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Cross Media Tutor at sagasnet

Frank Alsema, a cross-media producer and lecturer, is co-running with Frank Boyd an upcoming sagasnet workshop: Master Class for Independent Producers of Interactive Entertainment to be held in Munich, September 1 – September 7. Guest Speakers include: Stefan Baier, Streamline Studios, NL; Ingeborg Degener , MEDIA Antenn Munich, D; Steve Fitton, Wise Monkey Ltd, UK; Dieter Marchsreiter, Marchsreiter Communications GmbH, D; Heikki Masalin, CIM, Fin; Vincent Scheuer, Sarassin LLP, UK. Although the workshop focuses on production management, not creative design, I’d find it interesting as Alsema is a cross-media producer! Here is the blurb about it and a temporary schedule:

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Writing About Virtual Words (My Second [Life] Job)

I have to confess I’m moonlighting in another world. I’ve started working in the virtual world Second Life as an “embedded journalist”. SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a … Read moreWriting About Virtual Words (My Second [Life] Job)

CFP: Perth DAC

This is a reminder that the Perth DAC (7th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference) abstracts are due 28th August (I thought they were originally earlier?): Papers are sought for PerthDAC 2007 that will illuminate both the near and long term Future of Digital Media Culture. Papers which present research outcomes, track trends or developments, … Read moreCFP: Perth DAC

Jane and Jeremy in Iowa Review Web

Jeremy Douglass, my wonderful co-blogger at WRT, interviewed new media arts legend Nick Montfort for the current issue of the Iowa Review Web. Jane McGonigal, ARG researcher and designer, was also interviewed (by Scott Rettberg — another new media arts legend and guest editor for the issue). Jane claims that players create Gesamtkunstwerk. I have cited Wagner’s … Read moreJane and Jeremy in Iowa Review Web

CFP: Convergence Culture

Thanks Tom for the heads up on this one: Special Issue on ?Convergence Culture? Guest editors: Mark Deuze, Indiana University Henry Jenkins, MIT (author of Convergence Culture) This call invites submissions for a special issue on ?Convergence Culture?: the worldwide emergence of increasingly collaborative practices between media producers and consumers. Examples are television fan sites, game … Read moreCFP: Convergence Culture

Geez, Veronica Mars and Samuel L Jackson Keep Calling Me

ARGs have had characters calling ‘players’ (people?) for some years now. In the last couple of years we’ve seen this technique being used by film and TV producers. Rather than provide unique narrative content, however, they have a more economic function: motivating you to watch the TV show or film. Well, September last year I … Read moreGeez, Veronica Mars and Samuel L Jackson Keep Calling Me

iMobs

The latest issue of The Escapist has a well-written article on iMobs: people who use the Net to track down the real life identity of someone known in cyberspace and harrass them in real life. Mathew Hector, an attorney,covers, among other things, harrassment in China, Second Life and EverQuest. Read the article.