Archive for October, 2007
Machinima in Europe (10/12-10/14)
2 Comments Published by Mark Marino October 10th, 2007 in Features, News, Software, Film.[See also this previous thread on “The Movies” and Machinima]
This weekend De Montfort University will be hosting films and filmmakers from around the world at Machinima Festival Europe. According to various Machinima insiders, a number of the videos are returning for awards. Hugh Hancock, coauthor of Machinima for Dummies, points out that “there’s […]
The Exhibitionists of GTxA
4 Comments Published by Mark Marino October 7th, 2007 in generators, hyperfic, IF, Researchers, bots, Features, News, games, Criticism, Conferences, Installation.This past week at the University of California, Irvine, all the members of Grand Text Auto descended on the Beall Center for an exhibition of their work and a symposium. How does a blog become an exhibit? Quite easily, as the artist/critics of that widely read blog presented works from their variegated repertoire.
Included […]
Writing that Gets in Your Facebook
1 Comment Published by Mark Marino October 4th, 2007 in poetry, hyperfic, CYOA, Poetics, Features, games, Text Art, Criticism, Software, Social, Multi-Modal.Facebook as a Genre
As students and, increasingly, faculty move into Facebook, the slew of applications catering to their needs have been slewing fast, sent forth by the release of the API back in May. While many of these merely add on a new infective meme to the wildly-popular social network, […]