- Gamasutra interview with Susan O’Connor. I got to meet Susan at the Game Writer’s Conference in 2005 and she’s a wonderful woman; I’m tickled to see her making a name for herself with Bioshock and Gears of War.
- YouTube will share revenue with content creators. This is potentially huge. Google as IPTV megapowerhouse.
- Joy of Tech on how to buy Windows Vista. So true.
- iPhone Shuffle. There’s a second paper on mobile media in this. (Joke, people, joke.)
- Adult Swim Fix now Mac-friendly. ‘Bout damn time.
- 24 Time Warp. This season Jack’s running around in 2012. No joke.
- Networks want credit for DVR’ed content. Again, well, duh. I wonder how this will change the Nielsen numbers for Sci-Fi?
- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. This game is crack, I tell you. The hottest DS game currently in my collection.
- Henryjenkins.org: Front Line Report on the Boston Game Jam. Dan Roy guestblogs at Henry’s site, weighs in on our experience making Conflict Diamond.
- Mint hits 2.0. Mad ups to Inman and company – this looks superdeluxe.
- Keyword Manager updated to 1.1. This is my second favorite iPhoto plugin, after the Flickr Export.
- David Edery on Indie Games and XBLA. Very cool stuff.
- Visual Voicemail-esque Dashboard widget. Pretty cool, although I’m unwilling to stomach the additional cost for now.
- Wii Games Channel possible. Looks like Reggie and company are gunning for XBLA – this should be fascinating.
- Running Vista on a Mac. Wierd Windows fanboy writing here (“makes Mac OS X look dated”? them’s fighting words!), but interesting nevertheless.
- Bill Gates: TV irrelevant in five years. Maybe. I like the idea, and people already know I’m a huge fan of indie IPTV development.
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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