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Poetry is one of my great loves. There is little that can compare with reading the perfect line. When words are laid with overlapping meanings and transcendent imagery, my brain lights up and purrrrrrs . Well-executed transmedia does the same brain sparking thing. I'm slightly embarrassed that it took me so long realize the similarities. Transmedia is Meta-Poetry Think about what poetry does : It bends language until it glows. It stacks two images in a way that creates a thir

Introduction In the entertainment industry, transmedia isn’t a buzzword, it’s a strategy for longevity. A successful IP must thrive beyond a single platform. If we want our worlds to stretch across media, across years, and across communities of fans, we need to design them with expansion in mind from day one.  Here are seven worldbuilding principles that ensure your IP invites curiosity, welcomes collaboration, and remains future-ready. These elements–unlike so many other fac

I’m a bit obsessed with giving every character some kind of arc.  There are a lot of reasons why I feel this is good craft, and I doubt...

🔍 Everyone's Asking the Wrong Question About AI Most conversations about AI focus on who is using it and what they’re making. Since The...

Ok... I've been letting my mind wander through some pretty abstract ideas, but I think I might be on to something concrete here... In my...

I've been thinking more about  Jeff Gomez 's vision of an AI-driven entertainment platform that creates (or co-creates?) custom narrative...

☠️ The Metaverse is dead... here comes the Idioverse!  I've been writing about AI, and in particular an AI-powered platform delivering...

Vulnerability. How many RPGs have that as their emotional core? When you play Outward by  Nine Dots Studio  published by  Deep Silver ,...

This is a new feature I'm starting where I examine the transmedia potential of an IP that I love. When a game makes you wonder about the...

Total AI Slop 📚 Marshall McLuhan observed that every new medium demands a new literacy. I've heard moving pictures of locomotives scared...

The Impact of AI on Human Cognition Fellow millennials, how many phone numbers did you used to have memorized? Since getting a cell...

In my last post, I explored Marshall McLuhan’s idea that the content of new media mimics the old, and how AI fits into that pattern. Now,...

Jeff Gomez--a transmedia hero and visionary if ever there was one--recently shared a compelling idea: “Artificial Intelligence will...