Gaming Old and New

As I wrote in this blog last October, after the “E for all Expo,” the philosophy behind my company, Unconventional Media, is to deliver a fresh angle for new entertainment, incorporating movie storytelling into game play. This seems to be a growing, exciting trend in the business, although much of it remains tied to feature film releases like “Batman,” “Watchman,” “Harry Potter,” etc.. I do admit it was fun to stand next to the original Ghostbusters Ecto-1 vehicle, parked outside to promote the Ghostbuster Video game. I believe with the immersing technology of virtual game worlds, we can create storylines to form a new kind of entertainment. It’s like my fictional screenplay, “Press>Play” as reality. We enter the story, virtually.

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Interactive Media as Art

It’s an incredible show. If you can’t make it to Los Angles, so much of Tucker’s art work is available to see on his website. And just like his art, there are many “Easter Eggs” to explore and lead you to his music, video and other art. It is a real interactive website. Also visit “All Hands on Board,” a social networking site of friends and fans of Tucker Stilley’s work. It is also another portal to his “Hole in Space” webcam. For me, he is a mentor to the real possibilities that can be achieved with new media, new technology and new ideas.

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Sharing what You know

I had the same experience a few weeks earlier when we premiered our documentary, “Houston We Have a Problem” on March 27th at AFI Dallas. The film, directed by Nicole Torre of New Angle Media is about the Oil Barons, Wildcatters, and roughnecks and their long struggle to feed America’s ferocious oil appetite. A real inside look into the oil culture and just how the country became so addicted to oil. The good news is Houston and many of the oil honchos believe we must go “Green” for a secure domestic energy future. The film played very well with great reviews on KERA (local PBS station) and even on IMDB. I was asked to be on a panel about documentaries and the effect of online media, joined by “Rock Prophecies” director John Chester and Pete Schuermann of “Haze.” Monitored by online S writer. The end discussion was covering the sticky issue of what is considered fair use. Once again, I enjoyed participating and learned some new things, as well as met some great new contacts.

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How Social Networks can help.

Now everyone has their own set of rules of what and how they want to communicate via the web. I use MySpace mostly for listening to new bands and keeping track of gigs via bulletins. I reserve Facebook for my actual friends, mainly because I’ve got some friends on there that I’ve known since Junior High School. I’d rather not share those old stories with someone I just met at a networking event. In those cases, I stay linked to the business contacts, new and old, via LinkedIn. And for me, Twitter is all about the RSS feed.

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A Great Weekend Ahead

Join Billy, Rose and all their visiting guests this Saturday, February 28th, 9:30pm EST, 8:30pm CST, 6:30pm PCT by following this UStream link.

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Paraplex opens in New Orleans

The PARAPLEX opened today, January 24, 2009 in New Orleans.  Sadly, I was unable to attend the opening.  Too much bills and paperwork to get through here in Los Angeles, but do plan to get down real soon.  The high tech PARAPLEX includes  paranormal art galleries,  hands-on interactive psychic testing exhibits, [...]

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Virtual Sundance

The Sundance Film Festival of 2009 wraps up this weekend.  I almost went this year.  I even purchased a festival pass, but after watching the Inauguration Tuesday on television, I don’t think Park City, Utah was the place to be this week!  Of course, I didn’t know that last month when I changed my plans [...]

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Need for Speed:Undercover nominated for 2 VES Awards

Yesterday, the Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for the VES Awards and “Need for Speed:Undercover” was nominated in two categories, Outstanding Pre-Rendered Visuals in a Video Game and the one that truly reflects Unconventional Media’s work, Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game.  Directed by Joseph Hodges with cinematography by Jeff Seckendorf, [...]

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The Gatekeepers must change, but not yet.

The amazing musical artist, once again known as, Prince has recently been quoted as saying, “the Gatekeepers must change.”  This was in reference to his frustration with the major labels and the creation of his own record label and his three upcoming, yes three, releases.  The man is prolific.  He’s got [...]

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Dealing with the Changes of 2009

Use the web for success, that’s my resolution. There are no good old days, just present day.

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