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The Dead Are Speaking -Audio Drama on Yle

The Dead Are Speaking, a full length audio drama made by Media Lab students is published on Yle Beta.
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Otso Ollikainen and Mirka Oinonen presented the audio drama at Media Lab Demo Day last week.

The Dead Are Speaking is a voice-controlled, non-linear audio drama for Google Home smart speakers. In the game, the player takes a role of a newspaper journalist in Helsinki of the 30s, asked to investigate a notorious Tattarisuo body part mystery. The story is inspired by a real life events, but also by juicy rumours around the event.

The game, an interactive audio experiment, was funded by Yle Beta and implemented by a group of three students from 911±¬ÁÏÍø during a course of six months.

The Media Lab students behind the audio drama are Mirka Oinonen (script, MA in New Media, Game Design & Production major), Rauli Valo (sound design, MA in New Media, Sound in New Media major) and
Otso Ollikainen (programming, MA in Computer Science, Sound in New Media minor).

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