#lopiccolo

[thealicedovey]

❤️‍🩹 Suicide Prevention Month ❤️‍🩹

[shuttershocky]

Warren Spector (known for a LOT of stuff, but most known in the mainstream for Deus Ex) just wrote a blog post about his 40 year career in game development, a truly spectacular feat considering this industry grinds up way too many developers in less than 5.

There's SO much to go through, but some highlights for me were:

Wing Commander is why video game expos to this day play their sound so damn loud. When they displayed the game the devs bought a home theater setup and set it to max volume to grab as much attention as possible

Deus Ex became a reality when Spector told Paul Neurath to shut down Looking Glass' studio in Austin (his own studio) to save the company, saying "I'll find another deal. We'll be okay." In came John Romero to the rescue promising Spector the biggest budget he's ever had, the biggest marketing budget he's ever had, and zero creative interference to make the game of his dreams if he joined Ion Storm. That became Deus Ex.

Spector's original pitch for a cyberpunk game was actually a sci-fi spinoff of Wing Commander called Alien Commander, but Doug Church had a similar pitch that he loved more than his own, which became the landmark title System Shock.

He's often credited as the creator of Thief: The Dark Project, but Spector insists he worked on it for 1 year out of its 3 year development and the credit should go to Doug Church and Greg Lopiccolo.

Spector originally wanted to be able to fight in Thief because sometimes stealth was too hard, and the other devs said he was crazy. That "I want players to be able to choose to fight or sneak" is eventually what led to Deus Ex!

Spector had a collab going with John Woo (holy shit) where they would make a movie and video game series together called Ninja Gold, but unfortunately studios dropped them.

Epic Mickey was shooting for the Moon. After the movie studio deals and the collab with Valve fell through, Spector's studio was desperate for work until Seamus Blackley suggested they pitch to Disney. Spector thought it was crazy, but they went for it and to their surprise they weren't just given a Disney IP, they were given Mickey himself. Unfortunately, working with Disney can be cursed but we all already knew that

Very important: The game is called "Deus Ex" only partly because it's about gods from the machines. Spector thought it would be really funny if people mispronounced the game and had to say "sex"

[s-m0key]

A Tahoe Fallen Soldier. Tahoe, Nevada. By -  Jarrod Lopiccolo

[dearmouse]

Picnic Day. Mary Beth LoPiccolo

[balzabul]

original songs by Charli XCX and Greg LoPiccolo

i don't really have an explanation for this one

[maudlin-scribbler]

going through something (listening to songs from my childhood such as sad song by we the kings, dark enough by amanda lopiccolo, stolen innocence and her last words by courtney parker, and also hey little girl by by sophiemarie.b, of course)

[waynemead]

NEVER, EVER, EVERRRRR GO HERE!

We had a reservation, we were pointed to our table by the Owner, Frank LoPiccolo, and then left alone. NOBODY acknowledged us, not even to get us drinks, not to let us know someone would be with us shortly, NOTHING!

We were waiting 15-20 minutes before my Dad nicely asked the Owner, where our waitress was, (MIND YOU it was not busy! There were 2 other tables occupied there), and the Owner IMMEDIATELY got into my Father’s face and got verbally aggressive saying “I could have left you all in the lounge! You don’t deserve to eat here! People like you don’t deserve to be here!” My dad replied “people like you? A Veteran?!” Frank continued being aggressive, So, we all got up to leave, where he then begged us to stay, and when we didn’t, he said “Just Get Out!!”

I asked Frank to move out of my way so I could leave, and he said to me “this is my restaurant, I’ll stand where I want to!”

Absolutely disgusted with this experience.

Located in Maine, NY

Owner: Frank LoPiccolo

✨Added: I am so sorry to read all of the horrific experiences others have had here. None of us deserved that treatment.

For those of you defending him, that’s your right to, but consider yourself fortunate that you didn’t experience it.

