Well, I ‘ve just experienced a rite of passage that every researcher goes through at some time: a loss of alot of data. Since I’ve moved interstate I’ve been trying to get my data off an old Linux server. Finally, last night, the system had enough and for some uncanny reason purged the one database I … Read moreRite of Fire
If you haven’t already noticed, Europe is the place to be if you’re creating, researching or experiencing CME. It is not surprising considering the technology available in the home (and therefore the services then supplied to audiences). Here is a list of some of the sites about CME by those living in Europe: Monique de Haas’ blog, Netherlands Jill Walker’s blog, … Read moreIts all happening in Europe
Henry Jenkins was one of the first media theorists to identify the subject of my research and and what he terms “transmedia storytelling”. He is co-heading a dedicated research lab at MIT now, called the Convergence Culture Consortium. The Consortium is geared towards, it seems, providing data to industry as well as contributing to scholarship. … Read moreMIT has a dedicated Transmedia Storytelling Lab!
This is the second post in a series of posts about new cross-media researchers. Introducing… Andrew McKenzie, PhD candidate, Creative Media, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Here is his description, from a listserv conversation: My research is into areas of narrative structure and content creation. For my PHD I’m going to be devising theories surrounding the … Read moreCross-Media Researchers 2: Andrew McKenzie
Many blogs have posts about predictions for this year (including me!), and some have round-ups of the previous year. This post is the beginning of a round-up of last year. Not a round-up of cross-media projects, cross-media in the news or the cross-media industry; instead, over the next few posts I’ll be doing a round-up … Read moreCross-Media Researchers 1: Anja Bechmann Petersen
Here are some CFPs that are relevant to cross-media researchers: Trans –: Negotiations and Resistance, 19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Association of English Graduate Students ***Abstract Deadline: January 20th, 2006*** University of Southern California, Los Angeles April 7 – 8, 2006 ***CFP*** Trans- is a prefix circulating with increasing frequency, not only in the titles and … Read moreSome more CFPs for researchers
I usually get my videos of games (trailers & developer interviews) through GameSpot and watch ControlFreaksTV for some of the buzz; but I just rediscovered (I’ve been plenty of times but haven’t actually utilised it) the Internet Archive. They have a section on game videos, which includes valuable stuff from “old” games: The Internet Archive’s … Read moreGame video resources
I’ve found 2 references to my research into the narrative aspects of cross-media entertainment (beyond paper & book citations), for teaching. One is for a subject run Dr Ismail S. Talib at the Department of English Language & Literature of the National University of Singapore: Narrative Connections. The subject explores: The connections of narrative to … Read moreAcademic references to CME
In a video interview on GameSpot (posted 14/11/05), a developer of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II PC game said that “the first Lord of the Rings PC game to incorporate the book rights from Tolkien Enterprises as well as the NewLine cinema rights that EA has traditionally held.” The single-player … Read moreLOTR & Polymorphism
Dave Miller emailed me late last year and I only just followed up by checking out his blog and thesis. He has created and researched networked narratives. You can find out about his works at his blog, where you can also get a copy of his Masters: ‘When the Network Becomes An Author: A Critical … Read moreNetworked Narrative Creator & Researcher