I currently have an essay up at the GAMBIT blog called The Pros of Cons, wherein I discuss the philosophical issues plaguing the Game Developers’ Conference, Wondercon, Comic-con, SXSW and so on. Â In it you’ll get to hear me liken conferences and conventions to libraries and amusement parks. Â I even have a somewhat witty closing […]
Another work-related blog note: my artwork and design has just gone live for the upcoming MIT CMS/C3 Futures of Entertainment 2 conference. We’ve got some cool people showing up from Heroes, The Rocketeer and Yahoo!, so if you’re going to be in Boston Nov. 16 and 17, c’mon down. Registration will open soon, and if […]
It’s nice when I can make a little art over the course of my workday, such as the new illustration for the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium: Affiliations page.
Some kind words from my friend and boss. I share almost 100% of his sentiments – my only divergence might be the circus music. For my part, I am learning the joy of the Chemical Brothers in my headphones. But seriously – at what other job can you host a comics artist one day, literally […]
Hey, I got a hat tip from Henry on his blog entry about Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The secondary characters rely heavily on what my former student Geoffrey Long likes to describe as negative capability — they are well enough defined that we can imagine who they are, what they want, and why they […]
…You spend all evening recreating Spacewar! in Adobe Illustrator. My reasons for doing so will be revealed as soon as the paperwork is actually done.
Scratch that last post. I hit an amazing panel this morning on storytelling using mobile devices (which is pretty much one of my research areas here at CMS) moderated by Michael Epstein (CMS ’05), the cofounder of UntravelMedia. That was recharging, and made me extremely enthusiastic about what comes next… More on this later. Now […]
So we’re about 3/4ths of the way through day 2 of MIT5, and the combination of last week’s THESIS craziness, this weekend’s intense series of panels and discussions, and the looming defense next week means my head is well full-up. If one were to look closely into my eyes one would see two little fuel […]
My paper presentation this morning came off relatively without a hitch, and I now have several other likeminded individuals with which to engage moving forward. Let the academic conversations begin… But, yes. For operating on only four hours of sleep, this afternoon went remarkably well! Doubleplusgood element: Kenyon professor Lewis Hyde is here in Cambridge […]
I have just received word that I will apparently be appearing on a panel at Future Play 2007 this November in Toronto, Canada. Boo-yah!
