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January 28 2012
Transmedia Talk 40: Snow Town
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Jan Libby, the creator of Snow Town, talks with us about story, immersion, and her plan to turn her short ARG into a replayable app.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guests:
Jan Libby, creator of the Snow Town I-Fi App currently up for contributions on Kickstarter.
From This Episode:
About the Snow Town I-Fi App
ARGN on the Snow Town ARG
January 21 2012
Transmedia Talk 39: Clockwork Watch
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Yomi Ayeni, creator of Clockwork Watch, talks about how he built his team, developed his vision, and what we can expect to experience in Clockwork Watch, a steampunk transmedia project that was recently named one of IndieGoGo’s top projects of 2011.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Special Guests:
Yomi Ayeni, creator of Clockwork Watch.
From This Episode:
The Clockwork Watch IndieGoGo page.
The Anachronauts Digest, the blog chronicling the production.
WBP Exclusive: Christopher Rice interviews Yomi Ayeni on “Breathe”
November 21 2011
Transmedia Talk 36: Alison Norrington at DIY Days
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Storyworld Conference chair Alison Norrington sits down with us at DIY Days to talk about the conference and what it means for the future of transmedia.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media)
About Our Guest:
Alison Norrington is a novelist, playwright, and journalist. She the founder of storycentralDIGITAL and Conference Chair for StoryWorld Conference.
November 11 2011
Transmedia Talk 35: Henry Jenkins at DIY Days LA
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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USC provost professor Henry Jenkins joins us at DIY Days LA to talk about introducing new creators to transmedia, and the connection between its study and practice.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media)
About Our Guest:
DIY Days speaker Henry Jenkins is a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is also author of several books, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. His upcoming book, with Sam Ford and Joshua Green, is Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Society.
He also writes the popular transmedia blog, Confessions of an Aca-Fan.
November 08 2011
Transmedia Talk 34: SCA Reality
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Jeff Watson from the University of Southern California talks about Reality, a creative game he designed with Simon Wiscombe for students at the university’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Jeff Watson, co-creator of SCA Reality at USC.
From This Episode:
USC’s Integrated Media Arts and Practice (IMAP) program.
The collaborative production game SFZero
Steve Jackson’s Illuminati
The card game Fluxx
Mary Flannagan’s Grow-A-Game
A few of our favorite deals:
Spacebound – Deal Page
The Game – Deal Page

Letters of My Lai – Deal Page
September 29 2011
Transmedia Talk 33: ARGFest Special with JC Hutchins
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Author and transmedia creator J.C. Hutchins joins us as we recap ARGFest-o-Con 2011.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
J.C. Hutchins, author of Seventh Son and Personal Effects: Dark Art, and keynote speaker at ARGFest.
From This Episode:
ARGfest Keynote 2011: “Getting To Good” from J.C. Hutchins on Vimeo.
JC’s podcast novel Seventh Son, and his transmedia novel Personal Effects: Dark Art with Jordan Weisman.
We usually don’t link guests’ twitter feeds, but we’re linking JC’s here since we talked about it quite a bit on the show.
The Darkest Puzzle, and Andrea Phillips’ response
Awkward Hug’s game The Wisconsin Hustle opened ARGFest for attendees at the opening night cocktail party.
JC’s and Violet Blue’s unboxing videos of a handmade scent kit, released earlier this year for Campfire’s experience for Game of Thrones.
Our episode featuring Steve Coulson, about the Game of Thrones campaign the Maester’s Path.
JC wrote animated videos for Smith and Tinker’s game Nanovor
Video games from JC’s rundown include Mass Effect, Dragon Age, God of War, Uncharted, Heavy Rain, and Fable.
Rob Jagnow of Lazy 8 Studios, who contributed to the Potato Sack ARG for Portal 2, is in pre-launch for his game Extrasolar
Balance of Powers, an extended story from many of the creators of Perplex City, has been funded on Kickstarter.
Zombies, Run! by Six to Start and Naomi Alderman, has now raised $50k of its $12k goal, with over a week left open on its campaign.
