The Rendered Arena. Modalities of Space in Video and Computer Games

In the course of our conversation, I mentioned that I was a fairly new transplant to Los Angeles and I was always looking to meet good, smart people. She suggested that I might like to get to know an up-and-coming executive by the name of Michael Johnson, the president of Walt Disney International. There wasn't anything obvious that Johnson could do for my company or me at that point, but I felt he was someone I should meet. I was running a computer games company, and who could say whether Disney might someday be interested in the video games space. The only problem was getting through Johnson's gatekeeper; at a huge company like Disney, that's often a big problem. I called Michael Johnson when I got home from my travels and, unsurprisingly, got a neutral to cold reception. "I'm sorry, Mr. Johnson is traveling, and he'll be gone all month," his administrative assistant told me. "That's okay," I replied. "Why don't you tell him a friend of Jane Pemberton's called. Please tell him to call me back when he gets a chance." With a first call you don't want to come off as aggressive ...»