Interactive: March 13-17
Film: March 13-21
Music: March 18-22
"In its 22 years, SXSW has grown from a tiny music festival in the Texas capital into a massive, unavoidable media beast that reflects, discusses and showcases trends in culture and media but also often creates them." National Post, 3/13/08
Continuing our discussion from yesterday, 1UP reports that Graham Joyce has agreed to write the story for Doom 4. For those unfamiliar with his work, Joyce is a British author who has received many awards, including the British Fantasy Award, Imaginaire Award and the World Fantasy Award. Did I mention that he's British? 1UP wonders how much potential there is for an FPS about a lone space marine fighting the denizens of hell, but it worked okay at the end of Alien and Predator.
For a gaming example, SXSW will have the Deep Focus marketing folks scheduled to discuss their plan for EA's Dead Space, which involved such story-building elements as a comic book and prequel DVD.