When he was pre-planning Nintendo Wii video game Disney Epic Mickey, gaming legend Warren Spector (creator of classic games System Shock and Deus Ex) took a slightly different approach to how the game would pan out. Instead of having his best designers, scripters, coders and creatives brainstorming ideas, Spector got a bunch of interns together from the Disney Interactive Studios intern group. He then let them have free range over coming up with ideas on the game’s look, feel and plot. The result is one of…

I’ve written before why I’m passionate about creativity being allowed to shine. Without it, we’d be left in a boring world where only the few would have a say in what we watch, say or do. Companies would be filled with drones, businesses would be drab affairs, and artists would be virtually non-existent. We wouldn’t have videos like the one below, either, and that would be a shame. Taking a fantastical look at the cityscape of Toronto, the video shows…

With the amount of year-end overviews that appeared at the end of last year, it’s not surprising that some really cool ones would slip under the radar. I found this video completely by accident, which just goes to prove that some of the best things happen that way. What I love about this video by Rob Cottingham is the way he manages to mix the big stories with the ones that escaped media attention, yet were still big themselves within the…

Tick tock. The sound of a clock. The sound of watching the minutes go by. The sound of boredom. The sound of anywhere but here. Silence. The sound of creativity at work. The sound of not really feeling like a job. The sound of expressing yourself. The sound of making things happen the way you want them to. The sound of success.  You’re not encouraging clock watching, are you?

I was asked this question on Twitter this morning: “If your brand was a person, who would it be?”, to which my response was Bruce Campbell. (For anyone who doesn’t know who Bruce Campbell is, he’s a legendary B-movie actor). Originally my answer was from a fun point of view, because I love the guy – his expressions in his movies crack me up; I’ve just finished reading Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way and it’s a hoot; and the…