An ambitious project is being undertaken by Gavan Woolery – to create Genesis… Genesis is the game that creates itself. The actions of the users reshape living conditions, political structures, economies, ecosystems, and all other aspects of the world. Storylines emerge naturally, the same way that they do in real life. Content in Genesis is […]
Ian Bogost over at Water Cooler Games discusses the release of a game based on the Paris riots. He refers to an emerging genre, “documentary games†and leads us to discover a few we may not have encountered previously. I’ve been increasingly interested in so-called documentary games (or docu-games), such as JFK Reloaded and Escape […]
There is quite a flurry of discussion on US bloggging and eductaion sites about the passing of the DOPA – Deleting Online Predators Act. I suspect it is a case of well-intentioned ignoramuses making policy that throws the baby out with the bath water. We all know the benefits of engaging students through online interaction. […]
From Christy Dena over at Writing About Virtual Words at WRT: Writer Response Theory we learn that: SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a mixed bunch of artists, academics, […]
GDC Mobile and Serious Games Summit GDC Call for Submissions Now Open Submit your proposal by Tuesday, September 5, 2006 For GDC Mobile 2007, click here. For Serious Games Summit GDC 2007, click here.
A new Australian social networking site is recently underway – likely to be as troublesome to schools as MySpace but I wonder how long it will last – this sort of startup often has a short shelflife. See Babbello.
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 […]
More from Terra Nova – Nick Yee and buddies have been investigating different aspects of virtual interaction and claim: Our data showed that many patterns of physical interaction in the real world carry over into the virtual world. In other words, our insistence on embodiment in virtual environments structures social interactions in these worlds in […]
Thomas Malaby has been writing more on games over at Terra Nova – Against Exceptionalism: A New Approach to Games is his latest treatise on the way games scholarship is conducted and he asserts that there are some fundamental mistakes being made. Malaby in Stopping Play: A New Approach to Games suggests a new framework […]
Innovative new media arts collective Blast Theory are looking for participants for their new project starting next month. Blast Theory – Soft Message on Radio 3 Ever wanted to talk to a stranger? If so, Blast Theory want to talk to you. We are a group of three artists fascinated by how and why we talk […]