "It’s like all of a sudden [the N.E.S.]is unbound from algorithm, it breaks out"

Acronymically, the unlocked N.E.S. might read-out as New Electroplasmic Source. As with the legacy of glimpses in Scotland's Loch, nessies live on!