A student at Arizona State University has posted on a Mac rumours forum some observations about a new 3D social network being developed and tested there. The blogosphere has since come alive with rumours that Google is about to launch 'My World', a virtual world/social network which may link to Google Earth and Maps applications. [...]
I don't know what social networking guru Danah Boyd would have made of Melbourne's RACV club where I heard her speak last week. It's a such a weird architectural collision of old and new Melbourne Australiana with a massive wood panelled foyer overlooked by two huge silver kookaburras. What better place for an Australian education [...]
Fresh, compelling and rapidly developed. De Blob was created by a group of students at the HKU (Utrecht School of the Arts) and Utrecht University. The game was subsequently bought up by THQ and is now being developed as a new Wii title by Blue Tongue games in Melbourne. This is a great example of [...]
Raph Koster is the author of the book 'A Theory of Fun' and presents some groundbreaking ideas in a GDC Podcast titled 'Where Game Meets the Web'. Raph's blog can be found here. The linear media industries have been hearing about all the implications of Web 2.0 for the past two years and it's taking [...]
I have been listening to an interesting Game Theory podcast with Nicole Lazzaro from Xeo Design, a company who does research work and consultancy on emotion in gameplay. Here is an excerpt where she waxes lyrical about innovation in gameplay and the kinds of emotions we want to explore in games of the future: ...next [...]
We're currently in the midst of running our sixth LAMP cross media prototyping residential in Freycinet, Tasmania. It has been a very lively and challenging experience with creative teams taking part from a wide range of backgrounds with a dynamic team of mentors and developers. We've been very lucky to work with Tony Walsh, a [...]