Warhammer - Sons of Odin

A mix of the two intro Movies of WH 40k: Dawn of War and WH: Mark of Chaos. with the Music of Manowar

Ein Zusammenschnitt der Intro-Videos von WH 40k: Dawn of War und WH: Mark of Chaos. Mit der Musik von Manowar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmVndzNIkI&feature=related

Pac Man (Rémi GAILLARD)

Dangerously funny videos created and produced by Rémi GAILLARD. The show continues on www.nimportequi.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIrvpn3k9A4&feature=related

Pixels - Animation

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures !
PIXELS is Patrick Jean' latest short film, shot on location in New York.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugV6cLgwomo&feature=player_embedded#!

Gaming Symposia online

The Eduverse has scheduled an event which promises to be the most comprehensive look at virtual worlds ever. It will take place on the 23rd of Sept. (noon to 10 pm) in De Balie (www.debalie.nl)

Philip Rosedale (former CEO of Linden Lab) will be present in person to talk about his latest projects. Other speakers will include Julian Lombardi (head of opencroquet at Duke University www.opencroquet.org), Christian Renaud (virtual guru), Chuck Hamilton (IBM Centre for Advanced learning), Karl Kapp (noted virtual worlds author), David Williamson Shaffer (founder of Epistemic Games), Tim Johansson (head of Opera 3D develeopment), Philippe van Nedervelde (Foresight Nanotech Institute), David Burden (Daden Ltd), plus many more.

The highlight will be a panel discussion of the future of all the major virtual platforms, including: Second Life, Opencroquet, Adobe 3D, DEEP, 3Dxplorer, ExitReality and many more.

The Symposium will be divided into 3 main sections:

1. Serious Gaming and the Future of Game Technology.
2. New Virtual Platforms and the 3D Web.
3. The Science of Education - Virtual Learning in the 21st century.

Aside from the Symposium, there will also be a separate space dedicated to the “hands on” experience which will include demonstrations of supportive 3D technologies like: 3D printers, tracking devices, virtual glasses, mobile technology, etc.

Symposium1

Symposium2

WOW - Inbuilt gender

Blood Elf Female Jokes Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_LD--8ZkY8




Blood Elf Male Jokes Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-jUm1fbF6Q

Someone suggested that the way to adjust player behaviour was to adjust the game design.

Case study: WOW - sexism in blood elves

[WoW Parody] What Else is On?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usN3AJSOdhQ

World of warcraft: Hot Dumb Blondes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii1XsBdtpfY



on gender bias in WOW

Review - Leadership in Gaming

Utrecht University and IBM organize a symposium, hosted by Eduverse, on ‘The Play Element of Learning Leadership’ in De Balie in Amsterdam, June 24th.

Students from the MA programs New Media & Digital Culture and Game & Media Technology (Utrecht University) present their findings on leadership in online games such as EVE Online and World of Warcraft. The startingpoint for their research are studies done by Seriosity and IBM, which can be found here. Guest speakers, live and virtual, will add their views to the discussion. Besides in person, the event can be attended inworld, as it will be broadcast live in Second Life.

Last night I watched the live streaming of the conference at the de balie
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2008/06/ibm-gaming-reports-de-balie.html

The subject was Leadership in Gaming.
Program and Info
http://leadershipandgaming.eventbrite.com/


The Symposium websites at Eduverse and debalie
http://www.eduverse.org/
http://www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?podiumid=media&articleid=253321


One of the speakers was Tony O'Driscoll
http://www.youtube.com/user/WadaTripp



Dr. Tony O'Driscoll (aka Wada Tripp) describes the evolution from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 to Web3D.

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Whilst there were a number of informative presentations, I thought the symposium failed in two key areas.

