Twitter is an application (see on the top of my left sidebar) that allows you to post a 140 character limit message. The basic idea is that you comment on what you are doing. But people are using it in all manner of ways. Here are some ways it is being used in entertainment: NonFiction: … Read moreTwitter and entertainment
Onder Skall, who I cited earlier with my post about Manoa!, has put a call out for those interested in a Second Life ARG Group. Here is his call: I’m scouting out the possibility of putting together a group in Second Life for people who love Alternate Reality Gaming. This would just be a group … Read moreSL ARG Group
I found Chris’ blog on eParticipation through a referral (he linked to me), but it looks interesting. One of my core interests is how the convergence of communication media will impact the way eParticipation projects are shaped in the future. Little research has been done on this, that’s why I’m closely following other fields, where the … Read moreeParticipation & Cross-Media
Democracy TV is an internet TV broadcaster. Here is their description: There’s an opportunity to build a new, open mass medium of online television. We’re developing the Democracy internet TV platform so that watching internet video channels will be as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel will be open to everyone. Unlike traditional … Read moreDemocracy Net
Tim (Chippy) has created an aggregator of blogs that post about “alternate reality games” (ARGs). This is a good feed to have if you’re new to the area. Alternate Reality Game Blogs
A while ago I was invited to join the community at V-Lodge. V-Lodge is created by Sergey Salomakhin and Mikhail Zislis. Here is their description: Our project for in-game advertising, V-Lodge, works from the following assumptions: * A new approach to in-game advertising is required, “virtual billboards” arent’ doing any good! This goes for both … Read moreIn-Game Advertising: the V-Lodge model
Thanks Angus for the heads up on this nice example of producer’s courting the fans. On a recent episode of My Name is Earl, a character who is a forum members of Television Without Pity refers to their posts in the real life forum. Posts which have actually been posted. The character is killed off, and a forum … Read moreTV Courting Fans
DAC, the premier international digital arts conference, will be in Perth next year with Beap. They have just announced the first stage of acceptances: The reviewing of the 230 abstracts has now been completed, and many thanks to the reviewers for the enormous task. In a process that turns out to have been highly competitive, … Read moreDAC in Australia
MIT Comparative Media Studies and the Convergence Culture Consortium present the Futures of Entertainment Conference, November 17-18, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wohoo! Here is the blurb: As advertisers look for new ways to engage audiences, content creators search for new audiences, and audiences quest for new ways to connect with culture, the nature of what counts as … Read moreTransmedia Sessions at Futures of Entertainment Conference
Ah geez, it is fun saying that: Get Outta My Face! But really, it is the name of a project, a very exciting project that has been started by five teens in Central Oregon. They are sick of big company advertisements that prescribe correct dietary behaviour with “lame” motivations like “eat THIS on the new food pyramid” or “turn … Read moreGet Outta My Face!