- Because it’s Monday: a game about being in the head of a man who’s stood up at a dinner date.
Dinner Date puts you in the shoes of Julian Luxemburg, a man who has been stood up on a date. You must now sit and watch as he gathers his thoughts.
Developer Jeroen Stout compares the game to Tale of Tales’ The Graveyard, stating that “You are not merely witnessing - by interacting with Julian and his world you gain a clear vantage point on his life.” In other words, you can be certain that the game will divide opinions and attract a fair amount of trolling when it appears on November 17th.
- I have never played a HALO game, but I am positively enthralled by the narrative and fictional universe of the franchise (especially because of the I LOVE BEES ARG). Gaming Viral has written a couple of posts about the recent release and campaign for HALO REACH. This one about the REACH “Legendary” Edition is pretty interesting, especially all the pictures showing the different artefacts present in the box.
The amount of detail and design in this particular package is stunning. Labels, stickers and myriad extras are loaded with details from the entire expanded Halo universe. References to S-051 (Kurt), Elite armor markings, hand-drawn sketches, and notes from other Halo universe personae leave you with an amazing sense of value.
- Words of caution on gamification:
A presentation by Dan Hon from Wieden + Kennedy about “Our Grim Dark Future of Games” against the Double Rainbow Effect. @PSFK London Conference. If you want to learn more about the “gamification” double-edged discourse, there’s a couple of interesting links on the topic @Hide&Seek.
There’s been an awful lot of talk about gamification lately – the process of adding points and badges and game-like systems to different parts of everyday life. Some of the talk is about how it’s extremely exciting and incredibly powerful and is going to be, perhaps already is, the best thing ever. Some of the talk is about how it’s endearingly misguided or arrant nonsense or is going to, perhaps already has, ruin everything.
- Who Wants More Reality? A post about augmented reality and what superposed layers of reality add to actual life.
Augmented reality bridges the Internet with the real world as a functional reality. It takes the information you can find on the Internet—from directions and prices to history—and superimposes it onto reality.
Current TV has tapped famed game designer Will Wright (“The Sims”) to help create a futuristic new TV series scheduled for Q1 2011 that will encourage viewers from around the world to join an online network to aid in the creation and plotting of the show. Tentatively titled Bar Karma, the social network will provide a communication platform developed by Wright that will allow producers to ping the crowd for input regarding the storyline and set designs, offering the ability to vote on prospective storyboards and plot twists. Worldwide Biggies’ Albie Hecht, a former top executive at MTV Networks, will executive produce (excellent Albie!!).
- And finally some news on JJ Abram’s Super 8 ARG @Movie Viral.
