Universe Creation 101

Ep 003: Lance Weiler Interview

Christy Dena — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:43:58 +0000

Filmmaker Lance Weiler is the special guest on this first video podcast at UC101. Weiler talks about the unique ways he has experimented with extending the storyworld of his feature films out to...

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Anti-Hoaxing Strategies and the TINAG Fallacy

Christy Dena — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:00:38 +0000

A few days ago I published a post highlighting one possible reason why alternate reality games are perceived as hoaxes by some, and posit one strategy to circumvent the problem. The point seemed to...

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Possibility Post: Will Integrated Media Homes Kick the Holodeck’s Butt?

Christy Dena — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:06:16 +0000

In 1997, academic and designer Janet Murray published a book called Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. It not only gave voice to the dreams of technologists, fans and...

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Launching Strategy: Birth Your Alternate Reality in an ARG Community

Christy Dena — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:54:30 +0000

One of the issues when creating an ”alternate reality game” is that it may receive negative backlash from being perceived as a ”hoax”. Alternate reality games (ARGs) if you...

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Admin Update: What’s Happening?

Christy Dena — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:47:32 +0000

Hello! Sorry for the break in transmission. I intended this site to be a place for sharing design information and thought that with my concentration on finishing my PhD, that podcasts would be a...

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Ep 002: Transcript of Evan Jones Interview

Christy Dena — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:13:53 +0000

Hello All! More stuff coming to this site soon. In the meantime, here is the transcript for the podcast interview with Evan Jones, which was uploaded on 23rd October 2007: [Intro] Christy:This...

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Ep 002: Evan Jones interview

Christy Dena — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:26:59 +0000

Evan Jones of Stitch Media is the first guest on this podcast. Evan has a grand background, present and future in all things to do with contemporary entertainment. He used to be the Creative Director...

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Ep 001: Hello Universe

Christy Dena — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:02:18 +0000

Yes! It’s here! Here is my little birth episode for UC101. In it you’ll meet me, find out why this podcast is needed and how we”ll all be better for it being here. A big thankyou...

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Coming very soon, finally

Christy Dena — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:06:55 +0000

For those who have been waiting (I’ve been threatening to do this podcast for over a year) it is nearly here. Yes, that is right, the podcast is starting VERY SOON. I promise.

Tired of Gods and Atoms having all the fun? You too can create Universes with Universe Creation 101.