He should not be in business and I will NOT keep quiet about the experience me and my family had. Anyone who knows us personally, knows we are the most laid back, understanding people unless provoked, and Frank is the RUDEST person I’ve ever met in my life.✨

[nekoshime]

im relating too much

- Bullet by Hollywood Undead

- listen before i go by Billie Eilish

- One More Light by Linkin Park

- If I Die Young by The Band Perry

- Oblivion by Bastille

- Dark Enough by Amanda Lopiccolo

- You Don't Know by Katelyn Tarver

- The Doctor Said by Chloe Adams

- idontwannabeyouanymore by Billie Eilish

- When She Cries by Britt Nicole

- To My Parents by Anna Clendening

- Little Girl by Faith Marie

- Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan

- Leave Out All the Rest by Linkin Park

- Hate Myself by NF & Tommee Profitt

- car radio by Twenty One Pilots

- Human by Christina Perri

- Breathe Me by Sia

- The A Team by Ed Sheeran

- Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You) by A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera

- Therapy Session by NF

- Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day

[robotpoetry]

HEARD

"Heard"

Thy Happy Child Weep Appeared Teich

Shadows In Their Nest Has A Bleich

Bowl The Virgins Of The Babington

Make Up To You Little Hulgan

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To Sing And Be Merry Lopiccolo

All Heart Its Deadly Terrors Sorpasso

Born For Mine The Zike

Vagabond Dear Mother Say Or Pike

[acehotel]

ACE AIR: ELIZABETH LOPICCOLO

Program: Ace AIR Location: Ace Hotel New York Date of Stay: 03.03.19 Artist: Elizabeth LoPiccolo

During a recent stay at Ace Hotel New York, photographer Elizabeth LoPiccolo shot two photo series and two additional single images in her hotel room. Using her Rolleiflex camera to shoot on film, the series ("Three Looks out My Window " and "Four Feather Pillows") offer interior views while "Sentinels" and "Sometime After Breslin" provide a glimpse of the neighboring skyscrapers. 

Elizabeth LoPiccolo is a photographer and musician living in Brooklyn. A constant theme in her visual work is the exploration of intended and unintended forms of cultural production as they interact with constructed and natural environments. She prefers the slowness of film and appreciates the way an antique camera may encourage a subject to enter into more curious modes of being photographed. Her musical projects include Ziemba in which she supports band leader René Kladzyk, and Luscious Skin in which she collaborates with her partner Rhys Ziemba. 

This March, our Artists in Residence are curated by Bushwick Community Darkroom, which promotes and preserves the art of film photography in Brooklyn by directing resources to high school programs and open call opportunities for local artists. When founder Lucia Rollow graduated with her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, she found herself without an accessible space to print and develop film. Determined to continue the legacy of film photography, Rollow realized other artists were struggling with similar barriers. With just a handful of equipment, very little money and a dream, she opened Bushwick Community Darkroom in 2011. While simultaneously building a local network through her leadership of Bushwick Open Studios, Rollow assembled a motley team, which transformed BCD from a makeshift basement space into the bustling 3,000 square foot warehouse it is today. Almost a decade later, BCD now boasts more than 30 members, 24/7 access to darkrooms, color and black-and-white film processing, low-cost workshops and curated photography exhibitions. Members, volunteers and students work together to create a vibrant, affordable art space.

[travelbinge]

By Jarrod Lopiccolo

Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA

[ivano-mercanzin-photography]

(...) Guardò lo scafo allontanarsi tra due ali di fresco, sfucinare nell'alto - e già era fuori di vista, nel turchino, rapsodico dattilico fantasticante perpetuandosi nell'indistinto di altre estati (...) (Vittorio Sereni - Un posto di vacanza) #vittoriosereni #unpostodivacanza #mare #liopiccolo #liopiccololagunanordvenezia #liopiccoloedintorni #lopiccolo (presso Lio Piccolo, Veneto, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8E6biuIiUr/?igshid=8h5e1qto08d4

[fancypantsrecords]

Greg LoPiccolo & Jonathan Peros - System Shock | Limited Run Games | 2020 | Green Translucent | /500

[anxiety-27]

How does someone so perfect feel so insecure as to scar her skin with cuts and burns and still want to hurt more. How does someone so loving learn to hate her own guts drawing a picture on her arm with a blade as if her mind isn't dark enough.

Amanda Lopiccolo, Dark Enough