http://www.pixelidentities.ch exploring media phenomena Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:31:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We all know: Reality TV shows don´t represent reality how it really is (what that is, is another question). Reality TV shows are always & to some extent fabricated, manipulated, scripted, edited etc., but they do like to propose that what the spectators see is the naked truth. And we, ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=150 "If SuperMario Was Made Today": What a nice reflection on contemporary game design with its compulsory transmedial / social community drive! http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=147 Future Play Conference: "Explore Groundbreaking Visions for the Future of Game Development" Es gäbe vieles zu beklagen über die an die GDC Canada gekoppelte internationale Futureplay-Konferenz in Vancouver vom 6./7. Mai 2010: Schlechteste Organisation aller Zeiten ("notification of acceptance" 2 Wochen vor Konferenzbeginn), kostenpflichtiger ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=137 coming any minute! Just need another coffee first. Read Jeff Watson's Interview with me on RemoteDevice in the meantime! http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=126 Why can't we buy real fate with virtual money? The idea struck me when playing Fallen London - besides the thought that buying fate is just another absurdity of digital life that presents itself not as a paradox but as a simple normality. "Fate" in Fallen Londong means shuffling your cards ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=121 It's about time that somebody discovers the political power of Dirty Dancing. ;) I personally like this hommage to Patrick Swayze very much. http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=112 As the latest wave of comments with Russian URLs sweeps over this blog, I can't help but feeling slightly & irrationally flattered - especially when the comments are as poetic as this one: "Thanks for poem, I entirely much liked your newest post. I muse on you should despatch more time, ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=105 Keeping my transmedia literacies steady and surfing the web I just browsed the San Diego Zoo website for a visit tomorrow. So I stumbled via the San Diego Zoo over koalas to this picture, embedded in a Japanese newsletter for the Cairn Zoo in Australia. After I readily set the photo ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=100 The TV-show Castle, Season 1 Episode 5 ("Little Girl Lost") is about the kidnapping of an 8 year old girl. The ransom delivery is taking place at foyer of a business complex. The 75'000 dollars were requested to be dropped in a specified gray-yellow backpack to the corner of a ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=91 I am much looking forward to study @LOST University this winter. I'm a bit concerned about ABC putting extra/early content out for Season 5 blue-ray disk buyers (an information that I stumbled upon AFTER I signed in to the game). Player segregation is something I wasn't fond of before playing Purity ... http://www.pixelidentities.ch/?p=84