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[Mikeyj]

Adrian Hon Blog Post - ARGFest

[myf]

Wow.

Personalised should be cool, unless it's too personalised (so it feels like you really do have a stalker, but from another universe/galaxy/whatever the hell it is). That would be creepy then

[Snowcat]

I like personalised, but replayable? Seems a bit iffy to me - what happened to the one big global event that everyone had to tune in to at the same time? But then again, I'll probably have to eat my own words in a bit.

To look at it from the other picture, it would be nice to be able to jump into an ARG at any time and have it begin just for me - as opposed to being smack in the middle of a new one where everyone except for me already knows what's going on.

[lonadar]

I hope replayable doesn't mean the end of major live events, like San Francisco or Ascendancy Point, but making similar-style events for the individual (ie. personalized) would allow new players joining at any time to still get some of the same thrill. Personally, I wish I could go play Receda's Revenge, and with a bit more programming, I probably could at any time, regardless of when I joined the game. I think that's what they're trying to do. I hope that's what they're trying to do.

[Tornan Steel]

I'm confused, Adrian seem to give the impression that there were only 3 unsolved cards in his talk. He mentioned 13th labor in his slides and after being questioned at the very end mentioned Reiman as their joke and Billion to One but no mention of Shuffled. Did he just forget it or has it been solved. I looked in the thread but it didn't seem to have been solved......

[rose]

I think these slides were from GDC (games developers conference), as much as I would have liked to see them at ARGFest. Adrian gave a talk at GDC which was a few days after ARGFest.

Adrian also has a video of a presentation he gave to Google UK I think. It is about 52 minutes and change. I thought it was great and worth watching.

[Scott]

I believe replayable will be mostly what it sounds like. Events (I would guess *some* events, not all) will be written in a way that after the event is over, anyone who missed it can still live the action. Consider all the myriad things we did in season one. There's a bunch you probably cant think of right off because they don't exist at this time, and you might have missed it entirely during the 30 minutes it was going on. and usually, at each event, players include the usual suspects, some lurkers, and a some new fFaces. Thats a pretty limited audience, all things considered. I know plenty of people who like the cards but look at me fFunny when i mention any events.

I believe the keyword fFor season 2 is: Accessibility. Making the whole game more approachable fFrom many new angles.

[rose]

[Afgncaap5]

I like the sound of replayable.

I'm one of the world's biggest text adventure fans. It was an injustice that I had classes scheduled for BOTH of the Receda's Revenge games.

[PMAvers]

[Mikeyj]

Some more little dribs and drabs about Season 2...glean what you can from this post on the Mind Candy blog (see original for embedded links :

[Scott]

Old Media: books, newspapers, radio, TV, movies
New Media: video games, the internet, portable electronic devices

seamless, smart, consistent: antonym to clumsy, blatant, sell-out
content which is describable as "seamless, smart, consistent" should appear quietly as a backdrop without anyone realizing an idea has just been marketed.

product placement: some product or identity is advertised in a theoretical real-world setting, such as in a movie or TV show.

reverse product placement: a theoretical real-world setting is advertised in some product or identity, such as perplex city.

This may or may not be all ARGs, but certainly several, at least, sure. Cathy's book is all about old media with (I believe) no particular product placement at all.