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Our modern context understands it as a strategic method of long-term storytelling and worldbuilding that ultimately aims to sustain franchise development. In the days of Ancient Greece, the oral tradition of storytelling was adapted, retold, and expanded upon through pottery and other visual arts to pass these mythological tales across generations. Transmedia is something that has existed for as long as humans have told stories. WHY DO WE HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS OLD STUFF, SARGE? Has Halo’s transmedia over the last few years been forging meaningful pathways forward, or just looking back to fill in gaps? I write this article because I think the broader function of the expanded universe is something that isn’t a particularly ‘big’ topic in the fanbase, so I hope it will be a valuable and interesting perspective to consider – looking at the larger context of this franchise’s history with transmedia and exploring an important question.

Halo is so much better for having them at the helm of this ship. Having had the privilege of meeting some of those people personally, I can confidently say that they are incredibly passionate about the Halo universe and telling great stories in it. I also want to preface this with due credit to the amazing and dedicated people who have worked on building Halo as a transmedia entity, many of whom can be found on the acknowledgements page in any of these books. Halo now has thirty books! While Halo does have a wealth of other fiction content (comics, live action films, graphic novels, reference books, etc) which will be talked about, the primary focus of this article will be on the books. This is a league of its own.īut it is also something that presents a bit of a problem, which can be summarised succinctly as…

#Halo reddit eric nylund series#

Halo’s transmedia is one of the greatest strengths of the series the craft of this universe is sold short by comparing it to that of Tolkien or Star Wars. It’s an incredible, unmatched achievement – and most of it’s excellent. Twenty four whole novels, two anthologies, four novellas – and that’s still only a fraction of Halo’s franchise media. Halo Fest 2020… on Understanding Halo 4… WI… Joseph Safdia on Ruminations on Halo: Reach Halo Fest 2020… on Why I Love Halo: Nightfall…

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