I’ve created a page on my new wiki with a description of some of the most used terms people use when referring to cross-media. I’ve tried to explain how they relate and when they don’t. It is not a comprehensive list of all the terms and their meanings. It is also not my personal list of terms … Read moreCross-Media Terms
Marc Ruppel is a researcher into what he terms “cross-sited narratives”. He has put one of his talks online, a presentation that was part of his PhD Comprehensive Exam in Digital Studies, University of Maryland College Park. Marc terms: cross-sited narratives “as multi-sensory stories told across two or more diverse media (film, print literature, web, … Read moreMarc Ruppel's latest paper
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
Yahoo Videogames has just started a weekly feature on film and game convergence: Hollywood Byte. “The Hollywood Byte makes a weekly visit to the converging world of video games and traditional media.” Each week they interview a director. Unfortunately, they do not supply a top-level link, only direct links. Here is what they’re done so far: … Read moreFilm & Game Convergence
I’ve been sorting out old files and came cross one of my favourite quotes. I thought I’d share it with you. It is from a book written by Victor Sanchez, a book that illustrates lessons from Carlos Castaneda’s books on Yaqui sorcerers. In this section, Sanchez is explaining the difference between a warrior who goes to war and the … Read moreThe Joyful Fight
Excellent line-up at sagasnet: Developing Interactive Entertainment Workshop Headed by: Greg Roach / Guest Speaker (on ARG): Dave Szulborski/ March 03 2006 – March 09 2006, Academy for TV and Film Munich, Germany In this intensive workshop the relationship between storytelling, visual media techniques, game design and interactivity will be explored in depth. Participants will … Read moreSome great interactive narrative workshops
Inspired by a map created for botmasters, I’ve created a Frappr map for us! The map allows you do add a pin (like Google Earth, indeed, running with data supplied by Google). So, every cross-media researcher can add themselves to this map. We’ll see then just how many are in Europe! Add away! http://www.frappr.com/crossmediaresearchers Note: … Read moreWorldwide Map of Cross-Media Researchers
We’ve got .tv and soon we’ll have .mobi. Late May will see the beginning of .mobis being registered by companies with trademarks, and then general registrations in August. Dotmobi is unique – the first top level domain dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices. Scheduled for launch in May, dotmobi will revolutionise the use … Read moreDevice Domain Names
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!