![]() ![]() Most of the Capcom fighting games at the time had more representation of black people than other games at the time and some of the few non-sport avatar based games to feature playable black people. My experience of what games black people play have been mostly sports and Japanese games, and at the time, Capcom games. As a mixed race person, also growing up in the age of arcades, specifically the late 90′s early 00′s arcades where fighting games were popular, I have always been fascinated with the demographic of fighting game players. Fighting games/90’s Capcom games take the place of trap music and action/arcade takes the place of electronic/house music. Inspired by the appropriation of African American culture in the witch house genre of electronic music. Just finished a short action/arcade/high-score game. If you’re moved by Mark’s work, please consider donating to The Mark Baumer Sustainability Fund. The footage compiled in this video was taken from Mark’s Youtube channel. it was a gift for me to get to spend a chunk of my summer working on this video. it’s incredibly moving to watch the full story unfold, and to get a mega-dose of mark’s energy and wisdom all in one sitting. If you already know Mark’s work but you haven’t watched all 100 of his barefoot vlogs in a row, i’m telling you, it’s something else. (i also interviewed him on Ep 22 of my “plant liker” podcast, so some of you may already know him from that, if nothing else.) i think most people who enjoy my work will love Mark’s, and i intend for this video to give a good introduction to his work for the unfamiliar. If you don’t know Mark’s work, please, im begging you to check it out. essentially it is a 1-hour compilation from his “crossing america barefoot” vlogs, with a short introduction for context. Here is my tribute video for Mark Baumer, a great poet and activist who we lost back in january.
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