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List of Stuff Aug. 31

Icon Written by Adam on August 31, 2007 – 4:25 pm

The importance of storytelling in a videogame

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Using current events as events in a story

Icon Written by Adam on August 23, 2007 – 12:42 pm

The disastrous earthquake in Peru that happened last week has revealed a lot of new ancient artifacts and other wonders according to Cryptomundo.
This got me thinking about how to use events like this in a story that is meant to be influenced by the world around it. Why shouldn’t newsworthy events be included in a [...]



Mystery Game a Tourist Draw

Icon Written by Adam on August 20, 2007 – 9:23 am

A mystery game has been turned into a creative way to explore Quebec City. It’s only a matter of time until we see this in other cities.
The Star has the article.
Set up by Avacture, a Quebec company that creates “adventure entertainment,” it’s a fun way to get around Old Quebec City, see the sights and [...]



Day of the Figurines

Icon Written by Fono on August 17, 2007 – 9:44 pm

Blast Theory is an artists’ collective in the UK that does a lot of work with pervasive gaming, amongst other things. They are mainly famous for their games Uncle Roy  All Around You and Can You See Me Now, both of which are games played in cities in small groups of online players and street [...]



Sony crackles up

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 3:34 pm

Crackle is a site that is owned by Sony that has the one goal of finding new talent. Members of Crackle, formerly known as Grouper which was bought by Sony for $65 million last year, submit their video content in the hopes that it’ll be discovered by someone at Sony as the next big thing. [...]



List of Stuff Aug. 28

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 2:47 pm

Viacom And NBC Inject Themselves Into Online Video Litigation
Cryptomundo

Facebook Opens Email Up A Little; I Want More - a long time coming if yo ask me.
Playing Their Own Way an article that looks at the growing movement of pseudo-homebrew games.

Who owns web 2.0 - media consolidation at its finest.

YouTube Videos to Have ‘Overlay’ Ads - [...]



List of Stuff Aug. 17

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 2:45 pm

Steal site templates (for the lazy designer).

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Bebo Overtakes MySpace in the UK - the death of MySpace continues (thank god).

MTV investing over $500 million in video games! This is bound to alter both the TV and gaming industry, my worry with this is that it may just lead to [...]



MIPCOM: pitch your content

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 2:43 pm

MIPCOM is an annual event that connects people working in entertainment so they can sell and purchase new projects, and best of all it happens in Cannes this October.
MIPCOM is best described on their site:
MIPCOM is the global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the [...]