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Roleplaying RSS FeedsScholastic set to Shock its readers - Hot on the heels of the launch of the novel series The 39 Clues and its significant online experience aimed at young readers, Scholastic is working together with author M.G. Harris to create an extended experience for the second book in her series "The Joshua Files", named ICE SHOCK. "The Joshua Files" is a book series aimed at young readers 10+ years of age, much like 39 Clues. Harris' first book, Invisible City, was released Feb 4, 2008 in the UK as the first book of this series. Harris drops hints about the upcoming novel and ARG in her website's blog for her fans - she even asks if they'd rather hear more about Ice Shock's upcoming plot, or rumours about the alternate reality game. H...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Putting a Halt to a Vast International Conspiracy - It's not every day I get sent blood money, but today's FedEx delivery contained that and a whole lot more. Included in the packet marked "evidence" was a USB drive with files of bank transfers and a recorded message, along with a map to "evidence drops" and some photos (pictures after the break). The evidence comes from an informant in Berlin, where it was recovered.
It all points to stoptheinternational.com, which is a promo site for the new movie The International starring Clive Owen. Owen is Chief Inspector Louis Salinger, tasked with tracking down evidence against The International Bank of Business and Credit, a large bank which appears to be a front for money laundering and other illegal shenanigans.
Entering the serial number for the $2 bill in the packet shows a trail that leads to guns in Africa, then shows the bill's current location. Urp. It's a nice touch even if it's easy to explain. Exploring furthe... PICNIC '08, part six: From Crowdsourcing to Collaborative Creation - Editor's Note: Daniël van Gool, an administrator at the Unfiction forums, was on the scene at PICNIC '08 on behalf of ARGNet. We were impressed with Daniël's work covering PICNIC '07 and, as media partners of the annual cross-media festival, were invited to a number of special events in addition to the speaker sessions. This is the sixth and final part of Daniël's comprehensive look at this year's event in which he outlines the highlights of day three of PICNIC '08. All pictures are courtesy of Daniël as well.
I arrived at PICNIC early on Friday the 26th. When I arrived, the main conference hall was mostly empty, but it was filled with the ambient noises one would expect at a picnic -- crickets, a flowing creek, and the occasional buzzing fly. This is why I love PICNIC s... PICNIC '08, part five: Virtual things in a virtual world are so passé! - Editor's Note: Daniël van Gool, an administrator at the Unfiction forums, was on the scene at PICNIC '08 on behalf of ARGNet. We were impressed with Daniël's work covering PICNIC '07 and, as media partners of the annual cross-media festival, were invited to a number of special events in addition to the speaker sessions. This is the fifth part of Daniël's comprehensive look at this year's event, a continuation of his analysis of day two of the event. All pictures are courtesy of Daniël as well.
Another very interesting talk followed, titled Commercial Collaborations: Tools, Things and Toys by Michael Tchao from Nike. This talk expanded some more on the theme of connecting the physical and online w... Dr. Jane McGonigal Featured in BusinessWeek's "Innovation" Section - BusinessWeek's November 10th "Innovation" special report features none other than Dr. Jane McGonigal, the Institute for the Future's Director of Games Research and Development. Dr. McGonigal is known for her work on Microsoft's Halo promotion, "I Love Bees", the award-winning "World Without Oil" game, "Find the Lost Ring" and her current project, "Superstruct". In her article, "Jane McGonigal's Brave New Worlds", BusinessWeek's Innovation Department editor Reena Jana... An Interview with JC Hutchins: Personal Effects - Editor's note: this is a companion interview for the article we ran yesterday on Personal Effects: Dark Art, the new transmedia novel written by JC Hutchins and produced by Smith and Tinker. Mr. Hutchins was kind enough to answer a few questions posed by Michael Andersen, and the responses are below. Picture courtesy of CC Chapman on Flickr.
MA: You've developed a strong core following through your work with The Ministry of Propaganda over the years -- how will we see them u... I Swear, I'm Not Claiming All Girl Gamers are Fake: Personal Effects Goes Live - Back in September, podcast novelist JC Hutchins tweeted about a friend's new gaming blog. A little over a week ago, he did it again. And I'm glad he did -- since January 2008, Rachael Webster has posted some rather insightful and snark-filled articles critiquing recent game releases under the moniker "PixelVixen707". The blog has attracted some attention, and Pixelvixen707 even had the impeccably good taste to list ARGNet on her blogroll.
Only one problem: Rachael Webster isn't actually real. Although the blog's archives go back to January 2008, the domain was only regist... Player Review: Prototype 161 Mare Vitreum - Editor's note: The following is a recap of the Prototype 161 event on October 31, 2008 in New York City. Originally brought to our attention via a lovely piece of glass swag, the game took players to the streets of NYC on the spookiest night of the year, and intrepid player Jim Babb covered the event for us. Thanks to Jim for his eye-witness account of what transpired.
This past Halloween night, I was member of a group of elite investigators that brought down an evil cult mastermind and his super genetic computer. Yep, a first for me, but just another night for Prototype 161. The event had an online pre-game that Prototype assured us was not necessary for the game and which I enjoyed. The pre-game even had a clue drops in five cities across the country.
At 7pm the event started in New York City's Central Park when investigators were each handed a folded piece of pa... PICNIC '08, part four: Clay Shirkey - Here Comes Everybody - Editor's Note: Daniël van Gool, an administrator at the Unfiction forums, was on the scene at PICNIC '08 on behalf of ARGNet. We were impressed with Daniël's work covering PICNIC '07 and, as media partners of the annual cross-media festival, were invited to a number of special events in addition to the speaker sessions. This is the fourth part of Daniël's comprehensive look at this year's event, a look at the beginning of day two of the event. All pictures are courtesy of Daniël as well.
