Defiance is the first of its kind. It was developed, from the start, to be a transmedia project, appearing as both a TV show and a video game at the same time. But the video game that Nathan Richardsson directs isn’t simply merchandising for the TV show (which airs Mondays on Showcase in Canada and Syfy in the U.S.), and the series isn’t an extended advertisement for the game (available on PS3, Windows, and Xbox 360). In a phone interview, Richardsson explained that for the people working on Defiance, transmedia means the various entities are interconnected and can affect each other.

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