Greetings gentle reader!
Much has happened since my sign off late September last year.
The Broadband unit concluded its move to Sydney to become the "CNC" unit and has since received media coverage following the MD's announcement of a 24 hour continuous news service.
I moved from being an Adobe Community Expert for Premiere Pro to the newly created Video on the Web.
I'm enjoying my new role in the News Online development area looking at allowing quick and painless rich media creation for an institution that spans a continent.
After doing everything I possibly could to avoid the collectible card game fad that started over a decade ago, I have discovered Shadowfist and have become an avid player and collector. It has definitely changed my view on gaming.
My little boy is fast approaching 8 months old and fills me with joy every day.
Life is good.
:-)
There won't be a huge number of posts, but I should get back to using this blog for the reason it was originally designed for; a poor man's del.icio.us where I can spout on about what I find interesting on teh Intuhweb.
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Friday, July 13, 2007
Mission Stencil Story
I had intended to break radio silence with a long post on all the shit's that's been happening over the last few weeks, but I had to link to this for later reference.
The mission stencil story is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure story that takes place on the sidewalks of the Mission district in San Francisco. It is told in a new medium of storytelling that uses spraypainted stencils connected to each other by arrows. The streetscape is used as sort of an illustration to accompany each piece of text.
The mission stencil story is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure story that takes place on the sidewalks of the Mission district in San Francisco. It is told in a new medium of storytelling that uses spraypainted stencils connected to each other by arrows. The streetscape is used as sort of an illustration to accompany each piece of text.
Friday, April 20, 2007
What a week!
I'm not even gong to touch the practical upshot of the Virginia Shootings. Enough people doing that already.
Instead, the video player announcements at NAB!
(Wow! That's an overblown hyperlink!!)
On to the RTNDA address at NAB, starring a host of online luminaries. Comments and video follow.
From Steve Bryant at Reel Pop, the question of our time - do we still need a laugh track?
And to finish off the week, a story that I found quite pressing on my view of the world.
"When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone. Ziggurat Con, being held June 9 from 1200 to 2100 hours at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, is open to all allied military personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq."
I always felt that one of the things D&D/RPG players were undergoing when they played was a sense of wish fulfillment, i.e. a chance to imagine themselves in dangerous and exotic locations performing feats of daring do for noble causes.
What the hell do a bunch of soldiers in Iraq fighting in the War on Terror need any more of that for? A rethink is in order.
(BTW, try and tear your eyes away from that damned LJ avatar on the top right of the page. Where you been all our lives, boy? Who woulda thunk of it?)
Instead, the video player announcements at NAB!
(Wow! That's an overblown hyperlink!!)
On to the RTNDA address at NAB, starring a host of online luminaries. Comments and video follow.
From Steve Bryant at Reel Pop, the question of our time - do we still need a laugh track?
And to finish off the week, a story that I found quite pressing on my view of the world.
"When President Bush ordered troops to Iraq, he probably never imagined that he would be ultimately be responsible for what very well could be the very first D&D convention/game day ever held in a war zone. Ziggurat Con, being held June 9 from 1200 to 2100 hours at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, is open to all allied military personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq."
I always felt that one of the things D&D/RPG players were undergoing when they played was a sense of wish fulfillment, i.e. a chance to imagine themselves in dangerous and exotic locations performing feats of daring do for noble causes.
What the hell do a bunch of soldiers in Iraq fighting in the War on Terror need any more of that for? A rethink is in order.
(BTW, try and tear your eyes away from that damned LJ avatar on the top right of the page. Where you been all our lives, boy? Who woulda thunk of it?)
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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