more on advergaming…

“Advertising prepares to make its biggest push yet into the video game world.”
this article from cnn/money.com talks about the “/pizza” functionality being added to everquest2 online that allows players to order a pizza from within the game.
advertising is making more inroads into gaming… writer chris morris mentions eventually being able to browse in-game retail locations [...]

impressions of shanghai

just a couple of quick shots from the streets of shanghai:

this first group has some alligator claw in a tasty looking sauce. back in texas we used to eat some pretty strange stuff, armadillo, snake, alligator, and even squirrel… so eating an alligator doesn’t seem that strange to me. it’s the “claw” that i don’t [...]

advergaming

a friend sent me this link regarding burger king starting a campaign with activision where they give you a portable game device with your meal. could this be the first step towards retailer/advertiser funded original game content? i hope so. the alternate financing and distribution that setups like this could afford the industry might help [...]

happy chinese new year!

it is the year of the cock! i’m in shanghai where outside it sounds like anti-aircraft guns are being fired… fireworks here are abundant and cheap. if it weren’t for the fact that it’s pouring down rain i’d be afraid the city might catch fire.
below is a picture from last night of the chinese new [...]

scrapland forum

the webmaster for a very cool scrapland community based in spain recently posted this note to my forums:
I’m the webmaster of Human Scraps, a spanish Scrapland community. The site is in both languages (spanish and english). You can enter the site by clicking here. There are forums too…You can join the community by registering [...]

new things

whew, it’s been a while since i’ve had a chance to write an update. life has been hectic since december to say the least… my move to hong kong went as smoothly as i expect those sorts of things can. life thus far in the new city has been great. progress is being made on [...]

scrapland xbox

has gone gold and will be on shelves soon. i’ll post updates here soon.

red

wouldn’t you like to know what this is about?
-Update, October 12th 2006
Just a little FYI: “Red” as a project is something that I’ve been working on for the better part of a year. It’s envisioned as a full-blown entertainment property with game, film, and other components. Development on Red is, for the time being, on [...]

oz film writing

is underway! since arriving in hong kong i’ve taken a little time to draft a rough outline of the trilogy of films and am submitting it to the producers.