Category Archives: Productions

Fiction Challenging Reality

By Simone | Published: September 3, 2011

This morning I came across a fascinating piece investigating the present state and future potential of prosthetics: This video was created by the Eyeborg Project and was commissioned by Equare Enix to promote their new game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which follows Adam Jenson, an essentially transhuman character with some enviable prosthetics. While the Eyeborg Project, the character of [...]

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Mexican Pointy Boots and Modern Pelts

By Simone | Published: April 16, 2011

While I’ve fallen down the gamification rabbit hole and have spent the past month and a half studying game mechanics and funware instead of blogging, I still have an eye out for fun new trends and the like. One of my favorites is the Mexican pointy boots trend.  About two years ago now, a bunch [...]

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AR Star Wars Games & Royksopp

By Simone | Published: November 8, 2010

Oh, happy day.  The latest Star Wars app in the works looks like a real doozy. Falcon Gunner by THQ Wireless is a snazzy AR app that allows allows players to shoot TIE Fighters from the Milennium Falcon.  Except the TIE Fighters are in a real city skyline. What is particularly awesome about this app [...]

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Dentsu London's Media Surfaces

By Simone | Published: November 7, 2010

Once again, I find myself drooling over more conceptual videos on what we can expect from the future of media: Media surfaces: Incidental Media from Dentsu London on Vimeo. Media surfaces: The Journey from Dentsu London on Vimeo. I appreciate how Dentsu London emphasizes the playful nature of future media in these videos. Playfulness as [...]

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The Complexity of Influencers – A New Documentary

By Simone | Published: October 9, 2010

This fall, a new documentary on tastemakers is coming out.  Influencers, a short film directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, focuses on the social and cultural power of prominent New York City-based creatives working in advertising, design, fashion, and the like. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the film, but want to point out [...]

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Random Minor Meme: Spoon Killing & Murder By Spoon

By Simone | Published: August 1, 2010

The other day, one of my awesome friends shared with me a hilarious YouTube preview-parody involving slow murder executed via spoon. When I went back to watch the clip this afternoon, I found that there were a bunch of additional parodies floating out there, some of which are below: So apparently spoon murder is a [...]

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'TiMER' & Technology-Augmented Romance/Dating Trends

By Simone | Published: July 14, 2010

The other day I stumbled across a movie called ‘TiMER’ which presents an interesting and enjoyable discussion of the use of technology in the world of romance, dating, and marriage.

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The Future of Interactive Entertainment

By Simone | Published: July 7, 2010

I just downloaded Touching Stories to my iPad- it’s a free app that offers four interactive stories. Touching Stories in general strikes me as an interesting development in the overall evolution of entertainment.

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The New Incentives

By Simone | Published: May 28, 2010

Just watched Dan Pink’s animated explanation of what motivates us- it’s great!

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The Footage

By Simone | Published: May 27, 2010

When I first heard about iamamiwhoami’s strange video clips, I was beyond fascinated- not because they had been mysteriously sent to music bloggers, not because their source was (and is, as of now, still) unknown, and not because they are creepy, fascinating, and filled with strange clues.  I was intrigued because they reminded me of [...]

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