The steampunk comic, theater and film experience Clockwork Watch, created by Yomi Ayeni, is still accepting backers on IndieGoGo.
DIY DAYS LA will be held on the UCLA campus on October 28. Tickets are free.
Story World Conference will be held in San Diego October 31-November 2.
September 12 2011
Transmedia Talk 32: GoBZRK and the Future of Publishing
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Rich Silverman, Alex Lemay, and Transmedia Talk host Dee Cook discuss the future of publishing and talk about GoBZRK, the experience they have created for an upcoming novel by prolific young adult author Michael Grant.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media, Experience and Community Moderator for GoBZRK
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
Rich Silverman, Writer/Producer, GoBZRK
Alex Lemay, Executive Producer, GoBZRK
From This Episode:
Silverman and Lemay are members of The Shadow Gang.
Borders closed almost 400 stores in July.
Egmont UK, the publisher of BZRK
Nexus Humanus, the first in-game site for the experience.
Why So Serious, the ARG experience for the Dark Knight. ( player forum )
Publishers Weekly’s interview with Michael Grant
ARGNet’s coverage of the experience
August 25 2011
Transmedia Talk 31: Evan Jones, Suspending Disbelief in Interactive Stories
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Stitch Media partner Evan Jones talks about the role of the audience in transmedia storytelling, suspension of disbelief, and Stitch’s new project, the Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Evan Jones, partner at Stitch Media
From This Episode:
Jones’s TEDx Halifax talk, “Belief is Not Binary”
The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour
Him, Her and Them, and our episode on the project
The film Catfish
Stitch Media’s web series Moderation Town
August 01 2011
Transmedia Talk 30: 2011 Half Year in Review with Michael Andersen
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Michael Andersen, managing editor of ARGNet, joins us to take a look back at the first half of 2011 in the Alternate Reality Game world.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Michael Andersen from ARGN
From This Episode:
Andersen’s article 2011 Year in Review: Puzzling Through Half a Year
Wired.com’s Decode games and puzzles section.
Transmedia Talk host Dee Cook is an associate editor at ARGN.
Ian Bogost’s Cow Clicker ARG
The Awl’s Rick Paulas recounts the conclusion of the Jejune Institute game.
5 Wits in Boston produced the interactive experience Tomb, which is now closed. They currently offer two interactive experiences, 20,000 Leagues and Espionage.
The city-wide experience Accomplice in NYC, Hollywood, and London.
The free-roaming San Francisco experience Message from Z.
The QR code driven game Time Trip LA.
The Jejune Institute spinoff Elsewhere Philatelic Society.
The Toynbee Plaques in Philadelphia.
Kcymaerxthaere, historical markers from another world.
Pittsburgh’s mysterious protractors
Aram Bartholl’s wall-embedded USB project Dead Drops.
Haley Moore’s writeup and Lazy 8 Studios’ Gamasutra article on the Portal 2 Potato Sack ARG.
Note: Ten indie game studios released games in the Potato Sack.
The Game of Thrones extended campaign The Maester’s Path.
The Crash of the Elysium, Punchdrunk’s Doctor Who experience for children.
42 Entertainment’s game Test Subjects Needed for 5 Gum.
Area/Code’s 2007 ARG ‘Primacy’ for the CBS drama Numb3rs centered around a casual puzzle game Chain Factor, which was later developed into the popular iPhone app Drop 7.
Earlier this year, Area/Code was acquired and became Zynga New York.
Patrick Carman’s extended book project Dark Eden launched its App today.
The Australian tv drama SLiDE
The Thomas Dolby game A Map of The Floating City
June 29 2011
Transmedia Talk 29: Lost Zombies
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Skot Leach, creator of Lost Zombies, talks about crowdsourced film, monetization, and building an online community.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Skot Leach from Lost Zombies
From This Episode:
Skot solicits some of the final submissions for Lost Zombies.
Max Brooks’ zombie short story collection World War Z.
Lost Zombies’ community is hosted by the social network building service Ning
Lost Zombies stickers are posted to mark the sites of zombie outbreaks.
