I went to a screening and workshop at the Footscray Community Arts Centre today, where Joe Lawlor, a UK film-maker, screened Tiong Bahru - a "stunning short film shot in and around the Tiong Bahru estate in Singapore." (As a sidenote, the setup of the theatre space  reminded me of Inside The Actors Studio. As the afternoon progressed, the audience got more and more engaged with the films shown. These are my thoughts.

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While reading through last month's issue of Gameinformer, I realized there was a recurring theme: deeper storytelling. From Spiderman: Edge of Time to Mass Effect 2 and L.A. Noire, it seemed that, along with the rise of realistic 3D, the need for deeper stories was rising too.

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