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Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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The Digital Rocking Chair
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Tomas Rawlings: "The open waters of the internet have provided a space for experimentation and video games have been innovative with a series of video experiments. Here’s five examples of how video games have been re-defining video whilst TV was looking the other way" ... 
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
"Sarah Tolf discusses Defiance's multiplatform narrative strategy and how it's not quite working for either the game or the show."
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Peter Smith: "Defiance is both a TV series and a video game, designed to support each other. The game launches today, the TV series in two weeks."
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
In case you've missed all the coverage to date, here's an excellent article explaining what the transmedia experience called Defiance is all about.
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Alan Robinson: "Whether it has been through novels, webisodes, or interactive “alternate reality” games, the concept of transmedia storytelling continues to evolve in news ways as technology becomes more accessible. Nothing has been quite so immersive, however, as the SyFy Channel’s upcoming TV series, Defiance" ...
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
I'm really hoping Defiance lives up to expectations ... I guess only time will tell.
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SimonStaffans: "The international game industry is currently worth something in the region of 80 billion dollars annually. The TV industry by comparison is worth more than 200 billion dollars annually. It could be argued that these two industries would benefit from looking at what synergy effects could be had from collaborating over IP and development."
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The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
Nick Dorra: "Kids love the world-famous user-generated video game. Rovio/Angry Birds' Dorra explains how Minecraft can inspire TV too"
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Nicole Laporte: "The creator of the acclaimed Walking Dead games has set hearts racing with news it'll interpret Game of Thrones next. CEO Dan Connors talks about how the studio brings interactivity to Hollywood properties and immersing fans in their favorite TV narratives."
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![Defiance: The Agony and Ecstasy of Codeveloping An Integrated TV Show-Game Experience [#Transmedia] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/9hhkpZrAnF07ds2iI3eiUjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Susan Karlin: "In Defiance, the Syfy cable channel and Trion Worlds gaming company tackle a never-before-tried $100 million transmedia experiment--a crossover TV show and an MMO game that are interdependent and independent of one another. Showrunner Kevin Murphy tells us how he straddled the two worlds."
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
There's been a lot of buzz about this project, and a lot of articles about its gaming aspects. But now, articles are starting to appear which give insight from a television perspective. Here's a good one.
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Steve Peterson: "Trion SVP Nick Beliaeff on how this game and TV show developed together."
The Digital Rocking Chair's insight:
An interesting look at the business model behind Defiance.
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Jacob Shwirtz: "As social TV continues to evolve, with more start-ups, more consolidation and broader impact on our industry, it seems appropriate to take stock of 2012 and try to foresee what 2013 has in store for the hottest buzzword in the media industry."
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![Divided, It Fails: Defiance’s Multiplatform Narrative Strategy Doesn’t Quite Work [#Transmedia] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/kpj3GfQ8GoJ7zHWi0q5Uijl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Keith Stuart: "Part narrative adventure, part science fiction TV series, the latest game from Max Payne creator Remedy Entertainment shows us a new era of entertainment" ....