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NYTimes: Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley

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20.09.2023 Bugaj, Poland Nicole Hoff and Oskar Szymkowski (Loczniki) who've become social-media celebrities by imitating the movements of video game characters. They live in Bugaj village, near Poznan, in Nicole's family home. Anna Liminowicz for The New York Times Bugaj Poland

NYTimes: Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley

20.09.2023 Bugaj, Poland Nicole Hoff and Oskar Szymkowski (Loczniki) who've become social-media celebrities by imitating the movements of video game characters. They live in Bugaj village, near Poznan, where Nicole grew up. Anna Liminowicz for The New York Times Bugaj Poland

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NYTimes: Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley

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Updated Oct 2023

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Summary

Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters—moving like a machine's idea of a human.

Oskar Szymkowski and Nicole Hoff, who use the handle @loczniki, the pair create videos in which they move through the world as NPCs or non-player characters.

On assignment for The New York Times—

Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley
Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters — moving like a machine’s idea of a human.
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