A couple of things that are worth noting here. First up, a beautiful diptych from Redrick deLeon, “Raining in New York“. Wow. And second, as many of you know, my aesthetic has two sides: the light, whimsical nature of Inkblots and Dreamsbay, and then the darker, more brooding aesthetic of geoffreylong.com. The latter received a major “Oooh, I wanna do that” boost this morning when I stumbled across the official site of Patrick Tatopoulos. Jinkies, that man is cool.
Are these two aesthetics so opposite that they cause great amounts of internal conflict and strife? Naaaah. Y’know who else did the same kind of thing? Jim Henson. Granted, I trend a little darker, but I still see him as inspiration. Except when I get sick I go get some antibiotics.
Sigh. Oh, well. In other Fun Friday news, Sara and Talon and I are going to grab an early show of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban this morning. I’m so excited! Then tonight I’m probably going to go hang with my friend Ruth, and then this weekend maybe get to see my friend Ken. It’s shaping up to be a pretty nifty weekend right here.
Finally, designobserver.com turns in a spiffy review of McSweeney’s #13, which is all about comics. I am understandably excited, and plan to pick up a copy as soon as possible.
And that’s about all the news that’s fit to print. More later, of course. Ciao!
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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