Blogs - digital art and games

PC -- state of things

Paul Callaghan gave a talk at the Melbourne IGDA chapter reboot about the state of the local industry -- much there to challenge us all. Sadly, I tried to embed his slideshow... but NO... ning refuses to recognise the embed code. GRRRR For the entire thing, see Paul's website http://www.paulcallaghan.net/2009/11/the-state-of-things/ Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on November 12, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Student Design Competition

CREATE 2010 conference :: June/July, Edinburgh, UK Today's art, design and technology students are the people who will be defining what the interdisciplinary field of interaction design will become in the near future. Create10 is a conference that celebrates innovative interaction design, whether digital products, services, environments or new interaction paradigms. This competition is aimed at students from a range of disciplines, both undergraduate and postgraduate, in interaction design, pr… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on October 31, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Inaugral Local Chapter of IGDA Meeting Tuesday 10 November

In response to the sad closure of Transmission Games, local games developer and teacher, Mark Flanagan, is re-establishing the local chapter of the IGDA, with the aim of providing long-term support and opportunities. The IGDA (http://www.igda.org/) is an organisation dedicated to improving developers' careers and lives through: Community, Professional Development, and Advocacy. It is open to anyone, from students to professional developers, and the Melbourne… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on October 30, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Call for Papers and Design Cases - 7th International Conference on Design & Emotion

The Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Design & Emotion Society are pleased to invite you to participate in the 7th International Conference on Design & Emotion in Chicago, October 4-7. The International Conference on Design & Emotion is a forum held every other year where practitioners, researchers and industry leaders meet and exchange knowledge and insights concerning the cross-disciplinary field of design and emotion. The conference will offer worksho… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on October 26, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

new IDEF network

There is a new IDEF network that was launched. Interested on any info about eGames this year, next year or beyond or anything related to video games and digital technology? Go to here. Continue

Added by Jonathan Marquez on October 20, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

eGames volunteer meeting moved to another day

Hey guys, To those who are volunteering at the expo, the meeting has been moved to Thursday 5:30pm to 6pm. For more info, click here but disregard the meeting date. See you there Continue

Added by Jonathan Marquez on October 5, 2009 at 6:03pm — No Comments

Mobile Technologies in the Urban Field

Symposium Mobile Technologies in the Urban Field RMIT Melbourne, Australia 8th-9th of February in 2010 http://mobiletechnologies2010.wordpress.com/ email submissions and enquiries: lisa.gray@rmit.edu.au Call for Papers: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:Friday the 2nd of October Mobile devices are pervasive and an integral part of social rituals and routines. They are now an ubiquitous presence in both public and private places. This symposium directly addresses contemporary urban experience and w… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on October 2, 2009 at 6:20pm — No Comments

eGames volunteers meeting

Hey, To those who are volunteering at the eGames expo, we are having a meeting on Tuesday 6th at possibly 5:30pm, I'm not sure about the time yet but I'll keep up to date. There will be free pizza and Rock Band gaming. We will also be discussing what tasks you want to do at the expo. If you have any questions regarding that, it's best to ask them. The address of the meeting will be at their offices which will be at: 138 Cromwell St Collingwood 3066 One way to get there is to t… Continue

Added by Jonathan Marquez on October 1, 2009 at 8:55pm — No Comments

3D Character Competition at eGames?

Hey, believe or not there may actually be a 3D character competition at eGames. However it's not on the official website yet, but do keep a look out for it. Because this information is posted with only a few weeks away from the expo, for those who are interested in entering, you may enter old and finished work as long it meets the requirements. We do not expect you start creating something new now and enter it (you can try tho!). As said earlier, it's not up on the website yet but do co… Continue

Added by Jonathan Marquez on October 1, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

eGames Expo: Volunteers needed

It's that time of the year again. eGames Expo is coming soon later this year. It'll be at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton from 30th November to 1st November. For those of you who are wanting to be volunteers, please email me at s3135847@student.rmit.edu.au. Can you also email your contact details and your availability on those days if you do know. Volunteering varies from: supervising booths, setting up, security, etc There are benefits from volunteering… Continue

