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 …
Tag Archive: audience
Mar 26
Reasons People Will Pay
On Friday, I attended a workshop hosted by Vancouver’s Merging Media called Access 360: Increasing ROI through Social Media and Gamification, with Rochelle Grayson and Scott Dodson. It was quite a valuable workshop that went far beyond the usual fluff about social media marketing and gamification and into real metrics, economics, game design theory, and …
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 …
Dec 09
Creative Voice: Adam Nash
I first encountered Adam through Twitter (as with a lot of my transmedia contacts, frankly…). At some point I realized that not only is this a guy with some cool ideas, transmedia-wise, but a guy who loves Dungeons and Dragons and video game soundtracks as much as I do. And that’s just awesome. And then …
Nov 25
Creative Voice: Paul Burke
This week on Creative Voice we have Paul Burke, a great chap from the UK that’s been in the transmedia space at least as long as I have, working on several projects including personal ones, and interested in figuring this all out as much as the rest of us! I finally had the chance to …
Nov 18
Creative Voice: JC Hutchins
This week on Creative Voice, I got to talk to the awesome JC Hutchins. JC built his career as a freelance transmedia writer from the ground up, podcasting his first novel, 7TH SON, and opening it up to collaboration, and then moving on to working with Jordan Weisman on PERSONAL EFFECTS: DARK ARTS, and many …
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 …
Nov 09
Future of Storytelling?
A lot of the talk around transmedia is about how it’s the “future of storytelling”, that this is the direction the entertainment industry is inevitably going, etc. I’ve said it myself, I’m sure. The thing is, I’m not sure I entirely agree with it. There’s absolutely no doubt that this is a great form of …
Nov 07
Thoughts from Conferences
In the last two weeks, I attended as many transmedia conferences: Merging Media in Vancouver, and StoryWorld in San Francisco. My head is still reeling from the experience, which I can only describe as “awesome” in every sense of the word. At both events, I have to say that while many of the panels and …
Nov 04
Creative Voice: Andrea Phillips
So I have to admit I kind of have a creator’s crush on Andrea Phillips. Transmedia writer and game designer extraordinaire, Andrea has worked on projects ranging from Perplex City to America 2049 to the Maester’s Path to Floating City. She’s currently working on an independant project called Balance of Powers with David Varela, Adrian …
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