http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/ en-us 2008-07-25T12:17:46-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/009125.html Randy Pausch co-founded the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon. He was a friend to IMD. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/last-lecture-pr.html... cswain 2008-07-25T12:17:46-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/009094.html I saw this gentleman from Taito demo this mobile phone music app at a conference recently and it was really fresh. The music is coming out of his phone (hooked up to a loud speaker). Notice that he has a... cswain 2008-07-03T09:22:29-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/009011.html The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences is now accepting applications for the Dr. Randy Pausch Scholarship Fund for the 2008-2009 academic school year. The scholarship will provide four students with $2,500 in financial aid in preparation of entering the... cswain 2008-05-06T10:57:23-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/009005.html Please join me in congratulating the three winning teams for the 2008-2009 Advanced Game Project class. As you may know many teams submitted proposals in March, five finalists were chosen to present their work to a selection committee from USC... cswain 2008-05-01T21:05:02-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/008988.html Thanks to all students who submitted proposals for the 2008-2009 Advanced Game Project process. The selection committee met Wednesday and reviewed all submissions in detail. The five finalists in random order are: 1) Reflection – Keith Co 2) Minor Battle... cswain 2008-04-24T12:52:38-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/008820.html CTIN/CSCI 491 is a two-semester advanced game project class administered collaboratively by the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Note that is course is also called CSCI 529 for Viterbi grad students. Students bring... cswain 2008-03-12T12:04:00-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/007976.html I was interviewed by the good folks at WhyTuesday.org the other day. WhyTuesday is an activist organization that seeks election reform - especially any measure that would increase voter turnout by moving Election Day from a Tuesday (e.g. a... cswain 2007-08-12T11:21:07-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/007936.html Here's an excerpt: The growing partnership with Spielberg is beneficial for both sides. Young says, "Steven is a gamer and appreciates all kinds of games." That love of games has continued as Spielberg chairs the University of Southern California film... cswain 2007-07-10T21:54:00-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/007499.html cswain 2007-02-27T09:32:59-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/007170.html http://igda.org/arg/whitepaper.html... cswain 2006-12-16T14:33:55-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/007057.html Well known game designer and industry thought leader, Doug Church will be speaking in CTIN 488 on Tuesday evening, 11/7. All in the IMD community are welcome. The class starts at 7 pm. More about Doug and his work... cswain 2006-11-06T17:44:17-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/006688.html This article from TV Week talks about a bunch of mass-participation television shows that are coming out. They are essentially television shows that are distributed via broadband and include creative social networking features. This article from the LA Times explains... cswain 2006-07-17T17:23:40-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/006469.html Hi All. David Jaffe couldn't make his planned visit last Tuesday because of illness. He's recovered now and will be here Tuesday night 4/18 at 7 pm. He's speaking in CTIN 488. As I mentioned last week Jaffe is... cswain 2006-04-17T16:28:57-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/006431.html Hi All. David Jaffe couldn't make his planned visit last Tuesday because of the stomach flu. He's recovered now and will be here Tuesday night at 7 pm. He's speaking in CTIN 488. As I mentioned last time Jaffe... cswain 2006-04-08T07:34:19-08:00 http://interactive.usc.edu/members/cswain/archives/005699.html Rob Pardo - one of the designers of World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, and other Blizzard games - will be speaking in CTIN 488 this evening. The topic is his experience in the game industry, Q&A about Blizzard, World of... cswain 2005-11-15T00:36:20-08:00