“As we may have mentioned before, here at Torontoist we’re terrified of zombies—terrified! But yet we still love zombie films enough to not run out of the theatre screaming (usually). However, we’re not sure we could deal with the the Rolling Stones in IMAX, as seen in Martin Scorsese’s concert film Shine a Light, released this week. A giant Mick Jagger looming over us, ready to eat our brains for sustenance! Horrifying!”

Every time I mention zombies I think about starting playing Dead Rising again, even though I’ve already beaten it into a bloody pulp (and have a million other games to play.) I never do, though, instead choosing to spend my time pining for a sequel.

I did almost buy the Dead Rising Delusions Replay book from Play-Asia recently though. In the end I decided against it, as I can’t find any information about the content of the book online at all.

Anyone know if it’s any good?

“The mobile games industry is in a funk, most commentators agree: but what can solve it? At the ICE conference in Toronto a panel discussed the future of the mobile industry, with few positive opinions for the iPhone or Flash Lite, including Matt Gillis, Senior VP of publishing at Capcom Interactive, stating that Street Fighter will not be launched on the iPhone.”

This was actually published on Games On Deck too, and was a good session because it featured Tom Frencel, president of the excellent (IGF Mobile Best Game Award winning!) Capybara Games.

“As an engaging ‘new’ form of entertainment, games are being courted by big brands as a platform for advertising, through in-game billboards and branded web games. But can their money allow developers more freedom?

In this panel at the ICE conference in Toronto, a panel including Ian Bogost (Persuasive Games) and Jim McNiven (Kerb) discussed the influence of marketing money, including social and ethical issues, on advergames.”

I forgot to mention in the last post that this is specifically coverage of the Interactive Content Exchange conference, held last week in Toronto. It was an interesting sort of conference – with lots of people from all different disciplines (not just the games industry) it kind of wavered in relevance – but it’s always nice to see more people show an interest in the games industry in Ontario.