Jan 06
An article today on NPR about fantasy world-building suggests that what was once for the most outcast of nerds is (along with general geekdom) gaining more widespread acceptance, that the incredibly detailed worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin, and Robert Jordan have a definite – and perhaps lauded – place. I’m a total geek. …
Sep 04
We need to make better games. I was at PAX Dev last week, the almost-new game developers conference that runs just before the Penny Arcade Expo. We were told not to tweet or blog about the content of the conference to allow developers to feel safe talking about strategies and stats, so I’m going to …
Jun 20
I’ve spent the last three days attending the Games For Change festival in NYC. With keynotes by Jesse Schell, Jane McGonigal, and Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, among others), it was a really interesting mix of game design, activism, and inspiration. Much of the content over the three days was fascinating, …
Mar 06
On Saturday I was at DIY Days in New York, an event organized by Lance Weiler’s Workbook Project as a gathering of creatives. I was honoured to sit on a panel with Laura Fleming and my Time Tribe partner Karen Wehner on using transmedia in education and for children. Education has always been an area …
Feb 20
At last week’s Transmedia Vancouver Meetup, we had a number of new faces in the crowd, which was exciting. So I decided we should talk a bit about what transmedia storytelling is, before letting the discussion go into the minutiae of funding and such concerns. I asked three long-time members to give their definitions, and …
Dec 09
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 …
Dec 02
I can’t remember when or why I started following the blogging and tweeting of Chuck Wendig, but I have not regretted it once. His profanity-laced musings (check out his blog, terribleminds), writer’s advice (buy his awesome e-books of hilarious writing advice here), and the fiction he writes (buy Shotgun Gravy right now — seriously — …
Nov 24
One For Them, One for Us Back at StoryWorld, Brian Clark mentioned a business tactic that inspired a lot of us from Vancouver, and that was “one for them, one for us.” Do the projects for clients in order to make money, then use that money to help fund your own projects, to do the …
Nov 23
Yesterday, Transmedia Vancouver hosted Brian Clark of GMD Studios as our guest speaker. Though piped in via a Skype connection with unsteady audio, Brian’s hour with us was chock full of great insights. Especially due to the fact that not everyone caught everything Brian said, my summary of the conversation here is going to attempt …
Nov 18
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 …
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