Cross-Media + Transmedia Entertainment

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss

Cross-Media Interaction Design & Nokia Research Labs

I'm about to hope on a plane to go to Sweden, then Finland, Amsterdam, Paris and many places in the US. It will be a great trip...meeting lots of cross-media researchers who I've known through cyberspace for a long time, sharing my research and insights and...having a break. My first ...

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 ...

Second Life and broadcast tiering

  I've been watching closely the different methods used to tier...to broadcast events that happen inside of the online virtual world Second Life. One of the biggest problems with holding SL events is that there is a restriction on how many people can attend. Too many and the sim will go ...

Women Business Blogging

One of the events i'll miss while I'm away is this great one. If you can't make it, the website is full of los of juicy links too. Find out how blogging by women and for women builds networks, improves customer reach, monetizes creativity and infuses your business with Web 2.0 ...

CFP: Refractory

My mate Tom is the co-editor of this very interesting issue for Refractory. The themes they're interested in will be right up the alley of many of the readers of this blog. :) Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media is a refereed, peer-reviewed, e-journal that explores the diverging and intersecting aspects ...

Game Studies Download(s)

Ian Bogost, Jane McGonigal and Mia Consalvo are back with their great sampling of the latest game research. Game Studies Download 2.0 is available for download now. It is a great idea that is quite popular at the Game Developers Conference it is presented at and generally everywhere online! Indeed, I think ...

Mumbai Lab for FRAMES: Digital Entertainment

On the 26th-28th March, the X|Media|Lab will hold a special lab in Mumbai on 'Digital Entertianment'.   The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI) FRAMES conference is India’s largest entertainment business event with over 1,500 delegates - it's the 'who's who' of Indian film, television, animation, interactive, and mobile ...

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 ...

Transmedia Interactions and Digital Games Workshop – Salzburg

Thankyou Sal for the heads up on this great event. The Human-Computer Interaction Design Department at School of Infomatics, Indiana University, are calling for workshop participants. The workshop 'Transmedial Interactions and Digital Games' is held in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (http://www.ace2007.org/ ) ...

Death of a Blog, Birth of a Podcast

** SHORT VERSION: I'M NOW BLOGGING AT WWW.CHRISTYDENA.COM ** Well, not quite 'death' but an indefinite hiatus. I'm powering down this blog for a few reasons, one of which is my desire to finish my PhD. I've tried for the last year and a half to do PhD writing and work ...
October 17th 2007
Tags: Advertising, Internet, Marketing, Print, TV No Comments

Dynamic Logic’s Latest Cross-Media Campaigns Study

Dynamic Logic have just released their latest study: Dynamic Logic, a Millward Brown company, releases new analysis of 32 cross-media campaigns across ten categories showing that media work best when used together. All three media platforms – television, magazines, and online – contribute incrementally to brand metrics, but at different levels, bringing ...
October 16th 2007
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David Varela on Writing for ARGs

David Varela, one of the writers who worked on Mind Candy's alternate reality game Perplex City , has an article on writing for the ARG in the September issue (36) of Scriptwriting Magazine. Check it out: http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/

Primer for the CSI:NY & Second Life Crossover is Online

As I've mentioned before, the upcoming episode (Wed Oct 24th in the US) of CSI:NY will feature and continue in the online virtual world Second Life. A primer has been released on youtube, getting audiences excited and prepared for cross-platform traversal, which is good!: [youtube 3-ZmjA7GCzQ]
October 16th 2007
Tags: Film, Writing No Comments

Script Cops! If only there were real…

I found these on John August's blog. Priceless. From Crackle: Script Cops, Ep 1: Domestic Disturbance From Crackle: Script Cops, Ep 2: McKee Sting From Crackle: Script Cops, Ep 3: Traffic Stop