Synopsis for Games across Media

This talk will explore how games play an integral part in today's crossmedia landscape.  More and more, fictional worlds are being created with multiple points of entry that provide fans as little or as much access  and agency as they want into the stories found in these worlds. Specific examples will be discussed in order to highlight the role that video games play in the overall experiences, as well as to illustrate how game design serves as an overarching trope through which fans are encouraged to explore the various media in order to fully experience the fictional world.