Filed under: NC | Tags: Blu-ray, CEX, Computer Exchange, DVD, PlayStation, Playstation3, PS3, repair
I regularly buy PS3 games second hand from a shop on Rathbone Place called C.E.X. On busy Saturdays the shop smells of teenage boys’ bedrooms and usually has thumping metal tracks blaring out, but it’s a fun place to see what’s new on the game market. And the stock of games available is always a good indication of the replay value of a game; the more copies there are, the less interesting the game is. The nearer the price is to retail, the better the game.
I’d noted before that there are fewer PS3 games than I expected, I thought they’d really be hitting the second market by now. However, when I went to re-sell a game I’d bought there a few weeks ago (I will not give the game a mention as it sucked too much of my time for very little entertainment) I found out why.
The shop assistant inspected the disc, turned it carefully to the light, cleaned it, squinted again, asked a supervisor’s opinion and finally told me he could not accept the disc. It had two tiny scratches. ”Ridiculous!” I suggested. The response was that with DVDs, if the disc is scratched they can send it away and get it re-surfaced. There is no such service available for the Blu-Ray yet. Which means if the disc is not perfectly clean, they cannot risk reselling the disc in case the scratch disrupts game play!
If other shops are following this policy as well, this could be why the second hand market for PS3 games and Blu-Ray films is so limited. I’m going to have to dust off my ebay account instead.
Filed under: Articles, NC | Tags: article, Corporate, Filming, London, marketing, mix, Napoleon Creative, online, Video
I was invited to contribute to Hannah McNamara’s great website/blog Marketing Career Zone, a resource for those wishing to progress in marketing.
I wrote a short introduction to the key reasons why online video should really be part of the marketing mix in any campaign now.
Filed under: Capgemini, Finished projects, NC, Testimonials | Tags: Animation, Corporate, graphics, London, Napoleon Creative, title sequence, Video
We were asked by a client to reproduce a title sequence. We thought we could improve on what they had, and here’s what we created for them. Graphics always make a really big impact on any video project, and can have a great impact on the “quality feel” of a project.
What was the client’s response? “logo works great… btw you rock”
Filed under: NC
There’s a blog here about YouTube muting certain copyright tracks.
I’d be surprised if they’ll stop at muting the track. Why not replace the music with a cross-sounding voice over saying “The track that was uploaded with this video is in violation of copyright legislation. Please go to iTunes and pay for the track.”
Filed under: NC | Tags: Atherton Batelby, Etiquette, Jemima Kiss, Napoleon Creative, Nikki Pilkington, Stephen Fry, Twitter
Twitter is growing at an exponential rate and as I’ve been twittering for nearly 2 years, people keep asking me what it’s all about. Well, Twitter takes a good while to get your head around… Someone described it as just your facebook status, which is true, but there’s more to it than that. To “get” Twitter, you have to follow the right kinds of people.
Leon the Pug, who set up his account after the heartless folk at facebook deleted his profile there, uses his to share photos and news of walks with other dogs and dog lovers. My Twitter has a lot of people interested in news, film and social media, so I get links about new cool websites, clips, business tips and the like. It’s like a constant quick feed of snippets, most of which are actually relevant to your interests, but also have that lateral thinking vibe.
Once you’ve joined, if you don’t have any friends already Twittering, start by clicking on random profiles till you find one that interests you. Then see who they follow, because likely they’ll be interesting too. Then see who they’re following…. they’ll have some cool people too…
One person who’s interesting is @jemimakiss (journalist who does lots of technology stories) then there are famous people like @stephenfry, and you’ll also find BBC etc do news feeds. It’s quite addictive.
Two things to note: you can reply to people’s Twitters by hitting the arrow by their posting, or by just putting “@username” before. Be sure to check your “@replies”, where people have done the same to you. And a # in front of a word makes it a keyword. This is so people can trace who’s talking about what. So #pug means that people can see that pug is a buzz topic if lots of people are talking about them. You can also direct message, by clicking on the link on someone’s profile, so no one else can see what you’ve written.
Oh, there’s also a way of adding your Twitter to your facebook, so that your twitter status automatically updates your facebook status. Saves posting things twice. And you can still manually update facebook if you want it to have a different status. Just search for the twitter application.
Another application which is fantastic and has opened up twitter for me is www.twhirl.org which offers a simple application to keeps your feed popping up all day!
A great article on Twitter etiquette by Atherton Bartelby is here:
http://mashable.com/2009/01/06/twitter-follow-fail/
And also this one by @NikkiPilkington:
http://businessontwitter.co.uk/twitter/2009/01/who-i-follow-and-who-i-dont-and-why-on-twitter/
Twitter is much more complex and meaningful than it first looks, sign up and enjoy!
Filed under: NC, News | Tags: Boxes, Lugging, Move, new, Nosy, Office, Pug
We’ve now moved into Napoleon Creative’s new office. Leon likes being able to keep an eye on everyone else in the building. He can monitor how long they spend gossiping in the kitchen and issue disciplinary barks where approriate!
Still, we’re up and running with broadband, just waiting for phone lines to be allocated.
