The Narrative (and Collaborative) Gutter of Transmedia Storytelling

07.19.10 Posted in transmedia by

My last post touched briefly on a topic I call narrative sequencing, which refers to the order in which an audience experiences the individual pieces of content of a transmedia property. I want to explore that concept a bit more in this post. ***** A few months ago, I woke up in the gutter, feeling [...]


Collaborative transmedia storytelling is not CYOA

07.16.10 Posted in transmedia by

I have come to despise all unqualified statements. Discussions about digital piracy, transmedia/crossmedia, whether user-generated content (UGC) can ever be ‘good,’ and whether coffee beans really do voluntarily roast themselves in the presence of Chuck Norris tend to quickly devolve into polarized arguments, not open exchanges where the intent is to have your opinions challenged [...]