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Jacques Servin (also known as Andy Bichlbaum) is one of the leading members of The Yes Men, a culture jamming activist group. Their exploits in "identity correction" are documented in the films The Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World and The Yes Men Are Revolting. As Ray Thomas, he is a co-founder of RTMark.
A former Maxis employee, he was fired after secretly adding code into the game SimCopter that would cause sprites of men in swimming trunks kissing each other to appear on certain dates.[1] This was not discovered until after the game had been published. The resulting media storm, which Servin said he did not expect, inspired him to start RTMark, a bulletin board for similar actions, but whose goal was to get attention for under-reported issues.
Servin is also the author of two books of short stories,[2][3] published with FC2. Originally from Tucson, Arizona,[4] Servin is a professor at Parsons the New School for Design.[4] He is openly gay.[4]
References
- ^ "PIXEL GAIETY COSTS JOB". Daily News (New York). 1996-12-08. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
- ^ http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Aviary-Slag,2678.aspx Aviary Slag (1996)
- ^ http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Mermaids-for-Attila,2640.aspx Mermaids for Attila (1991)
- ^ a b c "Prankster With a Purpose". The New York Times, October 30, 2009.
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