christy A ‘Summit of the Future Report’ by the Club of Amsterdam was released recently [pdf]. But, to Monique De Haas’ horror I’m sure they just don’t address all the issues. I guess how can they really? Here are some of the highlights:They talk about how young people are on the Internet rather than watching TV. … Read moreDanish Future
On April 27 a TimeWarner press release: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner company, today unveiled GameTap, a first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network that offers games-on-demand plus original programming via a broadband connected PC. Game Tap will not only be an outlet for post-retail games but it will progress the life of what … Read moreTimeWarner monster gets bigger and cleverer
It is great to see more ‘distributed art’ being commissioned and called for in exhibitions and collections. It shows an awareness of a hugely emerging area of production. But I can’t quite get my head around this one: dLux media arts (who do great stuff mind you) is called for works for d>Art.05 with the … Read moreOxymorons
For the 50th Anniversary Press event the Disneyland® Resort is offering a podcast. Michael W. Geoghegan plays host for this sneak peek at the biggest celebration in Disney history, including interviews, stories and other exciting events direct from the Disneyland® Resort on May 3, 4 & 5, 2005. This just seems a bit weird to … Read moreDisney is Podcasting!
I’ve now put some project information about my research online under the domain of: polymorphicnarrative.org. The domain name is the name of the narrative system I am proposing for my PhD research. I’ve got alot more to put on the site so forgive the slight content on some pages. Anyway, enjoy. And please do let … Read moreAnnouncing Big Word Title website!
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