I’ve been keeping an eye on the ARG Art of the Heist and really enjoyed the player events (eg: players meeting in-game characters and stealing a card from a car in a dealership). I’ve been working on the emails– they are listed out of order and so I think there is some message there. Oh, … Read moreI'm down 2 Rabbit Holes
News of a Contagious Media Showdown from GxTA. The competition is for bits of information, a video snippet etc, that is so interesting that people pass links to it and it spreads around the globe very fast. It is contagious. Douglass Rushkoff describes a media virus: Media viruses spread rapidly if they provoke our interest, … Read moreContagious Media, the Bzz and the Law
An iTV Ad for Hitch sounds like they did an in-game/diegetic form of interaction (the button)…and then the storyworld fades off into meta-data (info about the storyworld or at least the representation of it). From itvt newsletter: Buena Vista International has been using an interactive TV campaign on the Sky platform to promote its new … Read moreHitchhiker iTV Ad
I’m just about to sign up to attend a ‘Convergence Jam’ being held here in Melbourne next month. The event is attended by professionals from film, TV, gaming, communciations and so on. Complimenting talks will be the development of multi-platform productions by attendees. It appears we’ll be split into teams and will compete against each … Read moreConvergence Jam
It is now official: I’ve successfully faced a panel and now I’ve converted to PhD. On top of this, the academic assessor was so impressed he fought to get on board and be a supervisor too! His work on ‘superfictions’ in art and writing is right up my cross-media alley, so to speak, and so … Read moreA Holy Trinity
I’ve been playing some bi-channel games: Kinder Surprise MAGICODEI bought the special Kinder Surprise eggs with a toy inside and a ticket with a magicode and website address. I really liked the way the site was designed and the way I was guided through it (it is meant for kids). I played a few games … Read moreChocolate and Robots
From ARGN:Interesting to find a cross-media Award: The 2005 Canadian New Media Awards: Excellence in Cross Platform CategoryBest practice, innovation and excellence in cross sector, cross platform, multi-device content development and integration. Projects based on the use of many media for flexibility, media adequacy and high usability. This includes content integration with television and the … Read moreCross-media Awards
I’ve been looking at cross-overs between TV shows (when 2 fictional worlds meet — like the mixing of NY CSI with Miami CSI) and just recently a comic of the animated TV shows Simpsons and Futurama. The comic, The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II: Chapter 1: “Slaves fo New New York!”, is a spendid indulgence … Read moreOn Fictionality
I’ve decided to shift my focus onto a project website instead of this blog. I chose the blog format initially because I wanted to encourage discussion and feedback about cross-media storytelling. This did happen — I’ve met some great people and had some very interesting feedback. It has been a long time between comments though, … Read moreNotice of Transformation
I have something to confess. I’ve been deceiving you. Even though I’ve got this low-tech blog going with no RSS or anything I’ve actually been hob-nobbing with the hi-tech blogware on another server. The object of my dalliance is a: blogging collective dedicated to the discussion and exploration of digital character art — any art … Read moreWe Need to Talk