christy The next PerGames conference will be held in Salzburg, Austria, on the 11-12th June. The PerGames series of international symposia addresses the design and technical issues of bringing computer entertainment back to the real world with pervasive games. At the conference, IperG, the pervasive gaming design research group, are also running a series of tutorials: PIMP – A … Read morePerGames 2007 + IperG Tutorials
Chris Joseph, Digital Writer in Residence at De Montfort University, has awarded me (and 4 others) the Thinking Blogger Award for being a blog that gets him thinking. Thankyou so much Chris, I feel quite ace. The Thinking Blogger Award is a blog meme that was started by Ilker Yoldas. Details about his great idea are on … Read moreThinking Blogger Award
“A blank page is God’s way of showing you how hard it is to be God.” – Anonymous
I have recently discovered that I am not studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy, but a Doctorate in ABD: ‘All But Dissertation’. Apparently this is a form of study, an affliction in some ways, that has reached pandemic status in academia. Well, I’m on the road to recovery, and to getting back to my proper … Read moreWhat I'm really studying for…
Emily Turrenttini, the powerhouse behind two blogs on mobile phone technology and content: picturephoning and ringtonia (and textually which aggregates the other two). Emily has now added a blog dedicated to reporting on TV on the Net: TvSeries Online will be following user generated TV content published online, it’s impact on the Television industry and will explore … Read moreNew blog dedicated to TV on the Net
A while ago I came across Kevin Robert’s site SISOMO. Kevin is CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, Ideas Company and is behind paradigmatic approaches such as LoveMarks. I put SISOMO down on my list of things to chase up and got distracted. But thankfully I was reminded of the idea when SISOMO contacted me … Read moreKevin Roberts, SISOMO, Cross-Media, Storyelling…and me!
After my post about the great efforts of Lance Weiler, I’ve come across another example of good thinking when it comes to creation and distribution of what was previously called cinema. This project is called quite aptly A Swarm of Angels: A groundbreaking project to create a £1 million film and give it away to over … Read moreAnother WoW!, really: "Cinema 2.0"/"Open Source Cinema"/Kiva for Filmmakers etc
Just came across this website, A World Without Hippos, a site that has only one category: unmitigated genuis. This blogger posted his (?) impressions of Twitter: Collect the following ingredients. 1 pound – Boring 14 ounces – “Wazzapppppppp!” 3 shakes – Hey, Everyone, Look at Me! A pinch – I wish I lived a more interesting … Read moreIngredients of Twitter and how to be a rebel in the cyber crowd
Lance Weiler, the director of the film The Last Broadcast (which has been described as the “original Blair Witch Project”) released another film last september: Head Trauma. What is interesting about the project is the STACK OF GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE with the film!! Firstly, he or the film has a presence … Read moreWow! DIY Cinema, theatre, gaming, mobile, mashups, comics, blog, podcasts…
The 2007 Developing Interactive Narrative Content Seminar run by sagasnet is currently in play. During this Developing Interactive Narrative Content Seminar pre-selected interactive narrative projects in development (no limitation on media, genre or target audience) will be provided in parallel with high-profile face-to-face consulting sessions (on financing, project management, marketing, story structure, game play…). Consultants will … Read more2007 sagasnet projects