Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 2 [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Feb 4, 2015 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Editorials, Editorials: Gaming, Featured

When video games grew popular, it was assumed that people would play these animated games when they were children (when children already play a lot of games) and then grow out of them. But we began to learn that people didn’t grow out of them, but instead craved more complex mysteries and stories as they aged. This led to pivotal games like Myst and Rivven, which started the modern video game trend of well-created story and making your players use their brains, not just their reflexes. At the current rate of consumption of complex and morally challenging video games, in the near future…

Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 1 [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Jan 28, 2015 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Editorials, Editorials: Gaming, Featured

It’s hard to be a modern creative person without having been exposed to conversations about the “meta-game” or the “meta-content” that’s behind modern creative works. This is made all the more confusing due to the fact that the concept behind how it’s now use in New Media is a hybrid of the noun version of this word, the adjective version, and something else. The French have a phrase called “Je ne sais quoi” which literally translated means “I know not what”—as in, there’s something else about what I’m talking about, but I can’t put my finger on it. It would be appropriate…

Treasured Memories: Italian Cemetery Art [ARTICLE]

Posted By Mariarita Cupersito on Jan 21, 2015 in Article, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos), Type: Photos

Most of the cemeteries in Italy are the mirror of the curious taste and customs of an era and they preserve the works of the greatest sculptors at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
The cimiterial statues, due to their beauty and the meaning who accompanies them, have the specific purpose of paying tribute to the memory of one who is no longer among us: the funeral art allows to create true masterpieces designed to commemorate the memory of our loved ones.

Morganville Vampires brought to YouTube: Geek & Sundry Attempts Impossible [VIDEO]

Posted By JT Hanke on Jan 14, 2015 in Article, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Geek & Sundry, MorganVille, Origin: DGM Staff, Playlists, Type: Article (w/ Videos), Type: Video

If you’ve read Rachel Caine’s interesting and slow-burn developing series, The Morganville Vampires, you probably never thought it could be brought to anything other than network TV. However, Geek & Sundry, after launching other original shows like Spellslingers, TableTop, and the Guild, decided to help bring the kickstarted campaign for film to their YouTube channel through the mini-medium of web-length episodes.

“I Have to Be Medicated to Deal With My Kids”: One Mother’s Journey [ARTICLE]

Posted By Mother Irreverent on Jan 7, 2015 in Article, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Etiquette/Socialization, Article: Love/Relationships, Article: Personal Narratives/Life Accounts, Article: Philosophy/Outlook, Featured

I’ve always struggled with a strong temper, and it would almost always manifest itself via my mouth: yelling, cussing, and verbal attacks were my standard coping mechanisms when I’d get overwhelmed or frustrated by life. While that may not seem like a big deal, it becomes a MASSIVE problem when children are anywhere in the Anger Fallout Zone. As a kid, I was often on the receiving end of my mother’s Verbal Hiroshimas, because that’s simply what happens when you’re a stay-at-home mother of 7 kids and don’t have a support system to help you cope. Not wanting to repeat that experience with…

Misty Lynn Lawless: On the Prowl [GALLERY]

Posted By Misty Lynn Lawless on Dec 31, 2014 in Art Galleries, Featured, Galleries, Model Gallery, Model: Misty Lynn Lawless, Model: Women, Origin: Official Contributor

Model Misty Lynn Lawless is “On the Prowl” with this photoshoot by R.Jaye Photography.

Deadly Relics: Ghost Towns in the South of Italy [ARTICLE]

Posted By Mariarita Cupersito on Dec 24, 2014 in Article, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Etiquette/Socialization, Article: Personal Narratives/Life Accounts, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff

The south of Italy is rich of charming abandoned places, fascinating ghost towns which every year attract hundreds of tourists and curious people.

DarkestGoth Girl Holiday Products: The 2015 Calendar [ANNOUNCEMENT]

Posted By JT Hanke on Dec 19, 2014 in Announcements, Article, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Model: Danna Victoria, Model: Laila Black, Model: Mariarita Cupersito, Model: Women, News & Updates, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

We’re now into the last minute shopping before the holidays and what better way can you show someone you love them than with the calendars of one (or three) of our beautiful DarkestGoth Girls!

Misty Lynn Lawless: Pretty in Pink [GALLERY]

Posted By Misty Lynn Lawless on Dec 17, 2014 in Featured, Model Gallery, Model: Misty Lynn Lawless, Model: Women, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Photos

Misty Lynn Lawless is “Pretty in Pink” in this photoshoot with Jesus Hernandez of Hernandez Photography

Blue Labyrinth [BOOK REVIEW]

Posted By JT Hanke on Dec 10, 2014 in Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Review: Books, Reviews, Type: Article (Text Only)

When a lethal relative shows up dead on FBI Agent A.X.L. Pendergast’s doorstep in New York City, our favorite Gothic detective is prompted to explore places he never wanted to go.

Struggling to figure out who could have killed a man whose genetically enhanced abilities should have made him unkillable, Pendergast is provoked to look still deeper into the deadly secrets that enfold his family tree. He quickly discovers that, if he has any chance of surviving the chain of events this death kicks off, he’ll have to rely most on the very people he’s tried desperately to keep out of the line…

Beautiful Minds: Danna’s School of Creative Writing [ARTICLE]

Posted By Danna Victoria on Dec 3, 2014 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Personal Narratives/Life Accounts, Featured

Editor’s Note: One of the things that we’ve aspired to is choosing spokesmodels who were not just beautiful on the outside but even more beautiful on the inside. To let you glimpse some of the heart behind our 2015 European Spokesmodel, Danna Victoria, we had her share a bit about the school of creative writing she founded to help school children in Serbia explore their passions and dreams! My “School of Creative...