tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post3059137090520728020..comments2024-03-29T05:22:55.287-07:00Comments on Experience Points: EXP Podcast #136: Cross-media 'CastJorge Alborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-27951805696143269732011-08-09T08:58:08.868-07:002011-08-09T08:58:08.868-07:00Hi Durden48,
Thanks for listening! You bring up ...Hi Durden48,<br /><br />Thanks for listening! You bring up a good point about Valve and the way they construct the fiction surrounding their games. In the end, the way they do it is probably more profitable from the more financially-oriented approaches specifically because it engenders good will.<br /><br />I always imagine that there is some huge diagram deep within Valve's offices that links all their games into one crazy meta-fiction...<br /><br />Hey Blain,<br /><br />Good point about ARGs; I hadn't thought about that angle. I agree about Halo: sometimes I feel like its marketing campaign was too strong for its own good. It seems like I remember the plots from the ads more vividly than the games.Scott Justerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775296635863850847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-49448609118236895852011-08-07T08:03:56.888-07:002011-08-07T08:03:56.888-07:00I think it's sometimes overlooked because of i...I think it's sometimes overlooked because of its age or negative associations with ARGs, but <a href="http://www.ilovebees.com/humptydumpty.html" rel="nofollow">the audio that came out of the I Love Bees ARG</a> was great.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it was <i>so</i> good that it made Halo 2's characters and story seem hollow and lifeless by comparison. I haven't cared about Halo since. But I'll still find those old files and listen to them sometimes. It's sad that audio drama isn't a more popular format.Blain Newporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692883426442963487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-38991450066872364802011-08-04T16:29:19.563-07:002011-08-04T16:29:19.563-07:00Man so this is the second podcast I have listened ...Man so this is the second podcast I have listened to and every time I think I have something cool to comment about you end up talking about it during the podcast, perhaps that is why I am enjoying them so much. I thought I had you guys with TF2 and all the valve stuff but there you slipped it in at the end. I really think the valve stuff works because it is so accessible/free. Every other form of cross-media integration just comes off as purely motivated by money and not about improving the game or story. It was interesting that you guys brought up the Cat and the Coupe because it did get me to research the story more than anything any other game has done.Durden48https://www.blogger.com/profile/14666136160895737611noreply@blogger.com