This week we learned about ARGs! Alternate Reality Games! So neat!
ARGs are digitally interactive games that have intense player involvement. The players of the game help solve plot based puzzles. The players share the information that they gather over the Internet and swap what they've learnt to work together as a team. Crazy cool right?
So who else is involved? Well there's a "Puppet Master". The unseen leader. The Wizard Of Oz! The man (or woman) behind the curtain! And speaking of the curtain - that's a metaphor for the separation between the puppet master and the players! The "Rabbithole" is what we call the first website, contact, or puzzle that starts off the ARG.
They have usually been used for video game viral marketing because hey those nerdy geeks get into it! And hey I'm one of those geeks! I few years ago I played an ARG! It wasn't for a video game, but a British TV show - that never aired in Canada. Lol right?
I stumbled up a website which spoke of an unreal celebrity's death. From there I found myself on a fake chat board and next thing I knew I was trying to solve a fake celebrity death hoax! It wasn't as interactive as the ARGs we discussed in class, but still! So fun!
After talking about ARGs in class I'm super temped to get involed with one again! So I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any suspicous looking bilboards or websites. Find soemthing? Let me know!
ARGs are digitally interactive games that have intense player involvement. The players of the game help solve plot based puzzles. The players share the information that they gather over the Internet and swap what they've learnt to work together as a team. Crazy cool right?
So who else is involved? Well there's a "Puppet Master". The unseen leader. The Wizard Of Oz! The man (or woman) behind the curtain! And speaking of the curtain - that's a metaphor for the separation between the puppet master and the players! The "Rabbithole" is what we call the first website, contact, or puzzle that starts off the ARG.
They have usually been used for video game viral marketing because hey those nerdy geeks get into it! And hey I'm one of those geeks! I few years ago I played an ARG! It wasn't for a video game, but a British TV show - that never aired in Canada. Lol right?
I stumbled up a website which spoke of an unreal celebrity's death. From there I found myself on a fake chat board and next thing I knew I was trying to solve a fake celebrity death hoax! It wasn't as interactive as the ARGs we discussed in class, but still! So fun!
After talking about ARGs in class I'm super temped to get involed with one again! So I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any suspicous looking bilboards or websites. Find soemthing? Let me know!
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