Someone beat me to this. I had been talking for several months about taking a box of random things that have no sentimental or practical value to me — like lesser baseball cards, old magazines, some excess computer cords, paper, pins, and other knick-knacks — and putting it on eBay as “Box of Crap.” I [...]
Machinima chapter
The Entertainment Computing Research Group got a lift with our first acceptance (pending actual writing). We’re going to contribute an essay in a chapter — “Machinima Style, Conventions and Aesthetics” — exploring relationships among Machinima and other media (film, TV, theatre, radio), and how new presentation forms evolve. Specifically, we are going to examine the [...]
Seeking collective experience
Back in February on All Things Considered, NPR explored the fragmentation of media channels. Specifically, they took a look at the most watched TV shows of all time and noted how the Super Bowl has dominated since the final episode of M*A*S*H aired more than 20 years ago. This was seen as much as an [...]