The Brisband chapter of the IGDA have invited me to give a talk and workshop next week in Queensland: GAME_ON: talk and workshop- tues 5 june, 5-7pm @ KGUV Community Hub, Carraway St, Kelvin Grove ‘Alternate Reality Games: Multi-Platform & Multi-World Design’ In this talk Christy Dena will provide an overview of the pervasive gaming

Some links about finance and virtual worlds, MMORPGs and the digital games industry in general: simExchange: simExchange is a simulation of the stock market, for the games industry. You predict sales of games. They actually market it is a pedagogical game, in the sense that you learn about the games industry while playing. Interesting, maybe

The sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, will be launched in cinemas on July 18, 2008. Warner Bros are busy with preparing audiences now, however, with an emerging online ‘alternate reality’ campaign. On May 12, Warner Bros put the official teaser site online [source]. The site has the batman image, but soon after it linked