The ad that Lost Zombies ran on Adult Swim through Google TV Ads. Leach said the site’s traffic jumped from roughly 1,200 visits a day to around 3,500 after airing the ad.
Austin’s KXAN reports on the Lost Zombies booth at SXSW Interactive 2009.
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter is the Lost Zombies scrapbook. It will be released September 21.
Academy Award winning site Star Wars Uncut introduced many audiences to the idea of a crowdsourced film project.
June 16 2011
June 01 2011
Transmedia Talk 27: Socks, Incorporated
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Jim Babb of Awkward Hug joins us to talk about his new game Socks, Incorporated.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Jim Babb from Awkward Hug
From This Episode:
Babb and Tanner Ringerud’s 2009 project Must Love Robots.
Socks, Incorporated on Kickstarter.
Last week’s podcast, Transmedia Talk 26: Dave Szulborski Memorial Show
Email Babb at jim GNAT awkwardhug.com.
May 25 2011
Transmedia Talk 26 – Dave Szulborski Memorial Show
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Mike Monello, Brian Clark, Michelle Senderhauf, and longtime ARG player Roxanne (Enaxor) join us to honor the life and games of indie ARG creator Dave Szulborski.
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guests:
Mike Monello, Founder and CEO of Campfire
Brian Clark, CEO of GMD Studios
Michelle Senderhauf of Dog Tale Media
Roxanne, also known as Enaxor
From This Episode:
Dave Szulborski’s personal site with his biography, game descriptions and puzzles.
Dave Szulborski’s book This is Not a Game
Varin’s guide to Chasing the Wish
Dee’s guide to Dread House
EA’s game Majestic
Art of the Heist cube word search puzzle, aka The Evil Cube
The Strange Creatures video from Monster Hunter Club, currently at over 4,700,000 views on YouTube.
Cryptid Love, a video from Monster Hunter Club.
Dave’s character stringsends at Top Secret Dance Off
April 18 2011
Transmedia Talk 25 – Mark Harris
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Mark Harris, creator of THE LOST CHILDREN.
Mark Harris talks about attacking transmedia from the technical side, his project THE LOST CHILDREN, and the
From This Episode:
Video featuring some of the technology Mark developed for Pandemic 1.0’s Mission Control center at Sundance.
Workbook Project contributor Zack Forsman
Mark’s piece at Filmmaker Magazine
Mark shared his experience using Wordpress to manage a storyworld with Wordpress at New Breed. Part 1 – Part 2
The found footage docudrama Lake Mungo
Power to the Pixel’s Cross Media Forum NYC on April 19.
To avoid spoilers, we won’t mention the name of the books Dee brought up in the podcast, but you can find the book and its companion piece on Amazon.
April 11 2011
Transmedia Talk 24 – Him, Her and Them
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Mike Knowlton and Hal Siegel from Murmur
Mike Knowlton and Hal Siegel discuss how they developed Him, Her and Them, the first Facebook-native film, which launched on April 6.
From This Episode:
Arcade Fire’s interactive film The Wilderness Downtown
The Facebook version of The Dark Knight
David Lynch’s iPhone video rant.
Simon Pullman’s article on Him, Her and Them on Transmythology
April 05 2011
Transmedia Talk 23 – Marc D’Agostino on the_source
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
Special Guest:
Marc D’Agostino, creator of the_source
Marc D’Agostino joins us to talk about his work developing the_source, an interactive drama.
From This Episode:
The trailer for the_source
For more about recent controversy around the term “transmedia”, check out Transmedia Talk Episode 22.
Editors’ Note: After sign off, Marc discussed his television festival experience with a little more, and said that he thinks that television festivals are more open to crossmedia/transmedia experiences than film festivals, possibly because television in general is more tied to the internet than film is.
April 03 2011
Transmedia Talk 22: SXSW Super Special
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
Haley Moore
(and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller)
SXSW Super Special
Dee Cook and Haley Moore recap the transmedia presence at SXSW Interactive 2011.
From This Episode:
The PGA’s Transmedia Producer credit.
