A sign of an area maturing is the presence of parodies. I don’t have any cross-media parodies, but I’m sure there are plenty parodies of franchises. Take this one from the webcomic Penny Arcade (thanks Jeremy): Tycho, the in-comic character, has been hired to write 13 fantasy novellas based on a game franchise. He explains in the news
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Scheduled viewingwatching a television show or film at a particular time, tuning in to listen to a radio show, attending a theatre performancehas been the dominant mode of accessing entertainment since early (Roman?) theatre. Sure, we’ve had street-player performances, but they are not scheduled or on-demand for the audiences. Such entertainment is impromptu (for the audience),
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On May 11 Nielsen//NetRatings released their press release on the top social networking sites for the US [pdf]. Social networking sites are the reality television of the Internet, said Jon Gibs, senior director of media, Nielsen//NetRatings. Top 10 Social Networking Sites for April 2006 (U.S., Home and Work) 1. MySpace 2. Blogger 3. Classmates Online
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