“Talk To The Reasons” Nominated for A Primetime Emmy

Immensely proud of the whole team that came together to make talktothereasons.com. Our “13 Reasons Why” story was just got an Interactive Emmy nomination!

Project Launch: Interactive Episode for “13 Reasons Why”

For Moth+Flame and Netflix, I wrote an interactive, voice-response prequel to Season 2 of the hit series “13 Reasons Why.

‘The Expanse’: 5 Reasons Why Amazon Needs to Save the Sci-Fi Drama

But while every canceled show gets a plea for another distributor to swoop in and save it, in this case there’s actually a better-than-average case to be made for “The Expanse” to get rescued by a streaming outlet — one in particular. Here are several reasons, both creative and business-focused, as to why Amazon should swoop in and save “The Expanse.”

When IndieWire asked me if I’d like to write a piece on why The Expanse should be saved, I downed a shot of Ganymede whisky, and cried to ta ge im!!

UPDATE: They saved it!

Speaking Event: Keynote Talk at the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling

If you happen to find yourself in Madeira Portugal in a couple of weeks, I’ll be delivering one of the conference keynote talks:

“Transmedia Storytelling: No, Really, What Is It?”
The joke goes like this: “Put two transmedia creators in a room together, and pretty quickly you’ll have three definitions of transmedia.” Everybody who uses the terms means something a little different. With stories from the trenches of making transmedia projects over the last ten years, this talk delves into what people mean when they say “transmedia” and why nobody can agree.

The Haunted Mansion Ghost Post wins a Themed Entertainment Award!

The Ghost Post won a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement last night from the Themed Entertainment Association

Podcast: Flushing Transit Authority

For a change of pace, Will Stegemann and I have started a podcast - Flushing Transit Authority - to talk about what its like to be lifelong Mets fans. Other podcasts can give you game recaps, statistical analysis and predictions; we’re trying something different. We’ll be focusing on the narrative and our experience as fans. And we plan to have some fun.

Review: “Twin Peaks: The Secret History”

Indiewire: ‘Twin Peaks’: Everything We Learned About Season 3 From Mark Frost’s ‘The Secret History’

Indiewire: Mr. Robot, Season 2 reviews

A compilation of my reviews for the second season of “Mr. Robot" for Indiewire, including a panel discussion on the depiction of hacking on screen: :

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episodes 1-2: eps2.0_unm4sk.tc

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 3: k3rnel_pan1c.ksd

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 4: eps2.2_init1.asec

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 5: eps2.3_logic-b0mb.hc

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 6: eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 7: eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 8: eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 9: eps2.7_init_5.fve

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 10: eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 11: eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z

Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 12: eps2.9_pyth0n-pt2.p7z

Panel: ‘Mr. Robot’ and ‘Halt and Catch Fire’: Producers Say the Depiction of Hackers Isn’t Always Realistic, and That’s Okay

Indiewire: Game of Thrones, Season 6 reviews

Now that season 6 of Game of Thrones is done, here’s a compilation of my reviews for Indiewire. HBO did not make screeners available this season. Rather than do traditional episodic recaps, they convened a group of writers to provide short, rapid responses to each episode. I was honored to join a roundtable of really great critics including Hanh Nguyen, Sarah Mesle and Eric Deggans. And as the resident book-reader of the group, I also got to write a longer essay looking at how the show did after surpassing the source texts.

‘Game of Thrones’: Meet Indiewire’s Panel of Critics For Season 6

Review ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 1, ‘The Red Woman,’ Reviewed: Ladies Night

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 2 ‘Home’ Celebrates Resurrections

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 3, ‘Oathbreaker’ Could Have Done More

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 4, ‘Book of the Stranger’ Gets Lit

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 5, ‘The Door,’ Opens Up Many Secrets

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 6, ‘Blood of My Blood’ Is Full of Face-Offs

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 7 ‘The Broken Man’ Spotlights Some Subplots — And What It Takes to Survive

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 8 ’No One’ Keeps The Violence Off Screen As Battles Build

Review: The ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 9, ‘The Battle of Bastards’ BastardBowl Brings About A Whole New World Order

Essay: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Channeled George R.R. Martin Without Him, For Better and Worse

Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Finale ‘The Winds of Winter’ Unleashes Epic, Hardcore Vengeance

Speaking Event: Digital Hollywood 2016

If you find yourself at Digital Hollywood in Los Angeles next month, I’ll be on a panel with some other multi-platform rabble-rousers. 

Our panel is called Visionary Transmedia: VR - Gaming - Sci-Fi - Music Video - Horror - Space – The Multi-Level Experience (Wow, I guess we’ll be covering a lot.) Thursday, May 5th from 1-2 PM.