This is a long overdue post about my adventures at Wyrd Con 2 in 2011. If any of this sounds interesting, be sure to contact Lauren Scime (lauren at witchfactory dot com) about running a LARP, organizing a workshop, or speaking on a panel at Tri Wryd this June! I had the pleasure of slipping [...]
On August 4, 2010, a post appeared on a new website, http://www.shaydoran.com, with the apt title, “Where it begins.” In the post, the blogger, Shay Doran, describes his arrival at Vail, a small mountain town in Colorado, and shares his hopes that his latest relocation will turn out better than the last few. The next [...]
On August 18, 2011, I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at a Whitewater Films Roundtable, which was moderated by IndieWire’s Dana Harris. The topic was transmedia and indie film, and I as thrilled to share the table with fellow Transmedia LA members Ben Rock and resident fanthropologist Kristen Olson.
Very excited to be on (3) proposed panels for SXSW, and even more excited about the other speakers on the panels. All three relate to audience contribution and participatory storytelling (not surprise to anyone who has read this blog!), but they approach the topics from different perspectives. Voting is now open and runs through September [...]
For a while, I’ve been curious why just about every ARG I’ve come across is a one-off experience, never to be revisited. I understand that most are funded by media companies seeking to promote other, revenue-generating content, so they have no desire to maintain the ARG experience past the launch of the core content (game, [...]
I’m a bit late in making the announcement, but I’m heading to Costa Mesa June 10-11 to check out Wyrd Con 2, a LARP (live-action role-play) convention. I’ll be taking the plunge and running my first LARP experience (set in Runes of Gallidon, of course!), as well as speaking at a panel on the 11th [...]
Noah Nelson at Turnstyle News interviews me about participatory entertainment, shared story worlds, and transmedia. http://turnstylenews.com/2011/04/14/shared-story-worlds-scott-walker-artist-series-podcast/ This interview could have easily gone on for hours – so much to cover, between transmedia, fandom, shared worlds, religion, education, the ‘Transmedia, Hollywood 2′ conference, etc. Plus, Noah’s got some cool creative ideas of his own (which he [...]
Noah Nelson at Turnstyle News interviews me about participatory entertainment, shared story worlds, and transmedia. http://turnstylenews.com/2011/04/14/shared-story-worlds-scott-walker-artist-series-podcast/
Had my 2.5 minutes of SXSW fame after being interviewed by GenConnect! http://www.genconnect.com/sxsw2011/interview-with-scott-walker-at-sxsw/
Daniel Kalder interviews me for Publishing Perspectives about participatory entertainment and handling intellectual property rights within collaborative commercial entertainment.