Comments on: How alternate reality games work http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: historyman68 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-137238 historyman68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-137238 @#10: Achewood has been doing that for a while, but that's still a great idea @#10: Achewood has been doing that for a while, but that’s still a great idea

]]> By: Darryl http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136758 Darryl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136758 Yeah, <a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_args">Wired covered this</a> in their January 2008 issue. Good read, although the article included a "hidden message" that was pretty lame (as a recent <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-03/rants">letter</a> points out.) They make us pick out highlighted letters and the best they can come up with is pull quotes? Yeah, Wired covered this in their January 2008 issue. Good read, although the article included a “hidden message” that was pretty lame (as a recent letter points out.) They make us pick out highlighted letters and the best they can come up with is pull quotes?

]]> By: moneyries http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136516 moneyries Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136516 CBS's Jericho just wrapped up their own ARG, Lost has one, etc. etc. etc. They're bound to become more and more a part of our real-life reality, throwing "alternate" out the window. CBS’s Jericho just wrapped up their own ARG, Lost has one, etc. etc. etc. They’re bound to become more and more a part of our real-life reality, throwing “alternate” out the window.

]]> By: Foolster41 http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136777 Foolster41 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136777 Fascinating article. I've been playing with the idea of maybe doing blogs for the characters in a webcomic story I'm working on. Fascinating article. I’ve been playing with the idea of maybe doing blogs for the characters in a webcomic story I’m working on.

]]> By: Blackbird http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136575 Blackbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136575 Jericho's has NOT wrapped yet. Unless you have information that I don't have. There's a few things still outstanding in the game to this point. And in the Jericho spirit, come to the boards, watch the show, we need more viewers. On the plus side...it's quite good and well written. I actually just started into ARG, due to Jericho, and I can say, it's been frustrating and exhilirating, often around the same time! Jericho’s has NOT wrapped yet. Unless you have information that I don’t have. There’s a few things still outstanding in the game to this point.
And in the Jericho spirit, come to the boards, watch the show, we need more viewers. On the plus side…it’s quite good and well written.

I actually just started into ARG, due to Jericho, and I can say, it’s been frustrating and exhilirating, often around the same time!

]]> By: sparkwatson http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136584 sparkwatson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136584 There's got to be some kind of crossover between this and the news that another Memoir writer has essentially written fiction. In Love and Consequences memoir a fake http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/04/wmemoir104.xml Whereas one takes fiction and splices it into reality, the other takes what should have been reality/history, and splices fiction onto that. There’s got to be some kind of crossover between this and the news that another Memoir writer has essentially written fiction.

In Love and Consequences memoir a fake
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/04/wmemoir104.xml

Whereas one takes fiction and splices it into reality, the other takes what should have been reality/history, and splices fiction onto that.

]]> By: gobo http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136590 gobo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136590 The Cloudmakers game created for A.I. was far more engaging and complex a storyline than the actual film... and in a way, made the movie a bit of a letdown, since the ARG seemed to be setting up a brilliantly intriguing storyline that the movie never paid off at all. The Cloudmakers game created for A.I. was far more engaging and complex a storyline than the actual film… and in a way, made the movie a bit of a letdown, since the ARG seemed to be setting up a brilliantly intriguing storyline that the movie never paid off at all.

]]> By: beemoh http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-137369 beemoh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-137369 It's a shame that in all these articles, the Nokia Game is rarely mentioned. While it was not as advanced as those mentioned in the article, it certainly predates them by a good few years. /b It’s a shame that in all these articles, the Nokia Game is rarely mentioned.

While it was not as advanced as those mentioned in the article, it certainly predates them by a good few years.

/b

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136623 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136623 They sound like treasure hunts, and do show how large groups can network to solve problems. Boing Boing should design one, just to contribute its fair share to world chaos. They sound like treasure hunts, and do show how large groups can network to solve problems. Boing Boing should design one, just to contribute its fair share to world chaos.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136655 Christopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136655 They just did one for the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well, quite entertaining. http://enitechlabs.com/index.html Watch the videos, and delve into some of the pics in the blog section. I don't watch T:SCC but I think everyone understands the background for these,,, They just did one for the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well, quite entertaining.
http://enitechlabs.com/index.html

Watch the videos, and delve into some of the pics in the blog section. I don’t watch T:SCC but I think everyone understands the background for these,,,

]]> By: likeweusedto http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136694 likeweusedto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136694 the NIN ARG was pretty badass, what i read about it. wired magazined had a great write up about it late last year - possibly their december issue? i'm actually surprised NIN doesn't get more notice on this site, considering everything that trent reznor does/is doing to promote CC licenses and sharing music fairly. he just released a new album yesterday and linked the main page to an "official" torrent. pretty cool shiz. the NIN ARG was pretty badass, what i read about it. wired magazined had a great write up about it late last year – possibly their december issue? i’m actually surprised NIN doesn’t get more notice on this site, considering everything that trent reznor does/is doing to promote CC licenses and sharing music fairly. he just released a new album yesterday and linked the main page to an “official” torrent. pretty cool shiz.

]]> By: Rider http://boingboing.net/2008/03/04/how-alternate-realit.html#comment-136701 Rider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-136701 The only problem with ARG's is once you've played one and know how they work it ruins the rest of them. I really don't think anyone will ever top the Year Zero ARG. Hidden USB drives with songs, the songs matched new parts of the storyline the clues in drives reveled, it really was an amazing experience. It all started with a tour t-shirt, that led to web sites broadcasting from the future. People were getting strange phone calls. And then it all led to the concert with the swat team. The only problem with ARG’s is once you’ve played one and know how they work it ruins the rest of them. I really don’t think anyone will ever top the Year Zero ARG. Hidden USB drives with songs, the songs matched new parts of the storyline the clues in drives reveled, it really was an amazing experience. It all started with a tour t-shirt, that led to web sites broadcasting from the future. People were getting strange phone calls. And then it all led to the concert with the swat team.

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