Archive for July, 2007

Drama and New Media at IDEA2007

21, Jul 2007

You may be interested in these sites emerging from the Drama and New Media SIG at the IDEA WORLD CONGRESS in Hong Kong

http://dramaNmedia.wikispaces.com

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3481320636

Also C&T are building an archive of Drama related podcasts

http://www.candt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=31

We also managed to make a bit of a splash during the Keynote session today.
When was the last time the 3 international Arts [...]

SL via Web Browser

10, Jul 2007

A talented young Second Life user, Katherine Berry (15) has recently released the alpha version of her AjaxLife – a tool that allows Second Life residents to log in to the world via a web browser. The application sacrifices the graphical components of the world but allows chat, IM and mapping functions. The [...]

Day 1 – ICT2007 – Hong Kong

10, Jul 2007

The 2007 International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning kicked off today at the Open University in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong.  Delegates were welcomed by the Prof John C Y Leong, the President of OUHK and the Chair of the Conference Organising Committee, Dr K S Yuen.  The first keynote of the day [...]

Some lovely games

5, Jul 2007

REUNION:
http://www.mikebithell.com/reunion/
SAMOROST 2:
http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/
Check out the other games at Amanita (http://amanita-design.net/) as well – all quite beautiful…
The Quest for the Rest
http://www.samorost2.net/thequestfortherest/

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Emotions in Games

2, Jul 2007

Over at New Scientist I stumbled across this interview with  Peter Molyneux on emotions in games. He’s the man behind games like Populous and Black & White and he talks about making gaming a more emotional experience – I suggested in the late 1990’s that this might be the point where Drama informs computer games – [...]


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