Last night I visited a special memorial screening of “The Films of Hillman Curtis” in the SVA Theatre in New York City. It included some of his friends such as...
I recently had a conversation with a game designer who introduced me to the concept of the Uncanny Valley—a human psychological reaction to robotic design. In essence, it’s a repulsion...
Exciting news – the leading media delivery platform received an update – Adobe Media Server 5 and Adobe Access 4 are now available. For the official announcement, read the Adobe Digital Media...
The must-see movie for independent game developers is now available on iTunes, Steam (as an Adobe AIR application), or as DRM-free Direct Download. As mentioned in an earlier post, I attended one of the screenings,...
Over 200 exhibitors descended on Los Angeles this week for the biggest gaming expo of the year. And it seemed as if downtown LA was turned into one giant...
Sean Parker, founder of Napster, Plaxo, and founding president of Facebook, launched Airtime yesterday. It’s a video chat service linked to Facebook, taking advantage of Flash with its highly...
And it’s truly ultimate in this case. Adobe’s encoding expert Maxim Levkov published the “Video encoding/transcoding guidelines for Apple iOS with Adobe AIR“, a very detailed 69-page white paper...
Jeremy Helfand, Vice President of Video Monetization at Adobe, announced Primetime Simulcast during the Cable Show today. Today, in an industry-first, we announced Primetime Simulcast as a new advancement to Project Primetime. As...
As I pointed out in my previous Guide to Mobile Video Delivery, Android fragmentation is a challenge for mobile delivery. OpenSignalMaps ran an interesting study that provides some mind-blowing numbers. Over the past...
In case you are remotely interested in independent gaming (or gaming in general), Indie Game: The Movie is a fascinating documentary about independent game development. It’s a very personal...