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CBS launches InnerTube

20, Aug 2006

Not to be confused with the new Web 2.0 tool Innertoobâ„¢ – but exciting nonetheless – CBS has launched Innertube.  Innertube is a new streaming video service – and several of the networks major primetime programs will be streamed live.  There is also a good selection of play-on-demand videos that go behind the scenes on [...]

Sociability increased by MMOs

18, Aug 2006

Well, its about time…
Some online video games found to promote ’sociability,’ researchers say
The researchers, Constance Steinkuehler and Dmitri Williams, claim that
MMOs function not like solitary dungeon cells, but more like virtual
coffee shops or pubs where something called “social bridging” takes
place.

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Genesis – user created game world

18, Aug 2006

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 supplied [...]

Documentary Games

18, Aug 2006

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 from [...]

DOPA should be called DOPEY!

18, Aug 2006

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.  Look [...]

New Arts magazine in and on Second Life

16, Aug 2006

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, writers, [...]

GDC 2007 Serious Games

14, Aug 2006

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.

Babbello

10, Aug 2006

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.

Facade: a private pleasure?

10, Aug 2006

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 described [...]

VR – visceral reality??

10, Aug 2006

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 ways [...]


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