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Discover Manoa!: Second Life RPG & the problem with ARGs

 

Discover Manoa

 

Oder Skall of the Second Life Herald posted about this latest ‘experience’ in the online virtual world Second Life. The press release about the experience sounds quite enticing:

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"Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment"

“Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment” is the new name for a company set up (formerly Naked Rabbit Studios) by Jason Chrest and Jessie Greene. Their “main goal is to provide the best service and product possible by creating valuable multi-media entertainment with mass advertising appeal”. From their website: As a grassroots development group, Aporia CME has produced low budget games … Read more"Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment"

Stitch Media is here

For those who have attended or heard any of my presentations I’ve given to industry over the past couple of years, you’ll recall that I praise the design of the multiple award winning “extended reality game” created by Xenophile Media for the Canadian TV series ReGenesis. He also worked on The Ocular Effect ‘alternate reality … Read moreStitch Media is here

In-Game Advertising: the V-Lodge model

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

Medieval Help Desk

Got this from Angela’s blog. It is a video about a help desk query during medieval times. How would a help desk deal with inquiries about problems using a book? Very, very funny. Would be good for the PART project. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pyjRj3UMRM

Australian ARG "Artefact" receives AFC funding

Thankyou Colin for the heads up on this great news. “Artefact”, an alternate reality game developed by Mini Studios, Stephen Sewell and Vudu Mobile, has received Strand V funding from the Australian Film Commission. The project is described as follows: Famed Australian playwright and feature writer Stephen Sewell (Stephen Sewell) and Mini Vudu have teamed … Read moreAustralian ARG "Artefact" receives AFC funding

Transliteracies blog launched: PART

De Montfort University have launched another initiative (they have so many!): Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms and tools from orality through print, TV, radio and film, to networked digital media. The PART (Production and Research in Transliteracy) Group is led by Professor Sue Thomas at De … Read moreTransliteracies blog launched: PART