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[colesonf]

 Twine Made Me Realize How Hard Choices Actually Are

Playing the Twine games this week showed me that interactive storytelling is a whole different challenge. You’re not just writing one path, you’re writing five, and all of them have to feel real.

What surprised me was how emotional some of the choices felt, even in short games. It’s because you’re not watching a character make a decision, you’re making it. That changes the entire experience.

It made me think about how storytelling changes when the audience becomes part of it. That’s something regular film or podcasts can’t do.

[colesonf]

“Interactive stories hit way harder than expected.”

[colesonf]

“Twine coding = black magic.”

[colesonf]

“I love games that give me too much power.”

[colesonf]

“Reblogging this for my own Twine assignment later.”

[colesonf]

 Twine Made Me Realize How Hard Choices Actually Are

Playing the Twine games this week showed me that interactive storytelling is a whole different challenge. You’re not just writing one path, you’re writing five, and all of them have to feel real.

What surprised me was how emotional some of the choices felt, even in short games. It’s because you’re not watching a character make a decision, you’re making it. That changes the entire experience.

It made me think about how storytelling changes when the audience becomes part of it. That’s something regular film or podcasts can’t do.

[colesonf]

“Interactive stories hit way harder than expected.”

[colesonf]

“Twine coding = black magic.”

[colesonf]

“I love games that give me too much power.”

[colesonf]

 Twine Made Me Realize How Hard Choices Actually Are

Playing the Twine games this week showed me that interactive storytelling is a whole different challenge. You’re not just writing one path, you’re writing five, and all of them have to feel real.

What surprised me was how emotional some of the choices felt, even in short games. It’s because you’re not watching a character make a decision, you’re making it. That changes the entire experience.

It made me think about how storytelling changes when the audience becomes part of it. That’s something regular film or podcasts can’t do.

[colesonf]

“Interactive stories hit way harder than expected.”

[colesonf]

“Twine coding = black magic.”

[colesonf]

 Twine Made Me Realize How Hard Choices Actually Are

Playing the Twine games this week showed me that interactive storytelling is a whole different challenge. You’re not just writing one path, you’re writing five, and all of them have to feel real.

What surprised me was how emotional some of the choices felt, even in short games. It’s because you’re not watching a character make a decision, you’re making it. That changes the entire experience.

It made me think about how storytelling changes when the audience becomes part of it. That’s something regular film or podcasts can’t do.

[colesonf]

“Interactive stories hit way harder than expected.”

[colesonf]

 Twine Made Me Realize How Hard Choices Actually Are

Playing the Twine games this week showed me that interactive storytelling is a whole different challenge. You’re not just writing one path, you’re writing five, and all of them have to feel real.

What surprised me was how emotional some of the choices felt, even in short games. It’s because you’re not watching a character make a decision, you’re making it. That changes the entire experience.

It made me think about how storytelling changes when the audience becomes part of it. That’s something regular film or podcasts can’t do.

[colesonf]

Severance Makes Everyday Objects Feel Creepy

Watching Severance this week made me appreciate how much storytelling you can do with tone alone. The fluorescent lights, the empty halls, the frozen smiles, it all makes the world feel off even before anything scary happens.

What stuck out the most is how transmedia ties into this show. Fans create diagrams, maps, theories, fake documents… it feels like the world leaks out of the TV. That’s kind of the whole point of transmedia: the story keeps going across different platforms.

This class is making me realize how many stories today aren’t limited to one format. And honestly, it makes things more fun.

[colesonf]

“Severance aesthetics are too clean to be safe.”

[colesonf]

“Lumon Industries gives big NOPE energy.”

[colesonf]

“Transmedia world-building is actually insane.”

[colesonf]

“That opening sequence? Chef’s kiss.”

[colesonf]

Severance Makes Everyday Objects Feel Creepy

Watching Severance this week made me appreciate how much storytelling you can do with tone alone. The fluorescent lights, the empty halls, the frozen smiles, it all makes the world feel off even before anything scary happens.

