Toy Garbage

"Talan Memmott has been a Professor and Researcher in Digital Culture, in Sweden, Norway, and the US." 

"Talan Memmott's remix of Taroko Gorge is at first startling to behold, relying on a pastel background of brightly-colored stripes and the infamous Comic Sans delivering poems about Barbies and Raggedy Ann. All of the letters are capitalized, creating a look that is reminiscent of an over-zealous marketing campaign or child-oriented website. This playful look is very different from most of the Taroko Gorge aesthetics, and serves as an appropriate aesthetic for a work that creates a virtual playroom of toxic, hazardous, and even destructive toys. Many of the toys referenced in the text are iconic (if not necessarily well-loved), from the early artificial life Furbies to the not-quite-Nintendo 'Pinkachus.' This remix takes the reader on a journey far from from the natural imagery of Montfort's original work." -- from Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3