Back on the train of transmedia thoughts from ARGfest. The next presentation/discussion I participated in was “Can Transmedia Save The Soap Opera?” by Brooke Thompson. The talk covered a lot about soap operas, what little bit soap operas have done in experimenting in the transmedia space, and what more transmedia could do to keep this [...]
First off: I do plan to talk about other things I learned from ARGfest, and how the concerns of transmedia reach out far beyond ARGs. But the “hot brunette” comment has attracted a lot of attention, and it’s been some interesting exploration for me, so I ran with it. And when I wasn’t working or [...]
I got some interesting commentary and thoughts on yesterday’s post about the stereotype of the hot brunette, so rather than moving on to my next set of thoughts, I wanted to kick around some of the ideas that these comments sparked in my head today. Andrea herself was very supportive (go follow her on Twitter, [...]
On my talk with other RPG publishers last Tuesday, the concept of the gender dynamic of players came up. The panel was asked if they felt that female gamers are as prevalent as male games (or something to that extent). I was the only one to say “no.”1 I hasten to clarify that I am [...]
Between the digitalbookworld talk I had with very smart people last Tuesday and spending a couple of days talking to equally smart people at ARGfest, I have a lot of thoughts about transmedia, games, writing, and how they all intersect swimming around in my head. So, over the next few days I’ll likely be making [...]
I could have sworn I had written more blog posts this week than I appear to have done. I searched everywhere until I realized that I dreamed about writing some blog posts. I suppose it’s better then dreaming about vampires and video games over and over and over again (which has been a lot of [...]
One of the weirdest compliments I’ve ever had was when one of my bosses in my previous job1 told me I had a “tidy inbox.” The person who mentioned it to me then forwarded me a few articles on the topic which, in retrospect, I wish I had kept, because it helped me to evolve [...]