Geek Squad Cubicle Toys and Movie Stories

The Washington Post had an interesting story about the latest toys available for cublicle-on-cubicle warfare. Check it out at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/30/AR2006093000910.html. Personally, I really want to USB controlled foam missile launcher. I think it will put me at the top of the workspace empire!

Meanwhile, back at the engagism bat cave, the cool hunters at Digg.com found a great story on the New York times site about a new movie making technique. It apparently combines cinematic story telling with audience participation in a whole new way. With about 400 different scenes available, viewers make their own choices about where to go next -- providing them the ability to view the movie in any way they choose. Somehow (and I don't know how because I haven't seen it), the overall themes, characters and plot lines supposedly hang together.

It's like hitting the shuffle feature on your iPod in the middle of a movie. It will be interesting to see if people really want to interact with a movie in this way, or if they prefer to sit back and be told a story by someone else.

Check out the article on www.Digg.com