What stuck out the most is how transmedia ties into this show. Fans create diagrams, maps, theories, fake documents… it feels like the world leaks out of the TV. That’s kind of the whole point of transmedia: the story keeps going across different platforms.

This class is making me realize how many stories today aren’t limited to one format. And honestly, it makes things more fun.

[colesonf]

“Severance aesthetics are too clean to be safe.”

[colesonf]

“Lumon Industries gives big NOPE energy.”

[colesonf]

“Transmedia world-building is actually insane.”

[colesonf]

Severance Makes Everyday Objects Feel Creepy

Watching Severance this week made me appreciate how much storytelling you can do with tone alone. The fluorescent lights, the empty halls, the frozen smiles, it all makes the world feel off even before anything scary happens.

What stuck out the most is how transmedia ties into this show. Fans create diagrams, maps, theories, fake documents… it feels like the world leaks out of the TV. That’s kind of the whole point of transmedia: the story keeps going across different platforms.

This class is making me realize how many stories today aren’t limited to one format. And honestly, it makes things more fun.

[colesonf]

“Severance aesthetics are too clean to be safe.”

[colesonf]

“Lumon Industries gives big NOPE energy.”

[colesonf]

Severance Makes Everyday Objects Feel Creepy

Watching Severance this week made me appreciate how much storytelling you can do with tone alone. The fluorescent lights, the empty halls, the frozen smiles, it all makes the world feel off even before anything scary happens.

What stuck out the most is how transmedia ties into this show. Fans create diagrams, maps, theories, fake documents… it feels like the world leaks out of the TV. That’s kind of the whole point of transmedia: the story keeps going across different platforms.

This class is making me realize how many stories today aren’t limited to one format. And honestly, it makes things more fun.

[colesonf]

“Severance aesthetics are too clean to be safe.”

[colesonf]

Severance Makes Everyday Objects Feel Creepy

Watching Severance this week made me appreciate how much storytelling you can do with tone alone. The fluorescent lights, the empty halls, the frozen smiles, it all makes the world feel off even before anything scary happens.

What stuck out the most is how transmedia ties into this show. Fans create diagrams, maps, theories, fake documents… it feels like the world leaks out of the TV. That’s kind of the whole point of transmedia: the story keeps going across different platforms.

This class is making me realize how many stories today aren’t limited to one format. And honestly, it makes things more fun.

[colesonf]

Unfiction Is Way Cooler Than I Expected

This week we covered unfiction and honestly I didn’t know it was an actual genre. I thought it was just random creepy internet stuff. But once we looked at examples like Mystery Flesh Pit and SCP, it clicked for me.

Unfiction works because it plays by real-world rules. It doesn’t tell you it’s a story; you just stumble into it like it's a real document, website, or incident report. It’s kind of genius.

What stood out most was how much world-building goes into these projects. People create fake companies, fake government memos, fake logos; it’s like storytelling through clues instead of chapters.

It’s making me think differently about my transmedia project later this month.

[colesonf]

“SCP lore goes way too hard.”

[colesonf]

“Mystery Flesh Pit is so gross but so creative.”

[colesonf]

“Unfiction = storytelling that pretends it’s not storytelling.”

[colesonf]

“Reblogging because fake documents are an art form.”

[colesonf]

Unfiction Is Way Cooler Than I Expected

This week we covered unfiction and honestly I didn’t know it was an actual genre. I thought it was just random creepy internet stuff. But once we looked at examples like Mystery Flesh Pit and SCP, it clicked for me.

Unfiction works because it plays by real-world rules. It doesn’t tell you it’s a story; you just stumble into it like it's a real document, website, or incident report. It’s kind of genius.

What stood out most was how much world-building goes into these projects. People create fake companies, fake government memos, fake logos; it’s like storytelling through clues instead of chapters.

