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A Puzzling Prelude to FestQuest 2013 24 Jul 2013 | 11:19 am
Last year, William Sawtooth III embarked on a great experiment: he sold off 100 shares in his personhood in exchange for a billion dollars. Being a savvy investor, I managed to secure a 6% interest in...
What is the Blackhollow Project? 17 Jul 2013 | 06:30 pm
In 1943, the Office of Strategic Services deployed an agent to the European theatre of World War II on an assignment codenamed the “Archimedes Mission.” His task: infiltrate the Soviet Union, and extr...
“The Optimist” ARG Draws Focus to Disney History 11 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
In 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy founded a company that would eventually become The Walt Disney Company. Out of respect for that seminal moment in the company’s history, Disney’s official fan ...
ARGFest 2013 Highlights Another Side of Gaming in Seattle 6 Jul 2013 | 10:38 pm
ARGFest-o-Con is a yearly conference that provides the opportunity for fans and creators of alternate reality games and transmedia experiences to gather together and reflect on the genre’s evolution. ...
Playing Around With Your Health at Games for Health 2013 5 Jul 2013 | 12:44 am
Image courtesy thatdragoncancer.com Over the years, a number of alternate reality games and transmedia experiences have used their storytelling platform as a medium for serious gaming. In Conspiracy ...
DIY Days 2013: Black Markets, Phenomenal Work, and Foster Care 10 May 2013 | 06:58 pm
My Sky is Falling image courtesy of Reboot Stories, from the Envision 2013 playthrough The elevator doors open. As I step out, a woman in a hazmat suit and surgical mask steps forward as our guide, o...
Making a Deal with the Devil for Kobo eReader Puzzle Contest 5 May 2013 | 01:40 am
An author sells his soul to Asmodeus, King of the Nine Hells for a shot at fame and fortune. Rebels seek to topple a warlord who set himself up as the mythical Minotaur in the land of Dis, a power sta...
Looking Back on a Year with the Bennets 3 Apr 2013 | 06:28 pm
Ricky Collins (Maxwell Glick), Charlotte Lu (Julia Cho), Lizzie Bennet (Ashley Clements), and Lydia Bennet (Mary Kate Wiles) at the final celebration, courtesy of Pemberley Digital It’s been almost a...
This ARG Brought to You by the US Intelligence Community? 17 Mar 2013 | 07:46 pm
In recent years, the United States Government has launched a number of experiments in alternate reality games and collective intelligence. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of ARPANET in 2009, the Dep...
Entering Maze of Games’ Victorian-Era Puzzle Adventure 25 Feb 2013 | 08:46 pm
Hidden within the storied halls of the Upper Wolverhampton Library in Victorian-era England, a musty book lies in wait, ready to entrap the first hapless souls to peer into its pages. While Colleen an...
