Psych’s #HashTagKiller game

19Nov11

While in some cases “interactive media are catalysts for a power shift away from traditional communications firms,” but the production team in charge of the USA show Psych have found a way to use interactive social media to their advantage, sparking hope of more cool media crossovers to come in the future (236).  The show’s [...]

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Tags: #HashTagKiller, convergence, new media, Psych, TV, Twitter, USA

The Media Content Cycle: Adapting Film and Other Media into Games

06Nov11

First there was the water cycle. Water from the oceans evaporate into the atmosphere.  The water returns to the earth with a vengeance as precipication.  Running off into ground-water and above-ground streams, the water finds its way back to the ocean.  Now, we would remiss not to welcome the occurrence of another such cycle: the [...]

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Tags: convergence, CSI, film, games, media, Smurfs, TV, Ubisoft, water cycle