A stellar line-up of mentors from all over Australia and a few internationals have been confirmed for the 7th Live-in-lab (LAMP: Story of the Future) on South Stradbrooke Island, Queensland Nov 07. They can be seen on the mentors page or copied below.
GUARDIAN MENTORS
MATT COSTELLO - Writer and Games Designer, Polar Productions
Matt Costello [...]

DEBORAH TODD - “From Blue Sky to Green Light”
© Deborah Todd. Deborah talks about the games design development process and how story and character are critically important for reversioning existing properties.
The Presentation
The third of three podcasts from Deborah Todd, Jackie Turnure and Luke Carruthers recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre, Museum of Sydney [...]

LUKE CARRUTHERS - “The Future Business of Games”
© Luke Carruthers. Luke concentrates on games trends, the complexity of the Business and the heirarchy of market dictating what gets made.
The Presentation
The second of three podcasts from Deborah Todd, Jackie Turnure and Luke Carruthers recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre, Museum of Sydney (MoS), 37 [...]

© Guy Gadney 2007. The changes taking place across the industry and growth trends mean we are now creative melting pot where many things are starting to happen simultaneously.
The Presentation
The third of three podcasts from Guy Gadney, Tony Walsh and Gary Hayes recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre, Museum of Sydney (MoS) Thurs [...]

© Tony Walsh 2007. Tony (bio below) explores virtual worlds, alternate reality and mixed reality by providing definitions, historical context and his experienced opinion on how the experiences provided by these are really driving future entertainment.
The Presentation
The second of three podcasts from Tony Walsh, Guy Gadney and Gary Hayes recorded live at the at the [...]

Audiences are already spending up to four times as much of their entertainment time in virtual spaces than they are watching TV. EA Games have just partnered with Endemol to produce TV shows inside virtual worlds, MTV Networks have virtual versions of their popular TV program Laguna Beach and there is a growing tide of [...]

Presented by AFTRS LAMP. How are virtual worlds developing and what are the opportunities for media creatives?
Luke Carruthers is a games developer who runs a company called Imaginary Numbers in Sydney. The company creates online games and their first title Tactica Online is a fast-moving strategy RPG set amidst conspiracy and intrigue of Da Vinci’s [...]

Forget the Rules © Jim Shomos 2006.
The third of 8 podcasts recorded live during the LAMP lab on Milson Island, Sydney in July 2006 - in front of the eight teams and ten mentors developing emerging media projects.
“this is such a new area that really the door is open for anybody with anything creative and [...]

Business Planning for New Media © Rachel Dixon 2006.
The first of 8 podcasts recorded live and unedited during the LAMP lab on Milson Island, Sydney in July 2006 - in front of the eight teams and ten mentors developing emerging media projects.
“If you rely on government funding for your projects, marry someone rich, because you [...]