Kaho Abe

Kaho Abe is a game artist, working increase interactivity between people. I found her work to be really interesting because gaming creates lack of interaction amongst people. Her work acts a breath of fresh air within the gaming community. I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get to chance to play with her work. The most interesting piece to me was the ninja piece that she was currently working on. The game consisted of players working together to create shapes that fit into another preexisting shapes. The objective of the game is very similar to the game show. ”The idea of people having to work together within a game, rather than being against each other is something that I think we need to see more of in games. Kaho also shared a piece with us in which players wore vests and gloves with sensors, depending on each other to complete a song.  Kaho’s work clearly identifies with the modern game culture. However, her work tries to bring in loss concepts of people working together. It’s interesting that Kaho’s identity is related to an activity rather than race. That definitely makes her work unique in terms of identity.