Fourth Wall Studios’ recent influx of money.
SXSW Panel: Help Save SXSW from Marketer Douchebaggery
SXSW Panel: Fireside Chat: Tim O’Reilly Interviewed by Jason Calacanis
Hitler rants about SXSW.
The Transmedia Artists Guild held an introductory panel at SXSW.
SXSW Panel: Fan to Fanatic: True Blood’s Marketing Hook
SXSW Panel: The Future of Storytelling: DEXTER Fans Play Killer
SXSW Panel: Having Fun Yet? 10 Usability Heuristics For Games
SXSW Talk: Project 314: Putting The ‘Game’ Back Into ARGs with Adrian Hon
SXSW Talk: Hoax or Transmedia? The Ethics of Pervasive Fiction with Andrea Phillips
SXSW Panel: Social Media Is Science Fiction with Maureen McHugh and Molly Crabapple
SXSW Panel: Can Transmedia Save the Entertainment Industry?
Flynn Lives, 42 Entertainment’s ARG for Tron:Legacy.
SXSW Panel: New Worlds: Creating Online Sci-fi and Fantasy Experiences in which Felicia Day explains why she rolls her eyes at the term transmedia.
The #AntiTransmedia movement.
Steve Peters, Geoff May, and Brooke Thompson weigh in on the word “transmedia” in the days since SXSW.
Stitch Media’s diagram of possible transmedia definitions.
Frank Rose’s book The Art of Immersion
The Game of Thrones food carts in New York City and Los Angeles
Nick Braccia recommends the Kindle version of A Game of Thrones.
March 22 2011
March 17 2011
March 04 2011
Transmedia Talk Podcast – Episode 20
Welcome to Transmedia Talk, a new podcast covering all things Story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia, Dee Cook, and Haley Moore and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.
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Running Time: 1:15:03
Hosts:
Nick Braccia from Culture Hacker
Haley Moore
Dee Cook from Dog Tale Media
and Host Emeritus Robert Pratten from Transmedia Storyteller
Special Guest:
Independent transmedia creator Andrea Phillips
Andrea Phillips joins us to talk about transmedia ethics, a topic she will discuss at SXSW Interactive next weekend, and at DIY Days in NYC this Saturday.
From This Episode:
(0:01:30) Magda, the vulcanologist from Ready for the Big Chill, makes her introduction.
(0:02:22) NASA’s “Ask an Astrobiologist” column addresses the 2012 Experience. An illuminating quote from a transmedia outsider:
I learned from Wikipedia that creating this sort of fake website is a new advertising technique called “Viral Marketing”, by analogy with computer viruses.
(0:10:20) The interactive web series Lonelygirl15
(0:12:20) Game creator Steve Diddle reveals the nature of his character, Martin Aggett.
(0:15:35) Player wiki for Brian Bricker’s meta-ARG, “I’m Sorry.”
(0:17:00) ‘girl quits job on dry erase board’
(0:17:40) Catfish, as discussed in Episode 6 of Transmedia Talk.
(0:21:30) Eyjafjallajökull
(0:25:00) The Game
(0:29:10) Yomi Ayeni’s experience Breathe.
(0:29:35) The Florida Film Festival’s filmmaking experiment The Voice.
(0:30:25) Routes
(0:33:13) Editor’s Note: I did, in fact, register argtropes.com. Wiki upcoming.
(0:36:50) The 1997 film The Game
(0:44:03) Wonderland receives some weird ARG mail.
(0:44:40) John Scalzi’s rant about mysterious game mail.
(0:46:55) Perplex City, Edoc Laundry, Cathy’s Book, and Personal Effects: Dark Art
Winter Is Coming – 1 of 2 from J.C. Hutchins on Vimeo.
(0:49:25) JC Hutchins unboxes an awesome game artifact for HBO’s campaign The Maester’s Path for Game of Thrones.

(0:51:40) The lion statue gifted to the moderators of the Cloudmakers, the player group for The Beast.
(0:54:33) Tiger Puff is a Sew By Numbers doll.
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