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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

[PRESS] Wired Magazine 16:01The new world of immersive games

**Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:01 pm

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Yeah, xnbomb already posted that to the press forum here.

**Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:27 pm

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

Sorry. I guess I don't know when to put something in the general thread or when to make a new topic. :/

**Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:37 pm

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**Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:24 pm

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AtionSong · Unfettered Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 352

I'm having trouble getting to the "hidden parts" of the article.

I thought

**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:52 am

konamouse

Be careful with capital letters and punctuation. And you cannot make a mistake and overwrite - you have to start over from scratch. But you missed an entire word.

Here in the NiN YZ thread I posted the solves.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:03 pm

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Really great article, thanks for cross-posting here. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

It seems like the reporter really "gets it." Smile

**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:44 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:31 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:55 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

Hey, I had a long lunch with him at Craftworks talking about ARGs. (thanks again for the great lunch, Frank. ) As you might expect, I did most of the talking. After that lunch he was headed to London to to interviews with Adrian Hon and Micheal Smith. My feeling is that he did a great deal of background research. I think the list of people he interviewed is extensive.

I'm pretty sure he choose to focus on a specific game to explain ARGs as otherwise his article just gets too general. I think he decided not to do Eldritch Errors because the article was coming out so long after Halloween and not to do Perplex City because it is over and Mind Candy is moving in a totally different direction.

And, of course, Trent Reznor attracts attention from people who aren't familiar with the genre. It is nice that the article includes someone fairly famous who isn't considered a geek (sorry I think JJ Abrams is solidly geeky.) ARGs are an exciting genre to plenty of people who aren't simply science fiction or internet nerds. Even though WIRED appeals to that audience, the article clearly shows a diversity of players.

I'm so happy that he chose a game that had depth and complexity of story and design, and an impresive live event. I wasn't a fan of dystopian and depressing existence of Year Zero, but I appreciated many elements of the game. If he had gone with something like the terrible "The Lost Experience" promotion, he would have missed showing what an amazing immersive experience ARGs can be for the players.

I'm so happy he did such a great job on this.

**Posted:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:42 am

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**Posted:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:25 pm