Academic / January 17, 2006

Some more CFPs for researchers

Here are some CFPs that are relevant to cross-media researchers: Trans –: Negotiations and Resistance, 19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Association of English Graduate Students ***Abstract Deadline: January 20th, 2006*** University of Southern California, Los Angeles April 7 – 8, 2006 ***CFP*** Trans- is a prefix circulating with increasing frequency, not only in the titles and

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Academic / January 14, 2006

Academic references to CME

I’ve found 2 references to my research into the narrative aspects of cross-media entertainment (beyond paper & book citations), for teaching. One is for a subject run Dr Ismail S. Talib at the Department of English Language & Literature of the National University of Singapore: Narrative Connections. The subject explores: The connections of narrative to

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Academic / January 7, 2006

LOTR & Polymorphism

In a video interview on GameSpot (posted 14/11/05), a developer of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II PC game said that “the first Lord of the Rings PC game to incorporate the book rights from Tolkien Enterprises as well as the NewLine cinema rights that EA has traditionally held.” The single-player

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