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		<title>Remix Fiction Interviews Funnel Productions &#8211; the Creators of Purity Towers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Aggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Remix Fiction is excited to announce this weekend (Sunday @11am Pacific Time) we will interview the creative team at Funnel Productions on the heels of the recent conclusion of their alternate reality game, Purity Towers.  This was Funnel Production&#8217;s third full-scale independent ARG following their previous productions; Man of the People and Myth of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.funnelproductions.com"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-168" title="Funnel Productions" src="http://www.remixfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Funnellogo1-300x263.jpg" alt="Funnel Productions" width="300" height="263" /></a>Remix Fiction is excited to announce this weekend (<strong>Sunday @11am Pacific Time</strong>) we will interview the creative team at Funnel Productions on the heels of the recent conclusion of their alternate reality game, Purity Towers.  This was Funnel Production&#8217;s third full-scale independent ARG following their previous productions; <em>Man of the People</em> and <em>Myth of the Seeker</em>.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll dive behind the scenes and learn what was happening on the other side of the curtain as players chose their alliances and helped co-create this complex tale of class oppression.  We&#8217;ll talk to the actors who portrayed Randy, Earl, Melissa, and the rest of the characters who communicated with the audience through email, tweets, and Facebook messages.</p>
<p>We want the players of Purity Towers to be a big part of this special broadcast of Remix Fiction Television by helping us come up with interview questions.  You can submit your questions by typing them into a comment, or you can call and leave a voicemail (206-350-1072) which we&#8217;ll play on the air.  We also encourage you to video your question and upload it to a video sharing site.  Just leave a link to the video in the comments and playing those videos during the show will be our top priority (there will also be a surprise for some of our video question authors)</p>
<blockquote><p>Funnel Productions:  Our mission is to create the best games around and to build a broader community of ARGamers in the process.  We are a grassroots alternate reality gaming organization. We have day jobs, though one day we hope to create games full time.  Our games are produced entirely out of our own pockets, but we do our very best to keep them fun, immersive, and enjoyable for the players.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Please Don&#8217;t Call Me a Puppetmaster</title>
		<link>http://www.remixfiction.com/2009/07/please-dont-call-me-a-puppetmaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternate Reality Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puppetmaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Gomez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve never really cared for the term Puppetmaster for a person behind the scenes in an Alternate Reality Game, but I haven&#8217;t come across a term that I want to replace it.  The term &#8220;puppetmaster&#8221; conjures up images of a mindless audience or characters in a story being controlled by one god-like entity.  It can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="500" height="405" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="align" value="right" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/YfH8WwClSx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/YfH8WwClSx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" align="right"></embed></object>I&#8217;ve never really cared for the term Puppetmaster for a person behind the scenes in an Alternate Reality Game, but I haven&#8217;t come across a term that I want to replace it.  The term &#8220;puppetmaster&#8221; conjures up images of a mindless audience or characters in a story being controlled by one god-like entity.  It can also imply an ownership of the characters in a narrative, and Remix Fiction believes that the story and the characters are guided by everyone who participates in the experience.</p>
<p>People in the Cross-media industry (there&#8217;s another disputed term) have come up with several variations which have merit, like Jeff Gomez from <a href="http://lab.starlightrunner.com/" target="_blank">Starlight Runner Entertainment</a> who mentions &#8220;Trans-media Producer&#8221; in his interview with <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/" target="_blank">Digital Media Wire</a>.  He suggests that there is yet another title that will evolve in the next five years for a person who will be a universe steward or world caretaker who manages the non-linear cooperative storytelling within each intellectual property.</p>
<p>So, what do I want to be called?  I guess for the time being, if you must give me a label, you can call me a Trans-Media Producer.  More than likely I&#8217;ll hear another term I like better in a week and write another post about why I don&#8217;t want to be called a Trans-Media Producer.  Yeah, I&#8217;m already starting to dislike it.</p>
<p>What do you think of the term &#8220;Puppetmaster&#8221;?  Do you think there is a better term?  Share your opinions in the comments &#8211; we&#8217;d love to hear from you!  Also, special thanks to <a href="http://www.christydena.com/" target="_blank">Christy Dena</a> for sending out the link to this video in her <a href="http://www.twitter.com/christydena" target="_blank">twitter stream</a>.</p>
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