CFP: Science Fiction & "media convergence" & "cross-media and transnational franchises"

Apparently, there is a new journal out that will publish in March 08. Here is the highly relevant (to readers of this blog) call for papers (CFP): Science Fiction Film and Television is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal published by Liverpool University Press. Edited by Mark Bould (UWE) and Sherryl Vint (Brock University), with an international … Read moreCFP: Science Fiction & "media convergence" & "cross-media and transnational franchises"

Some interesting papers on contemporary entertainment

The upcoming London conference, Television Studies Goes Digital, has a few interesting papers: User-Generated Content/Producer-Generated Consumption: How Outsourcing, Crowd-sourcing, and Industrial Identity Theory Fuel Digital TV John T. Caldwell, UCLA  Dislocated Screens: The Place of Television in a Mobile Digital Culture William Boddy, Baruch College, City University of New York Joined up thinking for the … Read moreSome interesting papers on contemporary entertainment

My address to the Australian Publishing Industry

As I mentioned previously, last month I gave a talk at the Australian Literature Board’s Publishing the Story of the Future. Although it is very cringe-worthy to me (I’m not my usual lively self and I’m reading a script), I’ve decided to share my slides and the video. The slides are actually best viewed at a bigger size, at slideshare.

DIMEA 2007: Emotional & Entertaining Design

The Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment is being held in September in Perth. There will be a few great sessions but one of the keynotes looks fantastic: Professor Masa Inakage, Keio University, Japan. Media Design Aesthetics: Emotional and Entertaining Experience Design for the Ubiquitous Society  Our society is in the midst … Read moreDIMEA 2007: Emotional & Entertaining Design

My Guest Lecture: "Multi-Platform Art versus Commodity Intertexts"

The Digital Communication and Culture Department at the University of Sydney (which is the Uni where I’m doing my PhD) invited me to give a lecture to their Digital Cultures students. Tomorrow I’ll be giving the talk titled Multi-Platform Art versus Commodity Intertexts. I’ll present on the different approaches to cross-media/transmedia/multi-platform in mass-entertainment, independent art, gaming, literature … Read moreMy Guest Lecture: "Multi-Platform Art versus Commodity Intertexts"

DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts

The DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts will be held on the 19th – 21st September 2007 in Perth, Western Australia. DIMEA 2007 is organised jointly by Murdoch University and ACM SIG CHI (Singapore Chapter). DIMEA 2007 is a cross-disciplinary conference that will bring together researchers from the … Read moreDIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts

Crossovers come to ARGs: Perplex City & Frozen Indigo Angel

Crossovers (what I call inter-world relations in academia) are a familiar trait of comic books. Indeed, the playing with boundaries of all kinds — from media to fictional worlds — is a characteristic of this age of integration. My monocle popped however (to quote Christian McCrea) when I recently saw two ARGs crossover. For the … Read moreCrossovers come to ARGs: Perplex City & Frozen Indigo Angel

Virtual Worlds Awards

Neverdie (from Entropia) and Anshe Chung (real estate tycoon? from Second Life) have teamed together to launch the first ever Virtual Worlds Awards. The Virtual Worlds Academy was founded in march 2007, by Neverdie and Anshe Chung to organize Events that spotlight and recognize the artistic, technological, commercial and cultural development of all Virtual worlds … Read moreVirtual Worlds Awards

2007 sagasnet projects

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