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Story Objects « But, How?

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A blog about making art, games, toys, the news, and other wonderful distractions. Oct 12, 2013. Impromptu Swag Review: Zipper Magazine. From time to time, I review the physical objects from various transmedia projects. If you have a project and you want to send me something for review, drop it in the mail. Usually, I review things I get in the mail from ARGS and the like. This edition of swag review is something a little different – something that just randomly fell on my desk yesterday morning. The cove...

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ARGs « But, How?

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A blog about making art, games, toys, the news, and other wonderful distractions. Feb 26, 2013. AUTHENTIC, she said, IN ALL CAPS. Christy Dena is funding her project, AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS. And it has just over 2 days left to make the cut. It’s a narration-augmented web game for the iPad about finding the courage to be yourself in a satirical underworld run by quantum theorists. The. Was nominated for a game writing award. It’s going to be great. It had to be done. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Alternat...

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Laser Lace « But, How?

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A blog about making art, games, toys, the news, and other wonderful distractions. Sep 4, 2013. Laser Lace Episode 1 is Out! The digital version of Laser Lace Episode 1 is out now! It went out to Kickstarter backers last night, and everyone else can grab it here. This digital book is in full color, carefully arrayed, and it feels very much like looking through the physical story packet. The episode is available right now at Gumroad. Comments Off on Laser Lace Episode 1 is Out! Jul 11, 2013. Laser Lace isn...

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Projects « But, How?

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A blog about making art, games, toys, the news, and other wonderful distractions. Jul 11, 2013. Hard Lessons in Project Management. Doing Laser Lace Letters. Has taught me a lot of things, but project management and time estimation have to be the biggest ones. Some of these have been tough lessons to learn, and really exposed the flaws in my thinking. Don’t just guess at how long things will take. Know the size of your project. Be realistic about your workload. 8221; In reality, I was already working at ...

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High London Mechanical Personal Ro-Bots

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Haley is the sculptor and coordinator of this project and many others. She makes ARGs, plays, monkeybugs. Magic masks, news, and all manner of other things. She is also the author of an excellent book on the subject of winning. She can't seem to kick her sculpting habit. Fox is an awesome sketch artist, tinker, and robot fan. She created the art on the inside of the robots' lovely boxes. The original LaMech was made as a gift for Fox's birthday in 2009.

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High London Mechanical Personal Ro-Bots

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The Ladies' and Gentlemens' Mechanical Companions were created during a curious period in ahistory. The Mechanical Man had not yet been perfected, but demand was rising for such devices, and High London Mechanical was one of several companies that stepped up to fill the gap with simpler and more volatile devices for machine cognition.

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High London Mechanical Personal Ro-Bots

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In 1900, High London Mechanical began hiring women to sell the Ladies' Mechanical Companion door to door in the city. The program proved quite profitable for the company, and by 1910, over 1000 women were hawking the tiny robots in the homes of Londoners. Though the program was a massive success, the Gimmick Girls were at the center of one of the company's darkest hours. Next: The Safety of Young Women. The Safety of Young Women. Redemption and Lasting Mystery.

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Transmedia « But, How?

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A blog about making art, games, toys, the news, and other wonderful distractions. Feb 26, 2013. AUTHENTIC, she said, IN ALL CAPS. Christy Dena is funding her project, AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS. And it has just over 2 days left to make the cut. It’s a narration-augmented web game for the iPad about finding the courage to be yourself in a satirical underworld run by quantum theorists. The. Was nominated for a game writing award. It’s going to be great. It had to be done. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Alternat...