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Archive for August, 2007

Kate Modern

Icon Written by Adam on August 15, 2007 – 2:08 pm

The people behind the successful LonelyGirl15 have started Kate Modern, I think that it is really a shining example of where filmed entertainment is going. They have partnered with Bebo to distribute each episode. Kate apprently dosen’t remember anything that has happened to her and needs help from her friends remembering, the thing is [...]



List of Stuff Aug. 14

Icon Written by Adam on August 14, 2007 – 4:54 pm

TechCrunch has more ways to grow your own social network.
Emmys go interactive. I get the feeling I should care more about this than I do

MySpace’s first mobile initiative in Canada launched on Rogers Wireless. Glad I’m with Telus.

Business want to pay for custom video games! This is an interesting article that is really worth reading, [...]



Friday Night Lights - Good Marketing

Icon Written by Adam on August 14, 2007 – 3:31 pm

The other day I went to go contemplate in a coffee shop, and I had one of those chance encounters with someone I barely see. It proved frutiful as those meetings always tend to. I was made aware of a show call Friday Night Lights. Apparently it’s a well written show. I wouldn’t know since [...]



The Big Game is TorGame

Icon Written by Adam on August 14, 2007 – 11:08 am

I saw the Big Game mentioned on ARGN and simultaneously thought that its awesome and also wished it existed before we set out to make TorGame. The Big Game is a potential funding source for people who want to make ARGs, here are the requirements:
1) the game must be fun
2) the game must be playable [...]



ARGs and The Tyranny of the Many

Icon Written by Fono on August 11, 2007 – 10:40 am

I just wrote an unbearably lengthy post on my blog about the role of community in alternate reality games.
My point, then, is that the emphasis on community and collaboration actually creates a barrier to play. And I ought also to point out that if a player is turned off by any of the above factors, [...]



List of stuff Aug. 10

Icon Written by Adam on August 10, 2007 – 4:56 pm

ABC is now streaming shows online in HD I’m willing to bet that this is only available in the states. While ABC is starting to understand modern entertainment wants, Blockbuster is trying to play catch-up.

You can now buy Google hardrive space. I really question the usefulness of this for someone like me.
A very detailed [...]



More on Google Mashup Editor

Icon Written by Adam on August 10, 2007 – 10:32 am

I recently mentioned the Google mashup editor and thankfully some other people have created created a basic guide to using it - thus making it something that I can use.
Google Mashup Editor is Google’s way of giving developers — a group of people we know they love — an easy way to mash [...]



Yet another interactive marketing campaign paving the way…

Icon Written by Denis on August 9, 2007 – 2:14 pm

Here we have yet another good indication the type of cross-platform mixed media GOT attempts is well founded in today’s environment…. mediums are branching out to reach wider audiences.

In the coming film “The Seeker: The Dark is Rising,” a teenage boy travels through time, collecting the six different signs that will help him save the [...]