Nicholas Benson

Graduate student and freelance wordsmithOld Dominion University

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Halo: How Clashing Media Cultures Lead to the Demise of a Blockbuster

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Nicholas Benson Old Dominion University

November 02, 2012
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Halo: How Clashing Media Cultures Lead to the Demise of a Blockbuster Peter Jackson Microsoft Media Cultures Keith Negus Gaming and the Halo Franchise cultural production Curator's Note In 2005 Microsoft’s video game title Halo was enjoying massive ...

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Re: Go Dark for Halo

Spoilers and Narrative

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Nicholas Benson Old Dominion University

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 — 3:26 pm
I wonder how much of this emphasis on “spoiler avoiding” is an attempt by Microsoft to heighten the artistic credibility of their video game franchise by drawing attention to the story elements. The Forward unto Dawn miniseries and the David Fincher produ ...
In Media Res

Re: Controlling Player Creativity in Halo 4: Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules

Halo Fans

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Nicholas Benson Old Dominion University

Thursday, November 1, 2012 — 4:24 pm
Great post! While all media companies want to keep fans and consumers interested in their content, most companies often have several franchises to work with giving them some room to make a few fans angry here and there. Microsoft only has one franchise on ...
Fieldguide

Re: Building digital cohorts: The WHY

Motivation

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Nicholas Benson Old Dominion University

Friday, January 25, 2013 — 4:24 pm
I think the idea that a cohort “gets you going” is a very important one. It made me think of my (mostly) non-academic digital cohort on Goodread.com. A website like Good Reads motivates me to read books in a few ways. First, it allows me to de-isolate m ...