In Feb a new feature film called The Host will be released. It is a scary monster film that has already won numerous Korean Film awards, including Best Film and Best Director. I just checked out the trailer and at the end was some information that if you follow up on…you’ll find an ARG. Yes! An ARG! Very … Read moreKorean Film ARG
Stranger Adventures, an interactive net drama, has been running for a couple of years. It has been nominated for an Emmy twice. There is an interview with the writers by Christie Taylor at the Writers University. Here is an excerpt: How does writing for “Stranger Adventures” differ from screenwriting? This is just like writing a screenplay … Read more'Stranger Adventures' interview with the writers
A new peer-reviewed journal of new media art has just been launched: Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures provides a forum for experimental new media projects (both critical and creative) located outside or across current disciplinary boundaries. New thinking need not follow established patterns. We at Hyperrhiz oppose the idea that knowledge must grow in a tree structure … Read moreHyperrhiz Journal is launched
There are many approaches to content creation and distribution in this age of cross-media production. One emerging trend is the ability to access the same virtual world in a variety of media platforms. Apparently, the first MMORPG that you can play on your computer and mobile phone was developed by Activate Singapore and published by Nokia … Read more"Cross-Media Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game"
42 Entertainment, the company behind massive ARGs such as I Love Bees (a prologue to Halo 2), is behind what Daniel Terdiman of ZDNet News calls ‘a hybrid game–part alternate-reality game, or ARG, part traditional sweepstakes–that’s actually a marketing vehicle for Microsoft’s Windows Vista.’ (You could say that 42 Entertainment are the Hollywood of ARGs.) The game … Read moreARG event in Sydney Tomorrow!
A heads up from Diablogue informs me of a great sticker narrative project in Melbourne: True Secrets. Possibly inspired by the highly popular sticker art of Yellow Arrow, the stickers are placed in the street with a call-to-action to call a phone number. But, like the novel that is distributed via stickers around the world, Implementation, this … Read more"Audio theatre on your mobile phone"
Michael Betcherman, the Toronto writer and film-maker who was co-author of the popular email fiction: Daughters of Freya, as released a new story. Suzanne is available to experience now (for US$4.99). It is a comedy that is delivered to you through emails, with links to online newspaper articles, photos etc. In other words, it is … Read moreEmail Fiction: 'Suzanne' is out now
Just saw this whilst doing a browse of one of my favourite online gadget stores: Phobile. It is a large old-style receiver that you connect to your mobile so you can use it during calls. So cool. I can’t wait to get one…just waiting to find out if my phone is compatable as it isn’t … Read moreI want a Phobile!
sagasnet have put a call out for projects to participate: sagasnet organizes each year a Developing Interactive Narrative Content seminar in which lectures and intense workshops cover essential subjects to be considered during the development/pre-production phase for interactive entertainment projects. During this Developing Interactive Narrative Content Seminar pre-selected interactive narrative projects in development (no limitation … Read moreDeveloping Interactive Narrative Content seminar CFP
On Feb 15-17 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, the first Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction will be helld. Tangible and Embedded Interaction ’07 will be held February 15-17 (just before the famous Mardi Gras festival) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. TEI’07 is the first international conference dedicated to research in tangible and embedded interaction. Work … Read moreConference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction