Summons to Surrender
by Eddo Stern
   

Summons to Surrender, 2000
Installation view of the keyboard castle
(©Eddo Stern)

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Summons to Surrender, 2000
screenshot of website's live feed of a computer-controlled
sentinel in a networked role-playing game.
(©Eddo Stern)

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A cyberpunk-inspired reality check, the Summons to Surrender project introduces science fiction allusions into the persistent setting of nostalgic medieval fantasies. Key features of the Summons to Surrender web site include the following: (1) live video surveillance of the networked multiplayer role-playing games Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call; (2) computer-controlled sentinels (software bots) that exploit untapped narrative possibilities within these game arenas; (3) archived video footage of historical in-game moments from 1999 and 2000; (4) Detailed backstory and other essays; (5) Fan site links page; (6) bibliography of related medieval texts.

Eddo Stern
1348 McDuff Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
U.S.A.
E-mail: eddostern@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.summonstosurrender.com

Summons to Surrender, 2000
detail of the Keyboard Castle
(©Eddo Stern)

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Summons to Surrender, 2000
screenshot of an Eddo avatar in a networked
role-playing game. (©Eddo Stern)

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