It really is happening – a character from a TV series enters an online, multi-player game world and has an immediate impact on gameplay and story. Yes, I’m talking about SyFy’s transmedia production, ‘Defiance’[..read more...]
In this post I will look at how traditional TV and film makers are using Storyworld techniques to expand existing story brands into new market areas; whether they are aware of what they are doing stems from Storyworld theory is another matt[..read more...]
Writer, director and producer of videogames, movies, TV and comics, Danny Bilson, has announced he plans a range of ‘connected transmedia’ projects. He makes some interesting points about the way storytelling is going, and how f[..read more...]
A new report by the Digital Production Partnership asks of the digital revolution in broadcasting – ” is it changing creativity? – and if so how?” It’s an interesting take on the current broadcast situation in the UK[..read more...]
Tribeca’s recent New York exhibition and competition, “Storyscapes” brought a number of cool Transmedia/Cross Platform projects together under one roof in April this year. The National Film Board of Canada production ̶[..read more...]
I’m a firm believer that David Cage is some kind of genius, so I can’t imagine Beyond: Two Souls is going to be anything less than amazing. The game is released in North America on October 8th 2013 but I can’t find a UK da[..read more...]
Every now and then we all have to just let it out – frustration, irritation, confusion and plain old anger – let it out in a blast of good old freestyle ranting. So here goes… Establishments have a history of being resista[..read more...]
Congratulations to our friends Dawid and Kasia (aka Kissinger Twins) on winning a Webby Award today for their interactive video “The Trip“. I’ve been following Dawid’s work for about 10 years and along the way had ch[..read more...]
From a position of strength Netflix flex their muscles in a new report about the future of entertainment. This is really interesting stuff. “Look at the bigger picture” – Francis Underwood, House of Cards. Grounded by their flagship I[..read more...]
As I’ve stated before, I am a long way away from being a hardcore gamer. I take breaks and lulls in my Xboxing as I have work, and a life to get on with. After eight months of playing ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’, includi[..read more...]