Firstly, the subject matter was MMORPG's, that is (Massively multiplayer online role-playing games) such as World of Warcraft, Eve and Second Life. Whilst the subject of the changing nature of the web was covered comprehensively, the history of gaming was completely omitted. MMORPGs evolved from the MUDs and MOOs of the nineties. In 1995/6 I spent a lot of time in Lambda MOO and considerable researching the media and its social implications. What I found at the symposium was that participants were discussing phenomena of MMORPGs without acknowledging the early research into multiplayer internet communities. This is an issue that I have raised before.

When I revisited RPGs after a ten year break, I discovered that SL, for example, is simply Lambda MOO with pictures and an economy. All the issues regarding communication and representation existed and were discussed in Lambda, the creative factor existed in the programming of objects and in spaces. You couldn't fly in Lambda, but you could create a room and an online character and invite people into your space to interact.

Initially Lambda was quite geeky, you had to have geek skills to participate so the participants tended to be mature and educated. Then, when internet browsers became available and the media made it popular with teenagers, the interesting people left.

I felt that a large part of the material presented as "new discoveries in game theory" were already covered in the overlooked MUD/MOO literature.

The second area where I felt the symposium failed was in that of gender. At the very end of the program a student presented a paper on gender bias in World of Warcraft. She had spent time playing as both male and female characters. Again, no reference was made to the existing research from roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons, or from the early internet RPGs. This was also evident in the post presentation discussion.

I've experimented in both areas. As Dungeon Master I have presented my players with enchanted armour that reversed their gender and then observed the results. Very amusing. In Lambda I played many characters of various genders and types, I had one called "YourMum" who entered the room and checked to see if you were wearing clean underwear. Also very amusing.

The paper on World of Warcraft gender bias was very interesting and well presented and generated the most discussion. Where the conference failed with regard to gender was in its marginalisation. The only speaker who addressed gender as a leadership issue was this one. And this is supposed to be a post-feminist society.

Blakkbyrd

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footnote

Here is the program and videos from the February 2008 Symposium on World Wide Web.

Contact info and details of participants is available here: Symposia01 Flash Page Click on “Events”

http://www.eduverse.org/index.php/symposia/

IBM Gaming reports - de balie

The Eduverse Foundation organiseert een symposium voor IBM en The Gate Foundation waarop studenten van de Universiteit Utrecht de resultaten presenteren van hun onderzoek naar ‘serious games’ als World on Warcraft en EVE Online.

Hun studie is gebaseerd op twee IBM-rapporten: 'Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders' en 'Leadership in a distributed world. Lessons from online gaming'.

Sprekers en publiek zijn zowel fysiek als via de virtuele wereld Second Life bij de conferentie betrokken.

At De Balie and live online, also in Second Life

date | 24 june
time | 19.00-23.00 CET
language | English
organisation | Eduverse
entrance | free of charge, register via davidvgent@nl.ibm.com






download reports
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/www_innovate.nsf/pages/world.gio.gaming.html

Graffiti Creator

Welcome to Graffiti Creator where you are free to spray graffiti to your heart's content without having to look over your shoulder or worry about getting paint on your clothes...

Type the graffiti you want to see sprayed onto the wall and watch it happen...

http://www.partyvibe.com/vbulletin/graffiti_creator.php

http://www.partyvibe.com/

Gaming Politics

"NEW YORK -- In the video game that Wafaa Bilal created, his avatar is steely-eyed and hooded, with an automatic rifle at his side, an ammunition belt around his waist, a fuse in his hand and the mien of a knightly suicide-bomber. He is the "Virtual Jihadi."

The Iraqi-born, Chicago-based artist said he adapted his game from an earlier version made by al-Qaeda's media branch to raise questions about Americans' conceptions of the enemy in Iraq.

