For the past 5-6 years, I’ve had
occasion to peek into the little-known computer subculture called “demoscene”.
I’ve seen their work, I’ve been to their events, and I’ve talked to some people
who drive this culture. In this post, I’m going to share my view and what I’ve
learned in this culture.
How I discovered demoscene
I should first clarify that I am not a
computer enthusiast: I do use computers a lot for my work and for fun, but my
job and interests have been about juggling natural language and not computer
language. I’ll be ecstatic when I see beautiful combination of words, but I’ve
been trying to stay away from lines of numbers because they look complicated. I
can’t code, I can’t make music and I can’t draw anything properly – Basically
I’m a complete outsider to this culture.