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At last, something EVERYONE can relate to … because we all do it, pretty much every day. What you ask? It’s telling someone else’s story. We do it with friends and family to revel in memorable moments from the past, usually sharing an embarrassing tale from your own or someone...
Whether you’re religious or not, you can’t deny that humans delight in few things more than playing God. While usually an accusation imputed to politicians, executives, and scientists, there are none so guilty of divine imitation as writers. Cloistered in our messy rooms, our brains imbibe on the power of...
You can look online and find lots of resources for creating fictional characters. Depending on where you go, there might be 5 types, 7 types, even 9 types of characters (protagonist, antagonist, love interest, foil, etc.). Then there are the steps to creating a character – 6, 13, maybe more....
When asked to imagine what I would do if I were “emperor of the world,” my first instinct is to say “abdicate.” I’ve never been in charge of a space that’s more than 850 sq. ft, so I feel like the stress of commanding the infinite cosmos might cause me...
First thing I would do is accept congratulatory calls from both heads of Zaphod Beeblebrox. Then, it would be time to get to work! First decree? No more metric system. Creation is too unique and inconsistent to have everything expressed by a simple base 10 system of measurement. Next, I...
Since the release of Disney’s latest Star Wars trilogy, the internet has been rife with memes mocking the saga’s mercurial, millennial goth villain- Kylo Ren. Indeed, compared to the menacing machismo of Darth Vader, the tantrum-throwing, Hot Topic reject of a sith lord is not the antagonist you’d expect in...
While there are several myths floating around social media these days that are harmfully inaccurate and borderline felonious that certainly warrant being busted and laid to waste, I’ll leave that to others more patient, prepared, and better versed than I to tackle. For me, the top myth I have encountered...
I am not a religious person, but like many a skeptical millennial, I often find myself wondering about the greater truths of existence. Typically, I would never hazard a spiritual discourse in a blog. There are many heated internet discussion boards for that purpose. However, when I sat down to...
There are lots of different ways to approach “worldbuilding” – the creation of a larger creative construct or immersive universe in which stories and/or experience live within that elicits the notion of there being “more” than what is readily apparent or immediately accessible to the audience. Some might approach it...
What is immersive entertainment? Does anyone really have a definition? A good definition? You can argue that the next shiny new thing in “immersive entertainment” is some kind of video game, or a new form of theatre, or the next great theme park. It really doesn’t matter what the claim...
Pale Blue Dot Ventures (PBDV) engages Valley of the Moon Partners (VOMP) as strategic advisors to secure development partners for the California Space Academy (CalSpace) The proposed California Space Academy is an exclusive destination entertainment opportunity sitting on 82 acres of land, 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean in Santa...
Before we contemplate what lies “Beyond Immersive Entertainment”, let’s review what we mean by “Immersive Entertainment.” Immersive – (1) Deep mental involvement. (2) A method of learning by the exclusive use of specific content. (3) To plunge fully into an experience or environment. Entertainment – (1) The action of providing...
