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Complex TV: Transmedia Storytelling

It’s time for another chapter of Complex TV to go live on MediaCommons Press—this time, the topic is Transmedia Storytelling. It builds on work I have done in recent years about how television narratives expand into other media, especially around Lost and its ARGs, but very few of the chapter’s ideas have been published elsewhere.... read more »

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Playing for Plot in the Lost and Portal Franchises

I’m writing from FROG 2011, the Vienna conference on videogames. This conference is unlike any other I’ve been to in a range of ways: it’s my first game studies conference, which means the range of presenters and disciplinary backgrounds is broader and more eclectic than at the typical television or media studies conference.... read more »

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Best TV of 2010: The Top Tier

Levels and Episodes in TV/Game/Film Convergence

I’m spending more time these days thinking about (and, once school ends, I hope, playing) licensed videogames, as I’m fascinated with how a narrative world from film or television deals with the challenges and promises of a move into game space.... read more »

Are Cut Sequences Extratextuals, and Why Do I Care?

Console-ing my Fear of Heights: Videogames and Phobias

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Too much TV on this blog of late. Let’s shift gears.... read more »

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Under the Idea Tree

In which I want to avoid becoming a video-games scholar.

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Podcast Number Three - Interview with Judd Ruggill and KenMcAllister

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The latest episode of the Lion’s Share is up and can be accessed by clicking below

http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/odu.edu.1952085705.01952085716.1986201659... read more »