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Horror ARGs

**Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:27 pm

rowan · Unfictologist Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966

ARGs do run the gambit of genres. The Beast was set in the future. Metacortechs was based in the world of The Matrix. We've had Halo, poker, alien crop circles and space stations. We've solved crime sprees, fought the Devil and seen some pretty terrifying game shows and housing complexes. We've even seen a bit of comedy as well.

But for all of those original ideas, you'll always have the cliched games. The ones where someone is missing and their car blows up thanks to the evil goverment corporation - basically because it's so easy to fall into that type of story. Evil corporations and kidnappings really lend themselves to crypticness, and, combined with blogs and IM, makes it really easy for someone without a lot going for them to push out a game.

My only advice to you is, if you don't see anything you like now, just wait a little while. New games are always coming out. Just keep checking back to News & Rumors to see if anything strikes your fancy. You do have to be a bit proactive tracking down games you like, since there have been a few high quality smaller games that haven't gotten the attention that the big 'blockbusters' have. You'll come across a lot of duds, but they do help you gauge a good game when you see it.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:08 pm

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Re: Horror ARGs

**Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:26 pm

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Well I'm glad that I am right in figuring that I'm just too new to the genre... It's good to know that people do actually do ARGs other than missing persons, secret agents, and watered down SciFi. If nothing else, I can watch a couple ARGs and the News and Rumors section and if none come up that are to my liking I could always try my hands as PM...

**Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:06 am

addlepated

I think Rookery Tower last year was rather ghostly. Smile

**Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:57 am

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Wasn't LCP about a haunted poker game or something?

And urban hunt was man vs man, but it was supernatural also.

CTW2 is supernatural in nature, and really great and only kinda confusing at the moment.

i prefer more realistic games myself rather than futuristic or transdimentional ones, and i happen to like them with a bit of spook - I always thought I did play "horror" games {more horror than sci-fi at least}. They do show up now and then. Welcome to our forums, and to the world of ARGing. I'll just second what others have said, stick around and lurk for a while if nothing bites the ARG bug now, because something is bound to come along!

**Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:12 pm

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Yep, Last Call Poker was about a haunted poker site and cursed gun.

And of course, there was some time travel, history, encounters with the dead, doomed romance and a host of other things as well.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:24 pm

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Specifically about horror ARGs, I did know of at least a couple that were in the planning stages a while back, but I really don't know what happened with them. I should check up on them.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:09 am

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