Transmedia Talk 31: Evan Jones of @StitchMedia on Suspending Disbelief in Interactive Stories http://workbookproject.com/culturehacker/2011/08/25/transmedia-talk-31-evan-jones-suspending-disbelief-in-interactive-stories/ /via @LanceWeiler
Transmedia Talk 31: Evan Jones of @StitchMedia on Suspending Disbelief in Interactive Stories http://workbookproject.com/culturehacker/2011/08/25/transmedia-talk-31-evan-jones-suspending-disbelief-in-interactive-stories/ /via @LanceWeiler
Why #transmedia is like a walk in Patagonia / @FrankRose – great response re practitioners from @MikeMonello http://www.deepmediaonline.com/deepmedia/2011/08/why-transmedia-is-like-a-walk-in-patagonia.html
@Simon_Staffans looks back at how he’s been influenced by #transmedia #storytelling over the past year http://muchtoolong.blogspot.com/2011/08/transmedia-13-months-and-counting.html
“Some game-jackers are just trolls, but some are like Gollum; they can be channeled for good” ~@tonywalsh /via @_thacher
This year’s ARGFest-o-con ARG Museum will be officially curated by 4D Fiction. Displaying artifacts from numerous campaigns along with other ARG-related items, this year it will also sport a bonus trivia competition. For those attending ARGFest, please also heed this call for submissions — The more we can display, the better it will be!
Read the full article...Good question via @Scott_Walker for #ARGs & #transmedia communities: why do most ARGs only serve one term? http://metascott.com/2011/08/11/why-are-most-args-serving-only-one-term/
Time Is Running Out for LA Time/Trip | ARGNet http://www.argn.com/2011/08/time_is_running_out_for_la_timetrip/ #ARGs #LA #QR /via @argn
Why big pub’s don’t get #transmedia “..supposed to be about telling A STORY seamlessly across multiple formats” (emph+) http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/aug/03/the-problem-with-transmedia
Recap/study of “Slayer In Training” SCVNGR ARG executed at #SDCC for “The Hunted” http://thehuntedtv.blogspot.com/2011/07/hunted-arg-at-comic-con-scvngr-review.html /via @TheHuntedTV #ARGs
“People have forgotten how to tell a story. [There's no] middle or end any more. [only] a beginning that never stops beginning” ~S.Spielberg
Excellent read! // #Transmedia confusing Style with Story http://www.mikejones.tv/journal/2011/8/3/transmedia-confusing-style-with-story.html /via @MikeJonesTV
The 5 most insane Alternate Reality Games | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19346_the-5-most-insane-alternate-reality-games.html #ARGs #Transmedia /via @varin
Starting now! – Check out today’s #transmedia webcast with @ARGN‘s @MJAndersen http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2011/what’s-possible-with-transmedia-case-studies-in-successful-projects-webcast-727/ /via @StoryWorldConf
“The plot of a story should be somewhat simple. It is the characters who will make things complicated.” ~@samhiti #storytelling

A look back at a point in my childhood that began my love for creative, interactive storytelling. How a period of playing imaginative, paper-based adventures with my best friend – hand-drawn mazes and maps we made for each other to explore and from which to escape – paved the way to what I’ve come today to know as ‘alternate reality gaming’.
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