Comics vs. Games Jam Video Now Online

The latest video from Endlss Films sums up the adventures and exploits of the TIFF Nexus Comics vs. Games jam. Click to watch.

The RENGA Reaction

The 100-player laser co-op experience RENGA was presented by TIFF Nexus during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, click here to learn what the audience had to say about it!

Comics Vs. Games TCAF Panel Now Online!

The Comics Vs. Games Jam panel that took place at this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which saw jam leader and Black Church Brigadange game developer, Miguel Sternberg, moderate select comic artists and game developers from the project, is finally online! Check out this hour of mirth and insight now!

Dr. Nichole Pinkard's Keynote presentation from New Media Literacies conference

Click the adjacant image to see Dr. Pinkard's talk on the success of the Digital Youth Network program at the TIFF Nexus New Media Literacies Conference on April 20th. Her presentation is followed by an onstage conversation with Debbie Gordon, the director of the kidsmediacentre at Centennial College.

See the Youth New Media Literacy Jammers in Action

Click the adjacant image to watch a short documentary produced by Endless Films outlining the Youth New Media Literacy jam and the fantastic projects that came out of it!

Keynote: Leigh Alexander

Gaming culture is beginning to embrace the idea that it needs more diverse perspectives both on the player side as well as in game development, and there are many positive examples - yet it still has further to go. Find out the where and how by watching Leigh Alexander's keynote presentation from the TIFF Nexus Women in Film, Games and New Media conference that took place on Dec. 9th, 2011 in partnership with WIFT-T. Click to watch.

TIFF Nexus Locative Media Day keynote presentation

Design guru and author of Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design, Bill Buxton discusses how the three rules of digital are more-or-less the same as those for real-estate: location, location, location. Click the adjacent image to watch his entire presentation on Whereable Media now!

News

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Oct

Meet the Pixel and Panel Pushers of the Comics vs. Games Jam

By: PeterK

Endless Films has turned in another terrific summation of a TIFF Nexus jam, this time focused squarely on the Comics Vs. Games jam that ran last spring. A selection of
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Feb

Adult Hats

By: Mark Rabo

On July 31, 1944, Antoine de St. Exupéry’s plane was shot down over the Mediterranean as he headed home from a reconnaissance mission. One year earlier he published “The Little
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Feb

Disruptive Wonder

By: Mark Rabo

“Disruptive Wonder,” isn’t that a great phrase? I love how it marries change together with playfulness. It’s how Kelli Anderson describes what she tries to realize in every one of
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Feb

Young Teachers Less Likely to Embrace Technology

By: Mark Rabo

Among other interesting insights around youth and new media literacy, Mizuko Ito talks about how younger teachers are less likely to incorporate technology in the classroom. Original post
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Oct

Vids of Interest: Chiptunes Shenanigans @ Nuit Blanche

By: PeterK

Did you miss The Royal Canadian Chiptunes Orchestra’s celebration of video game music with 16 other chiptune/video game cover artists during Nuit Blanche last weekend? Well fortunately for you, we’ve
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Oct

Vids of Interest: Chiptunes Orchestra Nuit-Blanche Recipe Remix!

By: PeterK

A handy video-recipe courtesy of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s Content Capture Department on what it takes to make a rockin’ Nuit Blanche project. Featuring the music of Jeff The World
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Sep

Jack In to the TIFF Nexus Neuromancer Panel

By: PeterK

Two weeks ago, during the Toronto International Film Festival, a room full of Industry Delegates met with an audience of Gaming and New Media experts and aficionados to listen in
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