Comments on: The Hidden Elements http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/ After a long day, we know you can work up quite a thirst for tasty entrainment. Search no further. Alterati is the spot for home-brewed, 100 proof podcasts of the Alterati.com editorial team. In it you will find a delectable blend of original musics, audiobook and drama excerpts, interviews with artists and media theorists of the fringe, and hints of strawberry and motor oil. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Myths and Misconceptions | Alterati: The Inside Scoop on the Outside Culture http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-170336 Myths and Misconceptions | Alterati: The Inside Scoop on the Outside Culture Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:14:49 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-170336 [...] Next – The Hidden Elements: The Dark Side of ARGs – Part 3 GD Star Ratingloading... [...] [...] Next – The Hidden Elements: The Dark Side of ARGs – Part 3 GD Star Ratingloading… [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-159853 Mike Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:28:28 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-159853 Wow. I never knew ARG's even had a name, much less were so popular in the USA. I might have to see if anything's going in Australia. I'm going to have to do some digging and searching... Great stuff! Wow. I never knew ARG’s even had a name, much less were so popular in the USA. I might have to see if anything’s going in Australia.

I’m going to have to do some digging and searching…

Great stuff!

]]> By: jamescurcio http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-159857 jamescurcio Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:17:57 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-159857 If there is a way to use a book of poems to create a zombie army, please let me know. I'm not sure for what, exactly, but I'm sure it could come in handy. If there is a way to use a book of poems to create a zombie army, please let me know.

I’m not sure for what, exactly, but I’m sure it could come in handy.

]]> By: jenny http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-159856 jenny Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:03:56 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-159856 Who knows if ARGs really are some mind control experiment. . . maybe they are, but I doubt it. The first I ever got the notion that video games could be used for mind control was from an episode of Star Trek next gen, where a weird little video game becomes popular on the ship. It attaches to the head, and when you win a round you get a little shot of endorphins in the brain. . . but it also is programming the crew to mutiny. Ingenious. But ARGs are not like that. There's a lot of hidden meanings (e.g. allusions) in T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland", but I don't think it ever created a zombie army. Who knows if ARGs really are some mind control experiment. . . maybe they are, but I doubt it.

The first I ever got the notion that video games could be used for mind control was from an episode of Star Trek next gen, where a weird little video game becomes popular on the ship. It attaches to the head, and when you win a round you get a little shot of endorphins in the brain. . . but it also is programming the crew to mutiny. Ingenious. But ARGs are not like that.

There’s a lot of hidden meanings (e.g. allusions) in T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland”, but I don’t think it ever created a zombie army.

]]> By: novus.liber » Blog Archive » The Hidden Elements http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-159854 novus.liber » Blog Archive » The Hidden Elements Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:06:59 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-159854 [...] In my two previous entries on the subject I’ve tried to dispel some of the misconceptions about the ”Dark Side of Alternate Reality Games”, including the beliefs that they are inherently: a) evil, b) mind control exercises, c) hoaxes, d) corporate funded marketing campaigns, or e) any combination of the above. READ THE REST OF THIS STORY [...] [...] In my two previous entries on the subject I’ve tried to dispel some of the misconceptions about the ”Dark Side of Alternate Reality Games”, including the beliefs that they are inherently: a) evil, b) mind control exercises, c) hoaxes, d) corporate funded marketing campaigns, or e) any combination of the above. READ THE REST OF THIS STORY [...]

]]> By: Range http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/09/the-hidden-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-159855 Range Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:16:36 +0000 http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1363#comment-159855 This is painful to watch. It's like a comedian trying to explain a punchline. Either you get it or you don't. These were the same people who thought D&D was the "work of the devil" - back in the Eighties. They're lost. This is painful to watch. It’s like a comedian trying to explain a punchline. Either you get it or you don’t. These were the same people who thought D&D was the “work of the devil” – back in the Eighties. They’re lost.

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