It’s making me think differently about my transmedia project later this month.

[colesonf]

“SCP lore goes way too hard.”

[colesonf]

“Mystery Flesh Pit is so gross but so creative.”

[colesonf]

“Unfiction = storytelling that pretends it’s not storytelling.”

[colesonf]

Unfiction Is Way Cooler Than I Expected

This week we covered unfiction and honestly I didn’t know it was an actual genre. I thought it was just random creepy internet stuff. But once we looked at examples like Mystery Flesh Pit and SCP, it clicked for me.

Unfiction works because it plays by real-world rules. It doesn’t tell you it’s a story; you just stumble into it like it's a real document, website, or incident report. It’s kind of genius.

What stood out most was how much world-building goes into these projects. People create fake companies, fake government memos, fake logos; it’s like storytelling through clues instead of chapters.

It’s making me think differently about my transmedia project later this month.

[colesonf]

“SCP lore goes way too hard.”

[colesonf]

“Mystery Flesh Pit is so gross but so creative.”

[colesonf]

Unfiction Is Way Cooler Than I Expected

This week we covered unfiction and honestly I didn’t know it was an actual genre. I thought it was just random creepy internet stuff. But once we looked at examples like Mystery Flesh Pit and SCP, it clicked for me.

Unfiction works because it plays by real-world rules. It doesn’t tell you it’s a story; you just stumble into it like it's a real document, website, or incident report. It’s kind of genius.

What stood out most was how much world-building goes into these projects. People create fake companies, fake government memos, fake logos; it’s like storytelling through clues instead of chapters.

It’s making me think differently about my transmedia project later this month.

[colesonf]

“SCP lore goes way too hard.”

[colesonf]

Unfiction Is Way Cooler Than I Expected

This week we covered unfiction and honestly I didn’t know it was an actual genre. I thought it was just random creepy internet stuff. But once we looked at examples like Mystery Flesh Pit and SCP, it clicked for me.

Unfiction works because it plays by real-world rules. It doesn’t tell you it’s a story; you just stumble into it like it's a real document, website, or incident report. It’s kind of genius.

What stood out most was how much world-building goes into these projects. People create fake companies, fake government memos, fake logos; it’s like storytelling through clues instead of chapters.

It’s making me think differently about my transmedia project later this month.

[colesonf]

Local58 Made Me Understand Why Analog Horror Works**

Local58 honestly creeped me out more than I expected. There’s something about old-school TV style mixed with horror that hits different. It feels wrong in a way modern HD video doesn’t.

The Nexpo video helped explain it. Analog horror works because it feels like you’re discovering something you were never meant to see. The low quality, the weird cuts, the emergency broadcast stuff… it just gets under your skin.

Screenlife films are interesting too. They feel almost too real because everything happens on a laptop or phone screen. It’s the kind of format we use every day, so it makes the story feel like it could happen to us.

[colesonf]

“Analog horror > jumpscares.”

[colesonf]

“The moon scene in Local58 lives in my head rent-free.”

[colesonf]

“Screenlife feels too real sometimes.”

[colesonf]

“Nexpo always explains things perfectly.”

[colesonf]

Local58 Made Me Understand Why Analog Horror Works**

Local58 honestly creeped me out more than I expected. There’s something about old-school TV style mixed with horror that hits different. It feels wrong in a way modern HD video doesn’t.

The Nexpo video helped explain it. Analog horror works because it feels like you’re discovering something you were never meant to see. The low quality, the weird cuts, the emergency broadcast stuff… it just gets under your skin.

Screenlife films are interesting too. They feel almost too real because everything happens on a laptop or phone screen. It’s the kind of format we use every day, so it makes the story feel like it could happen to us.

[colesonf]

“Analog horror > jumpscares.”

[colesonf]

“The moon scene in Local58 lives in my head rent-free.”

[colesonf]

“Screenlife feels too real sometimes.”