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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Anna Liminowicz
2024
Updated Oct 2023
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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.