There is an old but good article on MSNBC on Bringing Emotion to Video Games. It can be accessed by clicking here. David Freeman is interviewed in the article and his book 'Emotion in Games' has a lot of great pointers for game developers to understand writing techniques which help develop player empathy for characters [...]
I know that in Korea computer gaming is so popular that it is one of the most popular spectator sports. But I didn't immediately think of this as a viral technique built in to the game play. Computer games can be a very solitary experience if they are played alone but online game play and [...]
Listened to a great podcast from GDC which is an interview with author and Halo screenwriter DB Weiss. This is a quote from the interview which I found particularly interesting as we've been talking a lot about the games/film relationship lately. Particularly interesting for production design, design of storyworlds and virtual environments. Click here to [...]
Next New Media is a start up who are launching niche video services on the web with a business model built around advertising. Some big names from the early days of MTV, Nickelodeon and Time Warner are on board as are some of the investment companies which backed the original foray of MTV onto cable. [...]
Apple's Steve Jobs has called for the record industry to abandon digital rights management for all online music stores. He has posted a statement on the Apple web site which argues the case for abandoning a system about which Apple often takes flack from consumers. The main complaints are its restrictions on 5 copies and [...]
The future of filmmaking - and of entertainment media in general - is murky indeed. Ran a course with my colleagues from LAMP today with incoming students at AFTRS. We profiled a range of new entertainment formats and got the students to brainstorm and pitch back ideas of how they would combine them with some [...]