Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.

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Author and transmedia creator J.C. Hutchins joins us as we recap ARGFest-o-Con 2011.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guests:

J.C. Hutchins, author of Seventh Son and Personal Effects: Dark Art, and keynote speaker at ARGFest.

From This Episode:

ARGfest Keynote 2011: “Getting To Good” from J.C. Hutchins on Vimeo.

JC’s podcast novel Seventh Son, and his transmedia novel Personal Effects: Dark Art with Jordan Weisman.

We usually don’t link guests’ twitter feeds, but we’re linking JC’s here since we talked about it quite a bit on the show.

The Darkest Puzzle, and Andrea Phillips’ response

Awkward Hug’s game The Wisconsin Hustle opened ARGFest for attendees at the opening night cocktail party.

JC’s and Violet Blue’s unboxing videos of a handmade scent kit, released earlier this year for Campfire’s experience for Game of Thrones.

Our episode featuring Steve Coulson, about the Game of Thrones campaign the Maester’s Path.

JC wrote animated videos for Smith and Tinker’s game Nanovor

Video games from JC’s rundown include Mass Effect, Dragon Age, God of War, Uncharted, Heavy Rain, and Fable.

Rob Jagnow of Lazy 8 Studios, who contributed to the Potato Sack ARG for Portal 2, is in pre-launch for his game Extrasolar

Balance of Powers, an extended story from many of the creators of Perplex City, has been funded on Kickstarter.

Zombies, Run! by Six to Start and Naomi Alderman, has now raised $50k of its $12k goal, with over a week left open on its campaign.

The steampunk comic, theater and film experience Clockwork Watch, created by Yomi Ayeni, is still accepting backers on IndieGoGo.

DIY DAYS LA will be held on the UCLA campus on October 28. Tickets are free.

Story World Conference will be held in San Diego October 31-November 2.

Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.

Download Adobe Flash Player.

Download | Subscribe with RSS |Subscribe with iTunes

Rich Silverman, Alex Lemay, and Transmedia Talk host Dee Cook discuss the future of publishing and talk about GoBZRK, the experience they have created for an upcoming novel by prolific young adult author Michael Grant.

Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media, Experience and Community Moderator for GoBZRK

(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)

Special Guests:
Rich Silverman, Writer/Producer, GoBZRK
Alex Lemay, Executive Producer, GoBZRK

From This Episode:

Animorphs

Gone

Silverman and Lemay are members of The Shadow Gang.

Borders closed almost 400 stores in July.

Egmont UK, the publisher of BZRK

Nexus Humanus, the first in-game site for the experience.

Why So Serious, the ARG experience for the Dark Knight. ( player forum )

Publishers Weekly’s interview with Michael Grant

ARGNet’s coverage of the experience