Archive for July, 2006
Thursday, July 27th, 2006
The London Games Festival, another of the projects I helped to get off the ground while working at the LDA, is a new major international event to celebrate the diverse creativity and cultures of interactive entertainment. The festival is the first of its kind in a country that is both ...
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
A post on Goodie Bag TV about James Young's 'A Technique for Producing Ideas' reminded me of Arthur Koestler's largely forgotten book: 'The Act of Creation'. Koestler became deeply unfashionable on revelations after his death about his behaviour to women and his work tends to be neglected as a result. ...
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Lord Sainsbury and
Shaun Woodward in the
Cabinet War Rooms
Government policy as explained by Lord Sainsbury to Ian Livingstone of Eidos at the games ’summit’ at the Cabinet War Rooms today. Ian was arguing that one of the critical issues facing the industry was the loss of IP to foreign ownership. Sainsbury ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
I was really nervous about this one. I'd expected the tv producers from BBC Comedy to be sceptical, cynical and resistant to structured creative exercises. Some of them had had their arms twisted to participate and at least one arrived at the Spread Eagle distinctly unamused at being made ...
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Back at the Spread Eagle in Midhurst for the BBC Comedy Lab with a mix of writers, script editors, producers and new media/interactive TV people; some freelance, some BBC staff.
The purpose of the 3 day Lab, commissioned by interactive Drama and Entertainment is to brainstorm ideas for cross-platform interactive comedy ...
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
This event at 01zero-one was moderated by Canadian film-maker Peter Wintonick who started the discussion by suggesting current changes in how people make, get access to and share information is driving social and political changes as significant as those caused by the Magna Carta. He quoted a recent speech of ...
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