I've just watched a video of a virtual event for the third time. I found it so exciting and interesting, but some of you may find this response upsetting. You see, the event was not consensual. In World of Warcraft (WoW), a guild, Illidan, was holding an in-game memorial service ...
Just did a search for the Best Quote in the World to see what would happen. Well, I was told that "I Love You" was the best quote in the world. Nice. I was trying to be lazy and use the web as an Oracle, without climbing the mountain. Well, ...
I've mentioned Mark Burnett's internet scavenger hunts before, and the Mission Impossible one, now there's one for the film of the Da Vinci Code: The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google. Everyone is teaming up with Google to create these search games. Search is big and fun, and teaming up with Google just ...
I'm collating lists of awards for cross-media productions and courses in cross-media design.
Awards
I don't have many at this stage. The problem is, of course, that many people don't realise that cross-media entertainment is an artform in itself, just like a feature film is, or a TV show. There are some cross-media ...
This journal edition came out a while ago (cna you tell I'm going through my long neglected drafts?), but has some interesting papers on mobility.
Dong-Hoo Lee documents the experiments with self-image and expression now allowed young Korean women by camera phones.
Angel Lin affirms the continuation of older social practices amongst ...
This is an old post, but a goody. John McMurria of DePaul University has a very interesting article, Broadcasting is Dead, Long Live Broadcasting, published at Flow. He analyses four TV and Internet convergences:
Case #1. Disney/ABC has teamed with Apple's iTunes to offer episodes of 6 current television series for playback ...
Hows that for a genre mashup? The Voice is a sponteous theatre production that is being filmed at the Florida Film Festival, it debuted on March 24th. Besides the use of fantastical websites, actors, real world events and locations, the neat thing is the lead of the production has no idea ...
Banff World Television Festival has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Banff World Television Awards. 101 programs from 24 countries are competing, including a TV + ARG I'm currently playing, ReGenesis II: Extended Reality Game, which has been nominated in the interactive television category. Last year, the ReGenesis won the best website ...
For those in Melbourne, Australia, next week, I'll be co-presenting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School seminar: The Business of Digital Distribution. I'll be drawing the relationship between distribution and attracting audiences. The objectives of the event are:
analyse the benefits of new digital distribution models
develop strategies for incorporating digital distribution ...
Drew Davidson -- who is a permanent resident on my blogroll, and alongside Monique De Haas, is one of the first cross-media researchers I met online all those years ago -- is bringing out a book on designing cross media projects: Cross-Media Communications: an Introduction to the Creation of Integrated ...