Hollywood goes gaming
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Gaming, Generation C, Participation, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »'Gaming is now a bigger industry than cinema' said Bobbie Johnson And now we find one of Hollywoods finest Steven Speilberg creating a game for the Wii On May 6 Steven Spielberg will release his first collaboration with game publisher ...
Creative Britain - A nation of shopkeepers?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Darwin, Economics, Education, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Networks, Participation, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | 2 Comments »Vic Keegan wrote an impassioned piece recently about the creative industries in the UK. Vic writes When the 1850 public libraries bill was going through parliament, opposition came mainly from MPs representing the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ...
Why Console Games will be bigger than Rock’n'Roll
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Media, Music, Participation, Society, Web/Tech | No Comments »Commissioned by Youth Music and written by Andrew Missingham, this report has sought out young people?s views about music-games, and aims to provide an insight into how music-games may develop and how the music sector could make the most of ...
Participatory Media to better enable Civic Engagement
Sunday, December 16th, 2007 Posted in Culture, Education, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Media, Participation, Philosophy, Second Life, Social Networks, Society, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech | No Comments »Howard Rheingold writes in Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement Teaching young people how to use digital media to convey their public voices could connect youthful interest in identity exploration and social interaction ...
Japan an advanced mobile marketing and communications ecology
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Media, Mobile, Music, Participation, Retail, Social Networks, Society, Statistics, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | 3 Comments »Its all going gangbusters in Japan from Why mobile Japan leads the world A combination of an urban lifestyle and infrastructure advantages mean that the fixed internet is being left behind by the mobile, claims the Guardian. Books on mobile, ...
Sky meets Sony in the white heat of convergence
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 Posted in Convergence, Distribution, Economics, Gaming, Media, News | No Comments »BSkyB has linked up with Sony in a deal that will enable British users of the PSP games console to download films and TV shows. The joint venture between Sony and Sky will create Europe's first official PSP video ...
You have already lost control and brand meanings are up for grabs, but you can join the game.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 Posted in Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Media, Society | 3 Comments »Said Henry Jenkins Dr. Jenkins, who has recently published a book on fans, bloggers and gamers, talked about how fans are redefining meanings of established brands, how brands lend props to fan performances, and how celebrating customer ...
Sony and classrooms without walls
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 Posted in Education, Engagement Marketing, Gaming, Generation C, Participation, Society | No Comments »This looks exciting Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled its new PSP in Education initiative at a special launch event in London yesterday. The PSP in Education presentation highlighted how the handheld could be used in the classroom to ...
Japan: 70% play videogames weekly on mobile, 38% play daily
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Gaming, Generation C, Mobile, Statistics | No Comments »The Wireless World Forum reported on videogaming in Japan in their recent Mobile Games 2006 report. Some stunning numbers. On the largest mobile network in Japan, NTT DoCoMo (about half of all Japanese mobile subscribers) - paid mobile videogames (so ...
Do videogames rot the mind? Listen what the Economist has to say about violent videogames
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Gaming | 1 Comment »My fave publication is the Economist, and of all its writing, primus inter pares, the first among equals, or the very best of the lot, are the editorials (leaders). This week's Economist (20 Jan 2007) has an editorial on violent ...
