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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Atomic sunset #nofilter
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A complex pursuit
“[Education] is not simply a technical business of well-managed information processing, nor even simply a matter of applying ‘learning theories’ to the classroom or using the results of subject-centered ‘achievement testing’. It is a complex pursuit of fitting a culture … Continue reading
Like a common cur in the street…
“If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with its tail between its legs. There is a German proverb: “Der Teufel scheisst immer auf den grössten Haufen” [“The Devil … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, filmmaking, money, werner herzog
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Silicon Valley Is Ruining Sharing for Everybody
“Brad Burnham, a partner at Union Square Ventures in New York, was one of the few panelists at the recent Share conference to dissent from the airy-fairy rhetoric there. ‘What we’re talking about is the natural tendency of capitalism to … Continue reading
David Byrne’s “Report from LA” (1986)
There are so many movies coming out and David Byrne wants to see them all. His “Report from LA” (1986) somehow banishes easy irony and parody from a frantic recitation of (mostly) imaginary genre film titles, leaving us with something … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, david byrne, los angeles, movies, performance art
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Well hello again
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Kalmykia’s Alien Chessmaster’s Chess City
Games don’t need to be linked to an existing IP or storyworld to generate enthusiasm, excitement, and narrative. Indeed, they don’t need to start off with any kind of storyworld at all for players to engage with them, obsess about … Continue reading
Rooftop view, looking west
Rooftop view, looking west Continue reading