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Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary

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Nov 23, 2013

The Doctor Who doodle started life as a request from a huge fan at Google. It seemed daunting- 11 Doctor's, 50 years of adventures, countless enemies and time travel!

But we loved the idea of science fiction, technology and fun coming together, so we set about creating a multiple level game. 

The game was always a simple premise- those dastardly Daleks have stolen the Google letters and we need Doctor Who to retrieve them.

Artists don't make games, programmers do. I provided the designs and various pieces of animation but without the engineers the game would only exist in another dimension! I was fortunate to work alongside people that genuinely cared:
 
Engineering Gurus - Rui Lopes, Corrie Scalisi. Mark Ivey
Additional support - Doug Simpkinson, Jonathan Shneier
All things D of 3 - Leon Hong
Deity of rain, lava & lightning - Kevin Laughlin
Additional game ideas - Gregory Capuano
Sounds - The BBC, Tom Tabanao, Manuel Clement and Cody!
Creative consultant - Chris Dibona
User testing - Jennifer Zamora
 
We thank the BBC for trusting us and also helping us whenever needed. So what are you waiting for?! Jump in your TARDIS (Time and relative "doodle" in space) and become the fastest time lord in the universe!

Location: Global
Tags: Dalek, Cybermen, Cemetery, Tardis, Weeping Angel, Game, Doctor Who, London, Time Lord, Interactive

Newspapers Need to Transform / On Dow Jones Exec Describes Google As "Digital Vampire"

We've not taken a daily or weekly paper for years. A lot of news we didn't want [unfiltered to our need, and depressing otherwise]. That was before Google or MSN or whatever.

Newspapers used to be fast, because mail took months then weeks and no one had radio or TV.

Well, they're not so fast and you have to go get it or wait for it to be delivered, tomorrow. With old news.

Newspapers should be the novels of news now. In depth materials that get and give all the multiple layers of detail that online headlines can't. I glance the online headlines and often don't read the details, and when I do, it's often cloned from something I've already read.

Details, newspapers, in depth. In fact, change your name, make a new face and reality of what you are. People buy the special editions of all Obama, or all Michael Jackson, or all the next "wedding of the century" be somewhere between the online headlines with little substance and the glitz photos and no substance of LIFE, US, People, TMZ.

Neale Sourna
www.PIE-Percept.com