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The Rise of the ARG

by Dave Szulborski August 18, 2007 ARG

The Rise of the ARG Alternate Reality Games are Everywhere! Dave Szulborski If you haven’t been lucky enough to experience the unique thrill of immersing yourself in an Alternate Reality Game (or ARG) yet, you couldn’t pick a better time to do it than right now. ARGs are literally popping up everywhere, from major …

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Real Life Rabbit Holes

by Dave Szulborski August 11, 2007 ARG

Real Life Rabbit Holes The World of Szukalski Dave Szulborski When I’m speaking to groups eager to know more about Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), I often begin by trying to explain how the name isn’t really a very good match to the experience offered by many ARGs. For one thing, they don’t look and …

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Crimeface

by jcurcio July 31, 2007 ARGs

Crimeface A discussion about interactive media James Curcio Interactivity in media is an under developed, over hyped concept, thanks in part to our over-zealousness in the 1990s regarding the web as a medium. The true potentials there have yet to be fully mined, and we are in desperate need of more multi-media pioneers to …

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Living the Game

by Dave Szulborski July 28, 2007 ARG

Living the Game An Introduction to ARGs, Part 3 Dave Szulborski Last time I loosely defined ARGs as a form an interactive story, and further broke them down into their core components

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Through the Rabbit Hole

by Dave Szulborski July 24, 2007 ARG

Through the Rabbit Hole An Introduction to ARGs, Part 2 Dave Szulborski In early June last year four people, brought together by nothing more than the Internet and their desire to help two strangers in dire straits solve a complex mystery, boarded a small boat in the Chicago harbor at midnight. Also on board …

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A World Made Just For You

by Dave Szulborski July 14, 2007 ARG

A World Made Just For You An Introduction to ARGs, Part 1 Dave Szulborski Since I’ve already contributed a couple of very different articles, it’s probably about time I introduced myself and explained my reason for writing here on Alterati. As you can gather from the heard above, my name is Dave Szulborski, and …

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Failed Assumptions

by Dave Szulborski July 7, 2007 ARG

Failed Assumptions Or, the Purpose of the Internet. Dave Szulborski A Book Review The title of Andrew Keen’s new book, The Cult of the Amateur : How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture (2007 by Cuurency Books, a division of Doubleday ISBN 978-0-385-52080-5), makes a huge claim, one that the book itself fails to justify [...]

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Creating My Reality

by Dave Szulborski June 30, 2007 alternate reality games

Creating My Reality The Metaphysics of Making Alternate Reality Games Dave Szulborski Today is June 23rd, 2007. I am 50 years old today. Today minus 6 years: I’m introduced to the world of Alternate Reality Games as a beta tester in Electronics Arts’ Majestic. I am working in a dead-end job at a company which [...]

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