On Author Talks, video game transmedia storytelling

 Hi. This is a relatively small blog post, since the meat of this week's thoughts and content is in the new episode of Author Talks, my podcast which I'm putting out on YouTube and Spotify. It's on a subject that's close to my heart, being the phenomenon of transmedia storytelling in video game series. Unlike my usual rambling affairs, this is very much researched and scripted. You'll find the links below. Enjoy!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/52tQXXluu0RPJ9iEnrwXAK

In case you don't want to look through the descriptions, here's the sources I used for the research, and the audio clips featured.

Sources:

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/602197/summary

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Interactive_Narratives_and_Transmedia_St/A1NPDwAAQBAJ

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Storytelling_Across_Worlds_Transmedia_fo/lSlyBgAAQBAJ

https://www.eurogamer.net/halo-infinite-the-big-interview-with-343-head-of-creative-joseph-staten

https://web.archive.org/web/20090723075010/https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/03/dead-space-at-s/

https://web.archive.org/web/20210130115644/https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php/%E2%80%9Dhttp:/articles.php?feature=dead+space%3A+aftermath+-+news&category=news

https://web.archive.org/web/20210703141513/https://www.gamereactor.eu/dead-space-liberation-interview/

https://web.archive.org/web/20050802234119/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/638/638024p1.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20121103035405/http://www.1up.com/news/commander-code-age-speaks

https://web.archive.org/web/20160621114909/http://www.1up.com/news/dawn-age

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melanie-Schiller-2/publication/330021331_Transmedia_Storytelling_New_Practices_and_Audiences/links/621e01a79947d339eb73367b/Transmedia-Storytelling-New-Practices-and-Audiences.pdf

Audio clip sources:

All Halo: Combat Evolved Cutscenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tSN3L5InQ

Dead Space Motion Comic (CONTENT WARNING; SWEARING, VIOLENCE, MATURE THEMES): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5Kwv0Fb6k

Code Age Commanders – Trailer, PS2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_RnDYrcXok

Nier: Automata Full Demo Playthrough (IGN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8zLWAiCmJ0

Drakengard 3 Walkthrough (WishingTikal): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrXlEm4MgsbOdrnOOZpJ3I3aDre_9rVvL