Damon Beres:  "Everyone takes snapshots on their iPhone, but maybe they should aim a bit higher. Smartphones are becoming a powerful tool for filmmakers who want to tell stories without spending thousands of dollars on high-end equipment."

Are Smartphones The Future Of Feature Filmmaking?

Hey -- here's a commentary about 2 new story games that you might want to check out over the weekend.

There are lots of storytelling games out there like StoryCubes that we can use in business to stimulate stories. Or to use at home just for fun.

Check out these games because the difference here is that these are designed as a narrative. Sounds like a good time :)) I wonder if they could be used in business also.

This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it. Follow her on Twitter @kdietz

Christopher Chabris:  "We play games for many reasons: the thrill of victory, the excitement of competition, the experience of being “in the zone” that comes from complete immersion in a mental challenge. But we also play for the chance to create a story."

Clive Thompson:  "Emoji assist in a peculiarly modern task: conveying emotional nuance in short, online utterances. “They’re trying to solve one of the big problems of writing online, which is that you have the words but you don’t have the tone of voice,” as my friend Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist and author, says."

Shona Ghosh:  "Virtual reality isn't just expensive to produce, it's completely overturned traditional methods of storytelling on film. Here Aardman explains how it's rethinking narrative when the viewer is in control."

Megan Carpentier:  "Study lays bare the fact that women are given far less dialogue than male actors – because it’s men who still get to tell the stories that form our cultural narratives" ...