Well it’s been a while since I found time to post something new. I’ve recently joined the Second Life Educational Community and found it incredibly absorbing. This community is incredibly vibrant, and like the rest of Second Life it is growing at a rapid rate. When I say growing I’m referring to the population – […]
Well, I’m back in Perth after delivering my keynote at the Drama Australia “Turning the Tides” conference. I was presenting on Monday morning and was first up – there were quite a few latecomers as the conference dinner was held on the Sunday evening. My topic was This drama is pwned: 1337 drama – a […]
Grand Text Auto » Interactive Drama, a Private Affair? This is an interesting article coming from feedback to Facade developers about the experience of playing the game. The public vs. private domain of playing a game that isn’t strictly entertainment – the goal/purpose is interact with a couple experiencing some domestic disharmony. Public gameplay is […]
“The secret is, even though it’s called Game Neverending, it’s not really a game at all. It’s a social space designed to facilitate and enable play.”- Ludicorp CEO Stewart Butterfield Mindjack – Stewart Butterfield Interview describing the original incarnation of Flickr as far as I can tell. This is stuff I need to spend more […]
Over at terra nova, Bob Moore has an interesting take on the role of realism in virtual worlds. So when do you think the R-word is appropriate in virtual world design? When is it not? I think this is something I’ll need to consider with my online process drama’s. The type of virtaul world will […]
Game/Play is a networked national touring exhibition focusing on the rhetorical constructs game and play. This collaboration between Q Arts, Derby and HTTP Gallery, London provides a basis for exchange and interaction between audiences, artists, curators and writers through the exhibitions and networked activity. Playful interaction and goal-oriented gaming explored through media arts practice | […]
This is becoming quite an interest of mine over the past few months and has also taken centre stage as the focal theme of my online drama work. There are emerging more and more stories about griefing across the entire web – in games, virtual communities, online worlds… etc…. Mark Wallace over at 3pointD and […]