His work was briefly exhibited Thursday night at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. The game was projected on a giant screen so that one viewer at a time could play -- until administrators shut down the show Friday morning. The institute needed time to review the show's "origin, content and intent," said William N. Walker, a vice president."

full story
http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2008/03/wafaa-bilals-th.html

Computer Games, Law, Regulation and Policy Symposium

Computer Games, Law, Regulation and Policy Symposium

14-15 February 2008
QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane


A symposium bringing together industry, lawyers, government, players and academics to debate the way forward for computer games. Five panel sessions centred on key areas of conflict or confusion will be interspersed with a limited number of papers on issues involving the regulation and production of computer games.

Symposium convener: Dr Sal Humphreys

http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw

IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR

Three nerds turn a nativity scene into a LARP battle; sacrilege ensues.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVZczLuoJoU

Ghost Town - Perth

Ghost Town, Giant Dice's new innovative game of urban exploration
played with the help of your mobile phone, is being unleashed on the
streets of Perth for one week, starting December 2nd, 2007. The game
uses a mashup of technology (bluetooth, SMS and VOIP) and the
physical world.

Alone or with family and friends, you'll uncover clues and solve
puzzles with the help of messages, pictures and even voice calls
received on their mobile phones. You'll search the CBD for special
stickers that unlock the game's challenges, all the while unraveling
a mysterious storyline. You can explore the game at your own pace,
giving you a chance to appreciate some of Perth?s most interesting
spaces. By taking the game from the screen to the streets, Ghost Town
promotes active and healthy gaming. Best of all, Ghost Town is being
run as a free community event as part of the ByteMe! Festival. Ghost
Town was created by Giant Dice (www.giantdice.com), a new Perth-based
pervasive gaming company.

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To play: Come to the Ghost Town booth at the Perth Town Hall between
10am and 5pm (Dec 2 to Dec 9).
Cost: FREE
Players require a mobile phone with Bluetooth.

Ghost Town: http://www.giantdice.com/ghosttown
Giant Dice: http://www.giantdice.com

DAW07 - Zurich

The DIGITAL ART WEEKS, the Meeting Point between Art and Technology at ETH Zurich, is concerned with the application of digital technology in the arts. Consisting of symposium, workshops and performances, the Digital Art Weeks program offers insight into current research and innovations in art and technology as well as illustrating resulting synergies in a series of performances during the Digital Art Weeks Festival each year, making artists aware of impulses in technology and scientists aware of the possibilities of application of technology in the arts. DAW is organised by ETH the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.

http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/

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photos and videos for the documentation of DAW07

http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/Doc07/Front

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Articles and Reviews on DAW07

http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/Doc07/Articles

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Open Systems: A Perspective on the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival 07 by laurie halsey brown Intra-disciplinary hybrid practioner laurie halsey brown reports from 'Interact or Die!' the eighth edition of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival by v2, the Institute for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Interview with Art Clay, Artistic Director of Zurich's DAW07 by Rachael Watts Art Clay, artistic director of the Digital Art Weeks organised by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, in conversation with Rachael Watts explains his view on the intersection between art and new technologies.
The Valorization of the Author by Michael Betancourt Curator/avant-garde theorist/multi-disciplinary artist Michael Betancourt re-examines Authorship in relation to recombinant/database work and hyperlinking practice in blogs and social networking.
Modifying Art by Andrew Y Ames New Media artist Andrew Y Ames revisits the history of computer game as modifying art, a continuation of the Fluxus tradition in which art was conceived "'in the action rather than the object.'"
Place, Space and Sound by Christian Hörgren With Stockhholm New Music Festival's '06 theme "Place and Space" as a starting point, architect/critic/musician Christian Hörgren examines the relationship between the notion of space and music by tracing examples in music history.
Art and Sound in Stockholm New Music ('06) and LARM-Nordic Sound Art Festival ('07) by Sachiko Hayashi The following works at 2 Stockholm festivals are discussed: Christina Kubisch's "A History of Archives", Janet Cardiff's "Forty-Part Motet", Steina Vasulka's "Violin Power" and Maia Urstad's "Radio Concert."

Come Out & Play

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of September, the Come Out & Play Festival will turn Amsterdam into a playground.

