Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Emily Craven: "I have been advocating for over twelve months that the print book is a fantastic place to explore a multimedia experience, yet only a daring few are moving into the print/transmedia realm. In fact, as far as I’m aware, only one print book has taken that step into interactivity using my favourite free technology, the QR code, and that book is Awake by Joel N. Clark" ...

Our Pottermore correspondent, Shoshana Kessler, reports on the latest additions to JK Rowling's magical online world, from Cornish pixies to crashing browsers...

Canada is home to many groundbreaking transmedia initiatives and projects.  The Ghost Town Project, on ideaBOOST, being one of them and well worth supporting.

Described as "a Kickstarter for business development,"  ideaBOOST. is an innovative business and creative development lab for digital entertainment.  To learn more, click here for an excellent Marketwire post by Aaron Broverman.

Simon Staffans: "Here are five [transmedia] projects that in one way or another have caught my eye during the past weeks" ...

A new transmedia project called 'The Numinous Place' is trying to raise money on Kickstarter. It already has one famous backer: the actor Russell Crowe, who has apparently invested $25,000 in the project.

A list of the winners with links from Transmedia SF's first ever Transmedia Jam ....

John Gaudiosi: "Microsoft and 343 Industries have spent the past three years mapping out a true transmedia universe for the future of the Halo. And it’s not a minor undertaking, but rather a 10-year plan that goes well beyond three new games and DLC" ...

Chaunton: "Most transmedia stories are more or less fluff. [...] Every now and then, however, a transmedia story comes along to tackle something bigger, more serious, and more real" ...

Chaunton: "No, we’re not talking about the wealthiest 1% that the Occupy Wall Street movement has fixated on (at least not really). We are talking about the fictional 1% that runs the world in the new Cinemax series Hunted" ...

Cory Doctorow: "The Arrival is the opening salvo in a multi-year, multimedia steampunk alternate reality based in London."

Chaunton: "Keep in mind that Rides.tv is technically still in beta, so there’s no guarantee that any of these series will stick around, but here are three cool new transmedia story experiences to check out" ...

John Gaudiosi: "The studio was ahead of the transmedia curve and thus far it’s paid off for them and all of the content creators they’ve worked with. Gaming and Hollywood continues to converge and these creatives are forging ahead with new cross-platform experiences" ...

ITVT: "This edition of StoryCentered features an interview with Peter de Maegd, story architect and producer of "The Spiral" [...] a new, interactive/participatory series from Caviar Films that will air across nine European countries next month."

Chaunton: "In the realm of Transmedia storytelling there seem to be some companies that get it and others that completely miss the mark. One of the success stories is the book publisher Scholastic" ...

Keith Stuart: "The term 'transmedia' has been derided in the past, but a Parisian developer reckons it may be the future of gaming, and Alt-Minds is the first instalment" ...

Chaunton: "It’s been a while since Transmedia Tuesday tackled a good old alternate reality game. To remedy that, we thought we’d take a look this week at an ARG called Miracle Mile Paradox" ...

Brian Crecente: "Hawken: A year and a half ago no one, beyond the team of nine working on the game, had ever heard the name. But by the end of this year, if all goes to plan, Hawken the game will launch in the eye of a transmedia storm that includes a video web series, a graphic novel, feature film and plans for an animated television show, action figures, a novel and perhaps, one day, lunch boxes."