Stories in Digital Media (SIDM) was a blog run by a few students and the professor Frieder Nake, part of the former Digital Media programme in the state of Bremen, Germany. By the end of the first decade of the millennium, the web and digital technology were advancing at an unprecedented pace in the social and artistic sphere. Developments were exciting, and we kept a log of some events and took time to reflect.

What you see here is a rendition of the content as it was back then, in a different, static archival representation. Enjoy this glimpse into a hopeful and exciting past.

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serious games

2 posts

Will Wright makes toys that make worlds

December 22, 2009 · Jan Wieferich · Design Programme @ Uni Bremen Science Technology · 2 comments

Just another Ted-talk. This time by Will Wright. The New Statesman describes him in these words : " Will Wright - a legend among gamers, the nerd’s nerd, undisputed king of the simulation. " He developed Sim City , The Sims and finally Spore . In this talk from 2007 he presented Spore as a …

Connoc.de - bachelor report by Stephan Scholdra (HfK).

November 24, 2009 · Jan Wieferich · Design Internals Programme Programme @ HfK Bremen Technology

I just stumpled upon Stephan Scholdra´s documentation of his bachelor report which he submitted recently to retrieve his bachelor degree. And I must commit that I´m really impressed so far! Just check the related website connoc.de for an teaser, the thesis download (in german) and even an simulator of the game (adobe flash 10 required) …