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I’ve been watching the new jtv vodcasts and I think the comedy section, called Hello Future, is very funny. They basically make fun of the interactive television that we don’t have. It is set in the 80s apparently. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to the show on YouTube or anywhere and I’m not going to … Read moreThe future is funny
I announced just recently that I work in SL as a journalist and that the magazine, SLATENight, is now online. Well now you can download a pdf of the magazine. I was also interviewed for ABC’s Radio National programme: Background Briefing a couple of weeks ago. The segment is about virtual money etc and is … Read moreSecond Life Update: me on radio & a pdf
In stark contrast to the rollicking and genuine experience of the Kevin Smith launch at the State Theatre in Sydney last night, was the club launch of Yahoo!7’s new online interactive drama: PS Trixi. The new property, a multi-platform drama with an Internet pivot point, is officially launched on August 28th but you can see … Read moreAustralia's 1st Online Drama!, again
There are academic journals for just about everything and thankfully one on Lost too. Lost Studies will be doing a special issue soon on the Lost ARG. Amy Bauer has encouraged academics to submit essays for the forthcoming issue: I am doing a special issue on the ARG, including work by academics and fans reflecting on all aspects … Read moreLost Academic Journal
I have to confess I’m moonlighting in another world. I’ve started working in the virtual world Second Life as an “embedded journalist”. SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a … Read moreWriting About Virtual Words (My Second [Life] Job)
Jeremy Douglass, my wonderful co-blogger at WRT, interviewed new media arts legend Nick Montfort for the current issue of the Iowa Review Web. Jane McGonigal, ARG researcher and designer, was also interviewed (by Scott Rettberg — another new media arts legend and guest editor for the issue). Jane claims that players create Gesamtkunstwerk. I have cited Wagner’s … Read moreJane and Jeremy in Iowa Review Web
I really like this example of a real world product (I’ve been advocating tangible products in transmedia properties for a long time which many forget — but we all seem to forget radio for some reason?!) that Ivan Askwith discovered at ComiCon: – An interesting product from Mattel called HyperScan which combines collectible card games … Read moreCard to Game Influence
ARGs have had characters calling ‘players’ (people?) for some years now. In the last couple of years we’ve seen this technique being used by film and TV producers. Rather than provide unique narrative content, however, they have a more economic function: motivating you to watch the TV show or film. Well, September last year I … Read moreGeez, Veronica Mars and Samuel L Jackson Keep Calling Me
Last year I was commissioned by RealTime Magazine to interview New Media postgraduates doing practice-led research in Australia: The Creative Degree as Interface. This year I was commissioned to interview New Media educators who are new media artists teaching new media art. The article The University: New Home for New Media, (which I had as … Read moreNew Media Educators