kellee's blog

Via Kotaku, Article on Valleywag

". . .We concluded that we weren't playing in a market at all. We were suckered in by a classic pyramid scheme, albeit one with a pretty new user interface. New entrants plow real money into the game. Only the guys at the top can extract that money with any volume (and in excess of the risk-free rate of return). Attempts to move anything more than token amounts out of the game generally result in real-returns of almost exactly the prevailing USD deposit interest rate. "

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"All it takes to apply is to fill-in the form on this page and submit it. Our CA managers, Tim Brengle and Ian MacKenzie, will send you an e-mail confirmation in the days following receipt of your application. You will be notified if you are accepted (or not) for our elite force on or before January 22, 2007."

I better see you all there!

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Fri Jan 19 - Sat Jan 20

TransFormations is a year-long series of events formed around four specific topics, each at the crossroads of four larger umbrella themes: art, technology, cognition and perception. From big-budget Hollywood to a 19th-century panorama, TransFormations 2: The Perception of Perception will feature a series of speakers, panels, workshops and exhibits tracing three interwoven strands through the fields of cognition, perspective and stereoscopy--no one attending these events will see the world the same way again.

In today's data-saturated and digitally mediated world, questions of how we perceive and know the world around us have taken on a new urgency. Our ideas and experience are formed by our perception of the world. How have these perceptions been shaped through past and newly-emerging media technologies? This event will explore a variety of these media and their impact on the domains of art, philosophy, cognitive science and neuroscience in a kaleidoscopic festival event with multiple perspectives, multiple sites and multiple levels of access.

For a full schedule and details, click here.

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MOBILE GAME INNOVATION HUNT

The Mobile Game Innovation Hunt will give 12-15 mobile developers and publishers the opportunity to pitch their most innovative game to a panel of expert judges (U.S. and international operators TBA) and the audience in three-minutes!

Judges confirmed to date:
- Joe Ariganello, Product Manager of Games, Sprint Nextel
- Levi Buchanan, Editor, IGN Wireless

By taking part, you get direct feedback from these market leaders and decision makers about your work, and a chance to establish better communication with those who can get your game(s) distributed throughout the U.S. You also get your game in front of an expert audience who will be on the look out for the next great mobile game. Showcasing your mobile game will give it broad exposure and critical feedback.

The session will be held on Monday, March 5 from 5-6PM in Room 134 at Moscone North and will be hosted by Matthew Bellows and David Collier.

Submit your game today to be one of the lucky finalists to participate in the Mobile Game Innovation Hunt and take home cool prizes, prestige, and the recognition from your colleagues! This session promises to be loads of fun, you won't want to miss it!

Click here for more details and to submit.

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Last week, Peter Baxton, President of Slamdance, decided to pull the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG" out of the contest, as a personal decision "based on moral grounds and concern for the future of the organization."

The flOw team has decided to protest this act by withdrawing from the festival. This was a very difficult decision, but it came down to not whether we like SCMRPG or not (we are pretty evenly split on this), but that we cannot condone or leave unchallenged an act which we feel sets a terrible precedent. Please read our announcement here.

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