USC’s Interactive Media division sounds fascinating, and I’m sure that this weekend’s exhibit of graduate thesis projects will be as well. As the school describes it, “these eleven unique projects are an eclectic mix of new explorations in interactive media featuring a very wide range of play scenarios and themes. These projects promise to move you, entertain you and make you think.” There are a few that sound especially interesting to me, like Mike Brazil’s “RagnaRøkk:”
RagnaRøkk is an experiment in trying multiple ways of combining music and traditional gameplay. The player uses a Guitar Hero controller to navigate through the gamespace, fight enemies, cast spells, and solve puzzles. Throughout the game, the actions of the player have musical repercussions, serving to pull the player deeper into the experience.
And my friend Marc Tuters’s “S(t)imulation:”
S(t)imulation is the practice component...
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It Caught My Eye: Historic ArtvertisingFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-28 18:04:20
For years — and especially these last few months biking along Venice Boulevard — I’ve spied the substantially sequestered circular Globe A1 signage that’s barely visible atop the ramp and at the rear of second parking level serving the Crossroads Mall situated between Culver and Robertson boulevards. Even though the screengrab below of Google’s Streetview is crapastically bluriffic, it adequately shows how easily missed the sign can be (its location indicated b...
more Space Telescope Named!From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-28 15:40:24
You voted and the top choice was….drumroll….Gamma Gamma Hey! So I sent it in today and received our Certificate of Participation. (You can click on the image for a much larger version that you can then download and hang proudly in your home or office.) (No, that’s not geeky at all, why do you ask?)
Thanks for participating. I’ll let you know when the official name is announced later this summer. (I know you are all DYING to find out wha...
more I do love living here.From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-28 14:22:23
Driving through the Cahuenga Pass with the moonroof open, listening to my kid sing… Sure is lovely.
I’m coming up on my six year anniversary of moving to Los Angeles, and I haven’t regretted it once yet. But it’s nice to be reminded.
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more 64 Worst: Curb sneakers vs. LADWP’s Festival of LightsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-28 14:19:57
Curb sneakers , noun
1. drivers who speed into the right turn lane at a red lights, then cut back into traffic when the light turns green ahead of the rest of us suckers.
2. bastards, assholes, scumbag alpha males
LADWP’s Festival of Lights , noun
1. the tackiest holiday display in the city
2. annual car only event billing itself as “eager-to-green” while marked by miles long lines of idling, emissions spitting vehicles, moving through at a snails pace while ...
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