Isn't the 3rd one is always called "attack of" followed by "bride of" and then, I guess, "son of" ???
Whatever you call it, I am looking forward to this year's Future's of Entertainment conference.
This annual event is organized by the MIT comparative media studies and Henry Jenkins' Convergence Culture Consortium which brings academics and practitioners together to address some of the most pressing subjects related to convergence in popular entertainment.
This was by far the most useful and stimulating conferences I attended last year. It was definitely the only one where I was with others engaged as deeply as I am in this area and thus facing similar questions and issues as myself. The panelists and attendees are all immersed in new media entertainment development, production, distribution, marketing and analysis creating a unique environment where critical thinking media makers and pragmatic media theorists converge. In addition, there are only a few panels each day forcing topics to move way beyond buzz words and basics.
This years topics include issues around global distribution, audience engagement, franchiesing, comics, the intersection of academia and industry and more.
I think we need spin-off events before we can use "bride of" and "son of" appropriately, to be honest...
Posted by: Joshua Green | November 23, 2008 at 06:01 PM