Tag Archives: ARG

ARG!

Posted on February 10, 2010 by matt

Not a post per se, but something to help me bookmark a link which may be interesting to others as well as me. Content management and delivery tools for indie ARG producers: Alternate reality games and other kinds of distributed … Continue reading →

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What’s an ARG?

Posted on November 18, 2008 by matt

The Technology column in the Guardian writes: An ARG is an interactive narrative in which players work together to solve puzzles and co-ordinate activities in the real world and online, using websites, GPS tracking devices, telephone lines, newspaper adverts and … Continue reading →

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There are video games that you can actually live inside.

Posted on November 17, 2008 by matt

The following quote is from “Cybergeneration”, an RPG dating from ยง993 by R. Talsorian Games. With direct visual feed, projected ICONs at will, and a way of interacting with these projections, all the pieces were now in place to create … Continue reading →

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The Great Game

Posted on November 15, 2008 by matt

Alternate Reality Games (or Layered Reality Games) are going to be big. When someone mentions ARGs, I always think of Total Recall (the film) [thanks Eamon]. The protagonist takes a virtual holiday which interweaves the real world with a spy … Continue reading →

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