One of the things I really like about the transmedia movement is how many different people from different backgrounds independently arrive at transmedia. As a way of making the world the story, or making the people the story, or making you the story, or something… in the words of Hank Green of Pemberley Digital. And …
Category Archive: Case Studies
Feb 27
Writing with Inform 7
Last year, I taught myself the basics of writing Interactive Fiction using Inform 7. I did it to create one of the pieces of bonus content for Azrael’s Stop, a short game called Dreamscape. A couple weeks ago, Sara Thacher and Lorraine Hopping expressed interest in the process of doing so, so I thought I’d …
Nov 16
Many Sides: a few articles
A few articles have come across my attention this week, so I thought I’d just share a few thoughts today. Brian Clark on Transmedia Business Models Likely you’ve already seen this if you follow the transmedia circles, but over on Henry Jenkins’ blog, Brian Clark does a great job of examining the business side of …
Oct 28
Writing in Fragments — at Deus Ex Machinatio
This morning we have a guest post over at Andrea Phillips’ blog, Deus Ex Machinatio. It’s once again looking at Azrael’s Stop and breaking it down and building it up again — this time specifically from the perspective of writing it and the structure I chose. An excerpt: A big piece of that was in …
Oct 26
An Experiment in Serial Fiction and Self-Publication
Today, our article on Azrael’s Stop from the self-publishing perspective has been featured on the Self-Publishing Review. An excerpt: They say, “build it and they will come.” Well whoever “they” are, are wrong. (“They” are of course the film Field of Dreams, and they were right, but that’s beside the point.) This is something I’m …
Oct 24
Lessons Learned — at Simon Staffans’ site
This week we have a guest post over at the blog of transmedia viking Simon Staffans, all about lessons learned from Azrael’s Stop and our impending re-launch (next week!). An excerpt: The promise of using social media as a way to distribute or promote content is the potential for it to go viral and reach …
Sep 26
The Pervasive Presence of Richard Castle
I’ve been a fan of the show Castle since near the end of the first season, when I started watching. Mostly because it’s Nathan Fillion and the role is perfect for him — plus, he plays a writer, and that’s pretty cool. It’s a fun show, all told. So I was certainly interested when they …
Aug 01
Building Hooks: Taking a Cue from the Harry Potter Series
At the Merging+Media lab and seminar back in April, Anita Ondine talked about the need to build “hooks” into a transmedia property. This was the name she gave to those bits of story that are put in one medium that draw you to another medium, another part of the story. They’re the pieces of story …
Jul 06
Animism: Zeros 2 Heroes at Transmedia Vancouver
A week ago, the Transmedia Vancouver Meetup group had its second get-together, this time with a guest speaker. Matt Toner, president of Vancouver-based transmedia company Zeros 2 Heroes, spoke to the twenty-something attendees about their transmedia project Animism. Animism was a project concept developed by Zeros 2 Heroes (a company that is primarily technology-based, but …
Jun 27
Advent Children and Accessibility
Remember all that lovely geek cred I built up by writing a six-part article about Dungeons and Dragons? I’m about to lose it all as I admit–I’ve never played through Final Fantasy VII. I was a huge Nintendo fanboy as a kid, and adamantly refused to get or play a PlayStation, which meant I missed …
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