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Filmmakers that Think Outside the Film

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

OK, now for some light relief…this is sooooo cute

Sony announced at GDC earlier this year this wonderful game that is being developed by Media Molecule for Playstation 3: LittleBigPlanet. [youtube Taiurn541SE] It is described on the Media Molecule site as follows: The LittleBigPlanet experience starts with players learning about their character’s powers to interact physically with the environment. There are obstacles to explore, bits … Read moreOK, now for some light relief…this is sooooo cute

Sean Cubitt

News from Adrian’s blog is that Sean Cubitt has a blog. Now, Sean’s writing is not for the faint at heart but for the strong of mind. Eg: The multidimensional mysteries facing the analyst of light in the early 21st century are neither more nor less characteristic of our times than the explorations of Groseteste … Read moreSean Cubitt

On Two-Faced Blogging

I’d like to just take a moment and share with you what it is like being in industry and academia. This post is actually in response to Monique’s comment yesterday: Hi Christy, Ah the terming debate… sigh. Now, what Monique is referring to is my recent rantings about terminology on this blog. I highlight it because it … Read moreOn Two-Faced Blogging

"Multi-Platform Storytelling" according to Tejpaul Bhatia

Tejpaul Bhatia, the founder of Tej Media Networks & senior manager of international business strategy for ESPN New Media, was recently interviewed on Kevin Roberts site SISOMO about “multi-platform storytelling”.

Multi-platform story-telling requires story-teller’s to think on multiple levels and in multiple dimensions. The audience is no longer in one place and no longer on a single device for a scheduled period of time.  These additional layers and moving parts require quite a bit of effort on the story-teller’s part.  The story-teller is no longer just a writer.  She is a writer, a producer, an architect, a metadata specialist, a marketing exec, a business person, and a user experience professional.

Hey, now that sounds good. But then Tejpaul answers a question about whether formats will change with multiplatform delivery (“‘delivery?” I ask myself and then read on):

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Clash of the literacies: Making a "ludocinematic future"

Recently, a top Hollywood special effects company — Digital Domain — announced that they will be investing 25 million into making “creating a video game that matches the quality of a feature film”. Well, as you can imagine, the gaming community found this claim pretty insulting. Well respected game designer Clint Hocking rants at his … Read moreClash of the literacies: Making a "ludocinematic future"

Go Aussie Entrepeneurs! Top 60 Web 2.0 Companies in Australia

Read Write Web has published an article on the top 60 Web 2.0 companies in Australia: At Future Exploration Network‘s Web 2.0 in Australia event on June 6, we are including a showcase of the top five examples of Web 2.0 coming out of this glorious country. Identifying who we wanted to invite to the … Read moreGo Aussie Entrepeneurs! Top 60 Web 2.0 Companies in Australia

My Talk on ARGs @ Game_On next week

The Brisband chapter of the IGDA have invited me to give a talk and workshop next week in Queensland: GAME_ON: talk and workshop- tues 5 june, 5-7pm @ KGUV Community Hub, Carraway St, Kelvin Grove ‘Alternate Reality Games: Multi-Platform & Multi-World Design’ In this talk Christy Dena will provide an overview of the pervasive gaming … Read moreMy Talk on ARGs @ Game_On next week