http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-06T13:48:09-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/podcasting_for_the_xbox_360.php So, the next generation XBox360 is going to have all sorts of cool multimedia abilities and its connectivity through XBox Live is being heavily touted (XBox360 Fact Sheet). So, will Microsoft dare permit podcasting to the XBox? If they do,... 6301@http://importance.corante.com/ Broadcatching/Podcasting 2005-07-06T13:48:09-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/24/window_into_a_virtual_world.php 6203@http://importance.corante.com/ Games 2005-06-24T15:57:19-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/11/03/toychinima.php Gizmodo snarkily coins the term "toychinima" to descripe home movies made with lip-synching toys (Talking G.I. Joe with Lip Sync):Soon we'll have dozens of dolls that can play back pre-scripted recordings and facial movements and kids will use them to... 5474@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-11-03T20:42:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/08/31/city_of_heroes_and_machinima.php If you haven't noticed, I'm a big fan of machinima. So, I'm excited when companies promote and support its creation. In this case, the superhero-themed MMORPG City of Heroes is sponsoring a short film contest (City of Heroes: Film Festival... 5404@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-08-31T16:22:49-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/08/31/oddworld_creative_director_on_the_possibilities_of_machinima.php In an interview with ground-breaking Oddworld creative director Lorne Lanning, VFX World explores how processing power is changing digital animation (Oddworld’s ‘Real’ Reel World). Of particular interest (read the whole thing for more) is this bit on machinima, something I've... 5401@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-08-31T02:59:20-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/08/06/internet_archive_game_videos_section_now_available.php Woohoo! Lots of Machinima, speed runs and other goodies! Go, enjoy! Internet Archive: Game Videos Archive Note: This isn't the Videogame Archive, this is the Game Video archive. A new art form of which I am a fan. via GameWag... 5340@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-08-06T16:33:24-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/06/29/the_induce_act_and_the_right_to_prepare_derivative_works.php The INDUCE Act makes it a crime to induce copyright infringement in very broad terms. Most of the commentary on the Act and what technologies, creativity and innovation it threatens have focused on two types of infringement, those of the... 5180@http://importance.corante.com/ INDUCE Act 2004-06-29T06:54:47-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/06/19/volokh_on_the_future_of_virtual_pr0n.php UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh poses an interesting hypothetical this afternoon regarding the future of pornography (Guess who'll be in porn movies in a decade or two?): Within about ten years, there will probably be software that can merge people's... 5151@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-06-19T02:53:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/05/27/marketing_mediahome.php Earlier today Slashdot linked to an article about whether distributed rendering for CGI movies, such as the hilarious Shrek 2, makes any sense (Rendering Shrek@Home?). The article that sparked the /. discussion was on Download Aborted!: Can I Help to... 5124@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-05-27T01:48:04-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2004/02/26/machinima_and_games_in_law_school.php Cardozo Law Professor Susan Crawford gives me an excuse to talk about one of my favorite topics - machinima (Susan Crawford Blog :: Machinima). For those who are unaware, machinima is a media form in which creators use pre-existing 3D... 4996@http://importance.corante.com/ Machinima 2004-02-26T21:50:33-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/11/15/second_life_and_machinima.php Thanks to the new Second Life license, discussed here (New IP Rules for Second Life), there has been a request by a director of machinima to "film" in the world of Second Life. Permission has, of course, been granted. Cool.... 4914@http://importance.corante.com/ Culture 2003-11-15T11:32:31-08:00