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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Dexter: Slice of Life Social Game Goes Live on Facebook from Ecko

Dexter: Slice of Life Social Game Goes Live on Facebook from Ecko | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The game functions as a transmedia experience for Dexter fans to interact with the show after each episode.
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AMC to Launch The Walking Dead Webisodesat 2PM

AMC to Launch The Walking Dead Webisodesat 2PM | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
AMCtv.com is launching a six-episode web series directed by Greg Nicotero that explores the back story of Bicycle Girl, the infamous zombie from Season 1.
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Social TV: 5 Ways for Showrunners to Engage Their Audience

Social TV: 5 Ways for Showrunners to Engage Their Audience | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter recently announced he'd be flying two of his blog and Twitter followers to L.A. to watch an episode of the show at his house.
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USA Network and DC Entertainment Launch Volume 2 of Interactive ‘Burn Notice’ Comic Book

USA Network and DC Entertainment Launch Volume 2 of Interactive ‘Burn Notice’ Comic Book | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
USA Network, in tandem with DC Entertainment, announces Volume Two of Burn Notice: A New Day, its engaging first interactive multiplatform comic book series.
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Bravo Adds Companion Web Series to New 'Top Chef'

Bravo Adds Companion Web Series to New 'Top Chef' | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
There will be life after failure for contestants on the ninth season of Top Chef, albeit on the Web.
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Charlaine Harris Can't Drive a Stake in 'True Blood'

Charlaine Harris Can't Drive a Stake in 'True Blood' | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
You zip right through the books because you want to know what happens next, but the show adds a level of emotional investment to the cliffhanger effect that intensifies the suspense overall.
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Burn Notice’s Matt Nix On Moving Beyond Miami With Online Comic

Burn Notice’s Matt Nix On Moving Beyond Miami With Online Comic | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

“This was an opportunity to do a kind of story that we really can’t do on the show”

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The Game of Thrones RPG Is Actually Happening

The Game of Thrones RPG Is Actually Happening | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Back when we started seeing screenshots and hearing talk of Cyanide's RTS Game of Thrones: Genesis, there was a fair amount of skepticism about the game.
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John Belushi And Dan Ackroyd Reunited In New Ghostbusters Comic

John Belushi And Dan Ackroyd Reunited In New Ghostbusters Comic | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

John Belushi was originally cast to play Dr Peter Venkman in the movie Ghostbusters, alongside his comedy colleague on Saturday Night Live and spinoff The Blues Brothers, Dan Ackroyd.

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DC Launches Digital 'Fringe' Comic Tie-In Series 'Beyond The Fringe' - ComicsAlliance

DC Launches Digital 'Fringe' Comic Tie-In Series 'Beyond The Fringe' - ComicsAlliance | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

As nice as it will be just to hop back into the show, viewers also have the chance to fill in the gap between seasons with a new digital comic series, Beyond the Fringe, ...

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Castle The Show Needs to Take Lessons From Its Comic Book Spinoff

Castle The Show Needs to Take Lessons From Its Comic Book Spinoff | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Between the premiere of season four of Castle and the upcoming release of Deadly Storm, based on the not-real book series starring Derrick Storm written by the...
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ABC’s “Castle” To Get Graphic Novel [ON SALE SEPTEMBER 28, 2011]

ABC’s “Castle” To Get Graphic Novel  [ON SALE SEPTEMBER 28, 2011] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Disney’s aquisition of Marvel keeps looking better and better, as yet another crossover will bring fans of the hit ABC show Castle a graphic novel to be published by the comic book company. However, it may not be exactly what you think.
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Creating Its Own World: Terra Nova’s Website

Creating Its Own World: Terra Nova’s Website | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
So here’s what intrigues me the most about this: it all sets up rich territory for extratexts, since presumably the series itself (at least, if the previews are to be believed) will be set largely in the past … yet knowing more about the future will help contextualize and explain what’s going on, and that might be largely the province of the extratexts.
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Strange Tweets Haunt Syfy Series

Strange Tweets Haunt Syfy Series | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Twitter is branching out somewhere new – television drama.
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