Registration will start on September 13th.

Stay informed? mailinglist

Hundreds of players will gather to play different games across the city. The festival gives players and the public the chance to take part in a variety of different urban games. These new-style games turn the city into a playground. We’ll play at all sorts of locations around Amsterdam during PICNIC'07. PacManhattan and Zombie Tag were huge hits in New York last year (see www.comeoutandplay.org/blog/games). The games we’ll play in Amsterdam will be just as large-scale and fun.

Come rediscover the city around you through play. Why a urban games festival, you ask? Fair question. Well, we like innovative use of public space. We like games which make people interact in new ways. We like games that alter your perception of your surroundings. But most importantly, urban games are a great way to have city-size fun.

Come Out & Play will take place September 28-29. Games will occur throughout the day in locations around the Westergasfabriek, Westerpark and the city centre. The Headquarters are at the Westergasfabriek.

Click here for the games overview.

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Friday at HQ Mirror Tent

13:00 Opening - Game Introductions
14:00 CounterSquirt, Censorh**
15:00 CollecTic, Navball, Human Snake
16:00 Can You See Me Now?
17:00 Presentations - Q&A with game designers
18:00 Lumenatio
19:00 Safari
20:00
21:00 3001 and Drinks in the Tent HQ

Saturday at HQ Mirror Tent

13:00 Presentations
14:00 CollecTic, Bocce Drift, Snap Shot City
15:00 OMMRPG, FUSE INVASION, Surprise games, open sessions
16:00 Can You See Me Now?, Surprise games, open sessions
17:00 Presentations - Q&A with game designers
18:00 OMMRPG
19:00 Snap Shot City Afterparty till 21.00
20:00 de Pong
21:00 COME OUT & PARTY @ PUBLIC LIGHTNING with de Pong3001 inside
22:00 OMMRPG
23:00 Human Snake
00:01 End of Festival outside and

Saturday at WAAG SOCIETY, our city Base at Nieuwmarkt

14:00 Manila
15:00 Navball, The Target
16:00 People-Watching
17:30 The Target 2nd Game

streetwars amsterdam

StreetWars is a 3 week long, 24/7, watergun assassination

Amsterdam 2007
Game dates :
June 4th - June 25th, 2007

http://www.streetwars.net/amsterdam2007.फ्प

For an attempted assassination, there sure was a lot of giggling going on.
"I'm going to feel pretty good about shooting someone, if I don't die first,'' said would-be assassin Nicole Califano, who was drinking a beer, which was not helping to steady her trigger finger any.
Califano is one of 130 contestants armed with water pistols who are stalking each other this month
http://www.streetwars.net/press.php

Bill & John

the Adventures of Bill and John

http://billetjohn.free.fr/index_en.html

Machinima Premiere

What is machinima?

A simple definition would be "Making movies with computer games".

A longer definition is "Machinima is filmmaking within a real-time, 3D virtual environment, often using 3D video-game technologies.
In an expanded definition, it is the convergence of filmmaking, animation and game development. Machinima is real-world filmmaking techniques applied within an interactive virtual space where characters and events can be either controlled by humans, scripts or artificial intelligence." - machinima.org faq

You can read another full description from - Machinimag
It has also been described as "A revolution in film-making", "The mp3 of movies", A "Punk" art-form, and many other things! For me it is a fascinating, and fun, hobby!

What is Machinima Premiere for? To promote the making of machinima movies.

http://www.mprem.com/e107/news.php

machinima - Sims99.com

Sims99.com was started in January of 2005 as a way to share, rate, and review machinima made with The Sims 2, which was largely unrepresented on other sites. In June of 2005, we opened the site to all forms of machinima, and in June of 2006, we expanded to include user created flash movies, animation, live action short films, and also commercial release movies and DVD on TV, especially with an eye to ratings and reviews.

http://www.sims99.com/about-sims99.php