Sorry about the radio silence here. I’ll be back in cyberspace very soon. (big smiley). In the meantime, here is a discussion I’ll be participating in at empyre next month, hope you join in: Join us at -empyre- in August 2007 for: *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Being in Second Life* when hostess … Read more"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Being in Second Life"
Chris Dahlen, a contributing writer to publications such as Pitchfork Media, Paste Magazine, The Onion AV Club and The Wire N.H., has started a blog. His blog, Save the Robot, discusses among other things ‘transmedia’. Chris says that ‘Jenkins and others have defined this concept really well’ and wonders what is left for him as … Read moreNew transmedia explorer: Chris Dahlen
SL and RL colleague Angela Thomas — who was on TV with me last year (see the 7.30 Report link in my press page), edits the Slate Night magazine I write for and is at the same university as me! — was flown to the US recently to deliver a talk on ‘Pleasure, Play, Participation and … Read moreAngela Thomas on Pleasure, Play, Participation and Promise in Virtual Worlds
Excellent virtual world consultancy Kzero have a site with some interesting content. They are the people behind the Second Life Brand Map: They’ve got some interesting case-studies and population demographics of Second Life that seem pretty accurate, though I don’t know how they determined that information. (Most female avatars are actually real life males!) I sent them … Read moreKzero on Metabrands
I’m so behind with all my blog posts, but rather than work until 4am posting I’ll just share something that’ll give you a laugh. Well, only those that have been inside the online virtual world Second Life will understand. Enjoy! [youtube flkgNn50k14] It looks like it is a ‘viral campaign’ to announce agency Draftfcb entering … Read moreSome light relief: Second Life in Real Life
It is rare to see a project that actually has a flow of content moving from one platform to another. Usually, when people think cross-media or multi-platform they think in terms of distributing the same content to different platforms. Well, I stumbled on this great project a while ago and am impressed. KetnetKick is created by Larian Studios … Read moreCross-Media in Belgium: TV-Web Children's Show
Lance Weiler — an acclaimed director films such as Head Trauma (that I posted about here) and The Last Broadcast — asked me to write an article about films and cross-media for the Workbook Project (a free resource for content creators). Of course I agreed to! So, I wrote a long article about the some of nifty things … Read moreFilmmakers that Think Outside the Film
Some links about finance and virtual worlds, MMORPGs and the digital games industry in general: simExchange: simExchange is a simulation of the stock market, for the games industry. You predict sales of games. They actually market it is a pedagogical game, in the sense that you learn about the games industry while playing. Interesting, maybe … Read moreSome links on Games & Money
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
As I’ve spoken about before, online virtual worlds are increasingly being used as extensions to entertainment properties. For those in Sydney, Australia, there will be a talk on this topic this Thursday with none other that Tony Walsh! MIXED REALITY BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT Where Social Networks meet Games meet TV Which side of the wall are … Read moreTV & Virtual Worlds