The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles kicked off their new webdoc series “Art in Video Games” this week with a double-header—one episode called “Game On” that features Tracy Fullerton, Eric Zimmerman and myself talking about the creative potential of games, and another entitled “Strange Rain” that focuses specifically on my work, including clips from […]Read More

The University of Southern California and the University of California San Diego were host to back-to-back electronic literature readings featuring a variety of creators, including Opertoon founder Erik Loyer. Erik gave his first ever live performance of Strange Rain, along with excerpts from Upgrade Soul and (at San Diego only) a teaser of a new […]Read More

If you’re on iOS 5, the latest update to Strange Rain (v1.3) adds an intriguing new dimension to the experience—unlimited, multi-lingual content in the form of the new Twitter Search feature. Tap on the new “Feeds” menu item, enter your search terms, and you’re on your way to surfing the collective digital consciousness. This is […]Read More

The latest version of Strange Rain adds more free downloadable music in the form of “Cumulus Effect,” a new piano composition by Michael Gordon Shapiro (Home Room, Empire Earth 3). Shapiro’s beautiful, wistful piece wonderfully complements the mood of Strange Rain, and develops in interesting ways over time, as effects, reversals, and other dynamic elements […]Read More