It has been a while since I’ve blogged and since I’ve blogged some writing. So, here are some pieces that I have found immensely interesting: Szulborski, D. (2005) This Is Not A Game: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming (2nd Digital Edition), Lulu, Available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/99444 Dave Szulborski’s book is the first dedicated to the … Read moreSome Very Interesting Writing to get you Drooling for Cross-Media
The technical side of cross-media projects is usually the most discussed item at cross-media events that I’ve attended. Conglomerates now want to produce works across all the platforms within their empire and they need systems to manage the data, traffic, security and payments. One company, of many, is offering such an ‘end-to-end’ solution. Zone4Play ‘provide … Read moreBack to Back
Mobisodes are the new black, no blog. Last year was the Year of the Blog and this year it seems ‘mobility’ is the new area of boom. The key area of ‘mobility’ is the mobile phone. They have been described as the ‘third screen’ and the ‘fifth media’. Australia is about to have its first … Read moreMobisodes are the New Blog
Daniel Myrick, the co-creator of the Blair Witch Project, has a webisode online called ‘The Strand’. It is a live-action fiction series delivered on the web that is a mix of real people and actors. The story is set in Venice Beach and is about the ‘freaks, geeks and muscle beach’. Like Jupiter Green it … Read moreFilmmaker turns to Webisodes
After finding TNT’s efforts to include Net-based content alongside TV programs I’ve just stumbled across a TV and iPod marriage. SCIFI.com offers viewers the ability to watch Battlestar Gallatica and listen to the executive producer comment with the use of podcasting. With these audio files you have to pause the commentary during a break. Just … Read moreAnother bi-channel work
Interesting movement in the iTV (interactive television) world with TNT — Turner Network Televison. They have a site called ‘We Know Drama’ that keeps viewers up to date with what is showing but also provides parallel viewing. The idea is you watch the movie on TNT and at the same time have this website up … Read moreThey Know Drama?
The ‘Lost’ TV series is currently airing in the US and here in Oz. In the US it has a website on the channel’s webpages: US. What is interesting is that in the series there are numbers repeatedly being displayed or referred to. For example 4 is – # of years Locke was in his … Read moreTalking in Code
I’ve spoken twice about the online interactive drama Jupiter Green on this blog: originally when the work was being user-tested online and then about director Kylie Robertson’s latest offering: Girl Friday. Well, now a refereed paper on it is online for the inaugural issue of Performance Paradigm. It is a fascinating and timely journal that … Read moreScholar has moved into Jupiter Green
From crossmedia communication: An excellent site, Games and Storytelling, has uploaded lectures from leading academics on…you guessed it…games and storytelling. The program investigates the two, highly contested areas, inviting top researchers to address: How do game-play and storytelling exactly relate to each other in different game genres and cultures? What are the interactive stances of … Read moreWanna Perve on a Theorist?
The 3rd ceremony (I didn’t know there was 1) for the International iTV Awards is happening in Cannes on April 13, 2005. ‘The Awards competition has grown to incorporate all new formats of global television interactivity, through remote control, fixed and mobile phone.’ I hope they have snippets of the works on the site after … Read moreCan U C iTV, itvt and IPTV?