Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Microsoft Minecraft Purchase Is About Social Media, Not Gaming

Microsoft Minecraft Purchase Is About Social Media, Not Gaming | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
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Jonathan Salem Baskin:  "Definitions and labels get confused when we describe technologies that enable social experience, and it’s particularly evident in the way we’re talking about Microsoft’s $2.5 billion purchase of Minecraft."

Vāc Communications's curator insight, September 25, 2014 11:07 PM

A friends kid called the end to Minecraft as he knows and loves it. Even a 9 year old notes that this was a social media grab, not a gaming or graphics anything.

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Alt-Minds: The Smartphone, Web TV, social network transmedia casual game!

Alt-Minds: The Smartphone, Web TV, social network transmedia casual game! | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Alt-Minds is a soon to debut transmedia social game, combining the very best in social networks and browser experiences to create a world first web wide investigation game.


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