Author Archives: Shane

More News On The Amanda Project

June 12, 2009 – 11:49 am

One of the very first things I blogged about here in January was a new ultra-cross-platform tween brand, set to be released this year called, The Amanda Project. There’s not much to see at that link yet, but keep it handy. I’ve been keeping an eye on press releases from T.A.P creators, Fourth Story Media, [...]

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Play Time: Lego Star Wars

June 10, 2009 – 10:38 am

Remember a few posts ago I was singing the praises of the Unity plug-in for Flash games? Well all that fancy 3D magic has been used in the latest Lego Star Wars mini game, The Quest for R2-D2. This is the first major brand I’ve seen using Unity, and it’s a bandwagon I would like [...]

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Only 8% Of Teens Watch TV Online

June 1, 2009 – 8:32 am

Here’s an article I’ve been pondering over for a few days. According to independent researcher Bruce Leichtman, just 8% of teenagers in the U.S. watch television online. My first reaction – nonsense! They’ve got it all wrong. Then I got thinking. Then I got analytical. Then I got realistic. And finally, I got surprised. Granted, [...]

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Video Game Violence Goes To The Supreme Court

May 21, 2009 – 4:12 pm

I’ll keep the legal lingo in this post to a minimum, but this article caught my eye. California Attorney General, Jerry Brown, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are petitioning to the U.S. Supreme Court to have a law re-instated that bans minors from buying or renting violent video games. Apparently the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals [...]

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Spielberg On Video Games For The Family

May 14, 2009 – 10:16 am

“There’s not been convergence, [between video games and films] thus far. There will be. When it happens it will be dynamite” says director, Steven Spielberg in this Reuters interview. Concerned with the lack of games available for his family, Spielberg made his own; Boom Blox, for the Wii. Given his film background, the question inevitably [...]

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Play Time: Blurst

May 13, 2009 – 8:19 am

Arizona based Flashbang Studios are creating a very unique set of games. Using a 3D plugin for Flash called Unity, their games feature vast worlds to explore in three dimensions, all from a regular browser window. I’m not usually one to get all wobbly-kneed at this kind of techy news, but just seeing the kind [...]

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Robert Iger Interview

May 6, 2009 – 6:44 am

Setbacks and struggles are part and parcel of succeeding in any career, especially in a field as competitive as the entertainment industry. Take heart in reading this super-insightful interview with the C.E.O. of Disney, Robert Iger. My favorite quote… “One of my bosses once said that just when you think nothing’s going to change, everything [...]

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An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton

May 5, 2009 – 10:27 am

I’m labeling this one under inspiration, both in a traditional sense and the web 2.0 way. Ladies and gentlemen, if you haven’t already, please meet Dallas Clayton. Dallas is a very interesting fellow who’s work I’ve been following for a month or two, after hearing about how awesome his Awesome Book is. What I love [...]

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Play Time: Sneeze

April 30, 2009 – 6:54 am

Games, games, games. I love ‘em! You know how some people are real movie buffs; they can remember actors and film titles and who won such-and-such an Oscar in 1964? I’m like that with video games, kind of like a polygon-absorbing sponge (Or Kirby if you want to be all Nintendo about it). Reviewing games [...]

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Mr. Burns wins the Cartoon Villain Showdown!

April 24, 2009 – 5:17 am

The dust has settled on the most terrible tournament ever devised, and it’s dust of the most dirty kind. It seems like only yesterday that 16 vile contestants started on a twisted path to determine who was the meanest meanie of them all, but after 6 weeks of crafty competition, only one bad guy remains. [...]

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