VIRTUAL reality used to be a popular notion a decade or so ago, but now the phrase sounds so dated that the concept has become unfashionable long before it exists. Yet a version of the concept is taking off as people want to lose themselves in the complex virtual worlds of multiplayer computer games —and [...]

B.Tween 2006 has just finished.
I agreed to become the production manager, half in jest, half because I wanted to be a part of it. It has been hectic and all over the place, but really good fun as well.
High points:
Speeches from Matt Locke (BBC), Lord David Putnam, Kieran McMillian (Raw Nerve)
Low points:
changing the program [...]

Today I gave an industry lecture along side Ernest Adams and Micahel Powell at the NLab seminar. The narrative lab focuses on digital writing, and today focused on games, the role of the writer, and non linear storytelling.
Ernest gave a talk about his ‘new’ vision for non linear storytelling, and it is well worth [...]

With E3 2006 now concluded, Gamasutra is providing a compilation of the coverage of the E3 2006 Conference sessions:
Some of the highlights include:
Massively Cross-Platform Games – On the second day of E3, a panel session was held concerning the ‘crossplatform’ concept, from playing a game through multiple console media, through more wide-ranging ideas, featuring luminaries like Richard [...]

Paul Jackson has signed a two year rolling contract and starts work on August 1st, following a hugely successful career at EA that began in 1988 as regional sales manager.  Jackson’s division currently accounts for around $650m of EA’s global turnover.
He is also deputy chairman of the Government’s Digital Content Forum and a former ELSPA chairman.  “Paul [...]