Kicking off the second day of the conference was a hugely interesting keynote address by Clay Shirky, famed author of ... ARGNet Owner/Editor to appear on Irish talk radio morning show - So, it turns out that the folks in the Emerald Isle are itching for news on alternate reality gaming. After RTÉ news ran a nice feature about Traces of Hope earlier in the month (which featured a brief appearance by yours truly), the newstalk radio station has called and arranged for a chat about ARGs on October 31st at 10:45 am local time (and yes, as I write this, that's only a few hours away, at 6:45 am ET).
I am pleased to be a part of the on-air discussion, and hope that a few of our readers will be able to tune in, ... After a Brief Commercial Break, Project Abraham Returns - Have you seen the new advertisement for Resistance 2 on the television recently? Apparently, the end of the world is coming soon to a video game retailer near you. And with the game's release mere days away, the Project Abraham alternate reality game has returned.
Over the summer, Dr. Cassie Aklin (Katee Sackhoff) selected candidates for highly experimental and dangerous clinical trials based on weekly votes by the players. Weekly calls from Dr. Aklin encouraged players to continue as one by one, the soldiers selected for injection died. Finally, only Sergeant Nathan Hale and Lieutenant Kenneth Danby were left alive: Hale, because he somehow survived the ... Operation Sleeper Cell: Cruel 2 B Kind Live Events - This coming Saturday, you can help fight cancer by screaming out compliments and pleasantries to crowds of complete strangers. That's right, Operation: Sleeper Cell, the ARG with a heart of gold, is organizing not one, not two, but THREE simultaneous games of Cruel 2 B Kind on Saturday, November 1st from 2PM-4:30PM in the following locations:
Southbank, London - 40 places
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester - 40 places
City Center, Plymouth - 32 places
A nominal (minimum) entrance fee of £4 will be charged for each player, with all profits going to Cancer Research UK. Players must form teams of 2-4. Players need to... Muggle Quidditch 2.0: You Must Be This Big to Play -
Video courtesy of GXC Studios, Inc.
You may not be aware of it, but the Harry Potter fandom community does some fairly nifty stuff. Apparently, people like JK Rowling's franchise enough to put on puppet shows, start rock bands, and write fan-fiction of Professor Severus Snape well, let's just say there's a reason I'm not linking to Snape's fanfiction here.
Sufficed to say, I consider myself a fan of our bespectacled hero and his ragtag crew of hooligans. When my city ... Citizens of Virtue - We've been hearing a lot lately about the "Citizens of Virtue," and they sure seem to be up to some shady practices. In this ARG-that-campaigns-against-ARGs, the C.O.V. are a fundamentalist Christian group that may or may not be holding some individuals captive while also apparently lying about their business practices. Citizens of Virtue is part of an Alternate Reality Game created by Rob Bell and Don Golden, as a promotion for their latest book - Jesus Wants to Save Christians. Yes, it is in fact of a rare breed - the Christian ARG.
Our first encounter with the C.O.V. came from an email we received in late September from a Ms. Savannah Merks, listed as the Public Relations Specialist for the group. In the email was a press release which cl... SuperStruct: It's The End Of The World As We Know It... And We Feel Fine! - The year is 2019, and the world is caught in the grips of several SuperThreats, fighting for it's very survival - but the citizen/players of this world aren't taking it lying down. They're creating survival plans, researching the SuperThreats, searching for allies, and making SuperStructures - plans and organizations created to survive, and combat, the SuperThreats - and in the end, helping to save the world!
Such is the premise of Superstruct , the new "massively multiplayer forecasting game" by the Institute for the Future (IftF), an "independent, nonprofit research group with over 40 years of forecasting experience". The game's Director of Game ...
Mysticora goes public domain! Anybody who wants to run a game or read the stuff we made can contact me!
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Mysticora goes public domain! Anybody who wants to run a game or read the stuff we made can contact me!
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The next turn is delayed until next week, Jan. 27th.
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The next turn is delayed until next week, Jan. 27th.
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Playtest has restarted as of now. A PBEM game company is evaluating the game for a possible license.
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Playtest has restarted as of now. A PBEM game company is evaluating the game for a possible license.
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If you are new and find it a bit overwhelming, then simply join the Public Play Position in the forum! It's easy!
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If you are new and find it a bit overwhelming, then simply join the Public Play Position in the forum! It's easy!
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We are offering new type of trial game: a short battle-type game called 'Eternal War' in the 'Land of Legends' for 8 players! So quickly join now to get one of the few spots!
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We are offering new type of trial game: a short battle-type game called 'Eternal War' in the 'Land of Legends' for 8 players! So quickly join now to get one of the few spots!
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Due to requests we will be resuming the trial game again.
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Due to requests we will be resuming the trial game again.
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Play has temporarily been suspended due to low activity. We are now preparing the commercial launch under the motto "Living World".
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Play has temporarily been suspended due to low activity. We are now preparing the commercial launch under the motto "Living World".
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There is a new page (see link below) that shows the latest Mysticora moves that have been generated.
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There is a new page (see link below) that shows the latest Mysticora moves that have been generated.
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We will be resuming the game shortly; all email addresses are working now.
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We will be resuming the game shortly; all email addresses are working now.
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We are now simulating a turn almost daily!
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We are now simulating a turn almost daily!
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