Tag Archives: Guitar Hero
AudioDraft: for a better sounding business
December 21, 2010… on the right track”.
Since the best we can musically produce in-house is a virtuoso round of Guitar Hero, we’re very happy (and somewhat relieved) to add another name to the list of crowdsourced stuff that works.
Play it again, AudioDraft.
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99designs, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Arts, Audiodraft, crowd, crowdsourcing, crowdsourcing platform, Disney, distributed work, Guitar Hero, The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney | 2 CommentsBreakfast of Champions – Jesse Schell talks about how games will dominate our lives in the future
April 17, 2010… the enormous popularity and profitability of Farmville, Club Penguin, Webkinz, MafiaWars, Guitar Hero and consoles such as the Wii and Wii Fit. Driving the success of these games are what he calls “psychological tricks”, but also a common sense of realism. In a modern world surrounded by fake experiences, he argues that these games appeal to our hunger for authentic experience.
Schell then notes how almost every company from airlines to Weight Watchers currently use points …
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Carnegie Mellon University, Club Penguin, DICE, Farmville, Guitar Hero, iPhone, Jesse Schell, MafiaWars, Webkinz, weight watchers, Wii, Wii Fit | 1 CommentNow that’s what I call a remix: confessions of a YouTube-oholic
November 8, 2010… asked to copy the pose of a band member and take a picture (it’s indie music, so strictly no air guitar). The website uses software that runs on all browsers and, after rendering each shot, updates almost in real time. If you’ve always dreamed of leaving a mark on Earth for future generations, this is your chance (the video is already nominated for the UK Music Awards ).
Innovative artists and hobbyists – who treat their followers as a resource, not an enemy – don’t just …
For Devoted Fans, a Click is as Good as a Clap
December 22, 2009… to have a “Tip Jar” that links to payment methods like Paypal. Much like a busker’s open guitar case on the street, this technology allows fans to tip an artist any amount they like be it for providing a free download, or just to show their appreciation for a job well done. Radiohead went as far as to offer their new album In Rainbows for fans to download at any price they saw fit.
Aside from the traditional tip, more specialized sites are now popping up that are specifically …
