Monthly Archives: September 2009

Eighth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

I will be presenting my paper, “Alternate Reality Scholarship,” at the Eighth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The conference runs from June 29th to July 2, 2010. Watch this space or consult the the program schedule for … Continue reading

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Code and Materiality: Strandbeest and mechanical computing

Johanna Drucker’s discussion of code and materiality (”Code is not an immaterial ideal“) got me thinking about Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest project… Continue reading

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David Golumbia, buzzkiller

I’m excited about all the new forms of politics, art and mischief that participatory technoculture seems to promise. I can get genuinely pumped-up about Kurzweilian “singularities,” the Planetary Society and the Long Now Foundation. Sometimes I actually think things could … Continue reading

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Sid Sackson’s Acquire

Since its release in the early 1960s, Acquire has inspired generations of game designers and enthusiasts with its elegant and replayable design. Many game designers, including Ticket to Ride designer Alan R. Moon, cite Acquire as a seminal work in the evoution of tabletop gaming. This post provides designer-centric coverage of the game. Continue reading

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Making meaning with images: tools, resources and inspiration for visual communication

Image manipulation, found footage, guerrilla filmmaking, and video editing notes for my IML students. Continue reading

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Online, Reading

Reading a novel is an intense experience. Even lowly grocery store thrillers are complex and multimodal textual-linguistic collaborations between authors, readers, and culture. That is, novels are awesome. Reading them is never going to be a thing of the past. … Continue reading

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Annenberg Fellows Fall Reception

I will present a brief version of my talk, Transmedia Storytelling and Alternate Reality Games, at the 2009 Annenberg Fellows Fall Reception. Here are the details: Annenberg Fellows Fall Reception Wednesday, September 9, 2009, from 4:00-6:00 pm USC’s Town & … Continue reading

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