I WILL NOT be at PICNIC 06 Not by choice. I would love to go and I must say I had free pass to go since I am meant to be co-presenting the International Game Developers Association Alternate Reality Game Whitepaper that I co-wrote, but I couldn’t rustle up the funding in time. I’m sure the writers that are going will … Read moreWhat I'm Doing and Not Doing This Week
Baby Rock Records is offering lullaby versions of rock tunes so that the parents can enjoy listening as much as their bundles of joy. They’ve got lullaby versions of Metallica, ColdPlay, Bjork, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Tool, The Cure, Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins and The Beatles. … Read moreBabies Rock!
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My latest articles in SLATE Magazine explore the notion of the art space in virtual worlds. In part one I analyse how some spaces are remediations of the real world and then in part two I pose ideas about what would be the ‘white cube’ equivalent (the ideal environment to experience art) in a virtual … Read moreThe Art Space in Virtual Worlds
**World Premiere** **Day Of The Figurines, HAU, Berlin** Blast Theory presents the world premiere of Day Of The Figurines, a mass participation artwork using mobile phones that is part board game and part secret society. Set in a fictional English town that is littered, dark and underpinned with steady decay, the game unfolds over 24 … Read moreNew Blast Theory Work: Day of the Figurines
Digital Fringe – Call for entries extended to September 27th Seeking Digital Art submissions Digital Fringe is a web based digital arts festival that connects to Melbourne via numerous screens throughout the city. Streaming live across the city of Melbourne (Australia), from the monster screen at Federation Square to a host of other screens around town, Digital Fringe will … Read moreDigital Fringe Call for Digital Art (Oz)
Oz Spade, the name of a Second Life resident, has created this handy comparison chart of the functions of Second Life, There and Active Worlds.
Got this heads up from Tom’s site. The next DiGRA in 2007 looks like they’re got their finger on the pulse. They say, among other points that we need to analyse games from a variety of different perspectives. It is wonderful to see this after I just gave a talk championing multiple-perspectives and how we … Read moreDIGRA2007 is on the ball
Yep, you read it right. I’m presenting my theory on Mono-Polymorphism tomorrow (Friday Sept 15th) at Sydney University at a talk I was invited to give. 🙂 Mono-Polymorphism: A Paradigm for Understanding Cross-Media Entertainment Christy Dena In the age of cross-media production works are distributed over time and space like never before. A story can … Read moreMy Next Academic Talk: Mono-Polymorphism
A heads up from Mysdirection informs me of this wonderful prank performance created by the Improv Everywhere team. Their latest mission was to have a team member act lost at the Yankee stadium during a game. He kept appearing but just couldn’t hear his mates yelling and waving at him. This continued for a while until … Read moreWhere's Rob?