Category Archives: Thoughts
Numina
Interesting piece on the ‘magic’ of games and how well-crafted games can enthrall and entangle the player. I like Tadhg Kelly’s idea about ‘Numina’ being the extra ‘something’ that fleetingly appears beyond the sum of all the parts of a … Continue reading
GC = Granular Content
We first developed the concept of Granular Content during the writing of the interactive movie CRIMEFACE. We developed it further and used it in a more social way in THE ALEXANDER WILSON PROJECT. Granular Content (GC) is ‘fragments’ or ‘chunks’ … Continue reading
Media + Code =
So, what exactly were we doing back in 1997. I was working at IDEA (Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts) running digital art projects and training peeps in digital video. We ran a project to make a CD-Rom loosely based … Continue reading
Same Song/ Different Dances
Storytelling is an ever-evolving practice and major advances in technology have often had a profound impact on it. Guttenberg’s printing press eventually led to the birth of the novel. Today’s global billion dollar movie industry is a direct descendant of … Continue reading