Added by Jonathan Marquez on September 28, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Analysis of media images

This is one of my favourite blogs. It analyses advertising and discusses how the pictures and words reflect and reinforce the culture. http://contexts.org/socimages/ Continue

Added by Kim Daniel on September 19, 2009 at 10:52am — No Comments

A message from Freeplay

We're now a month out from Freeplay, and while the dust is settling and our final reports are whistling through the tubes of the internet to our sponsors, we're looking at what we can do in the time between now and Freeplay 2010. For the 158 of you who signed up to our mailing list during the event, we've set up a forum on our website - www.freeplay.net.au/forum as a place to hang out, discuss indie development, give feedback on Freeplay, and talk about whatever else you might want. Make sure y… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on September 18, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

The 7 Must Read SlideShare Presentations for Job Seekers

applicant.com compiled 7 really very useful slideshare presentations of advice for jobseekers Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on September 11, 2009 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Super Human Volunteer?

www.superhuman.org.au www.anat.org.au Super Human: Revolution of the species is an international event from the Australian Network for Art and Technology, that turns the spotlight on collaborations between artists and scientists and the impact these investigations have on what it means to be human, now and into the future. Taking place in Melbourne in November this year, Super Human comprises of an exhibition (RMIT Gallery, 5 Nov-5 Dec with the Artists' Reception 22 Nov), an international symp… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on September 9, 2009 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Looking for Talent looking for Opportunity

Games graduate Rob McB is looking for som help with his website... this is a great opportunity to not only be involved in a great site (and get your name in front of people), but also to add a professional credit to your CV, "UUDDERS is an independently curated games culture appreciation website, its run by Rob MacBride and in part also by Logan Booker. Its a simple website that aims to keep a regular blog of our own thoughts and anticipations on various gaming industry tropes of significance w… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on September 9, 2009 at 2:20am — No Comments

RMIT intensive iPhone game development short course -- enroll now!

The games and animation cluster is running a new intensive iPhone game development short course in November on 12 consecutive days (3 hours each day). The course teaches you how to develop an IPhone / IPod Touch game based on the Torque-2d iPhone game engine and how you can deploy it to the IPod Touch platform. The course is taught by Conor O'Kane, who is a professional independent game developer and already developed a title for the IPhone / IPod Touch platform for Black Market Games. Enrolme… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on September 3, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Volunteer Opportunity: Super Human Symposium and Exhibition

www.superhuman.org.au www.anat.org.au Super Human: Revolution of the species is an international event from the Australian Network for Art and Technology, that turns the spotlight on collaborations between artists and scientists and the impact these investigations have on what it means to be human, now and into the future. Taking place in Melbourne in November this year, Super Human comprises of an exhibition (RMIT Gallery, 5 Nov-5 Dec with the Artists' Reception 22 Nov), an international symp… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on August 21, 2009 at 3:20pm — No Comments

Play.

An article about play in dinosaurs and other non-mammals. Continue

Added by Kim Daniel on August 13, 2009 at 7:18pm — 1 Comment

Media Cultures Major Assignment proposal deadline

Please make sure that you have emailed your proposals to me by start of class shiralee (dot) saul (at) rmit (dot) edu (dot) au This will not be marked but is an opportunity to make sure that you are on the right track. You are REQUIRED to do this (pretty please) To remind you: Groups will research a dead, current or potential (imaginary) communications technology or concept. They will produce • Either a trailer-style video introducing it to the world or; • a short video documentary/overview… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on August 11, 2009 at 9:05pm — No Comments

2009 Graduate Exhibition Team is complete

These are the people who will get their volunteer hours recognised for working on the exhibition. Please note that all graduating students WILL be expected to help out when and as requested. This includes meeting deadlines for content submission as well as helping with fund-raising, publicity, installing, minding and de-installing the exhibition. Exhibition Directorate Alex Tuisku Felicity Trembath Christopher Gan Marketing/Pr/Sponsorship/Catering Jonathan Gibbs Jeffrey Borroni Kai Adam Isaac… Continue

Added by Incognita Nom de Plume on August 11, 2009 at 2:09pm — No Comments

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