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Cloverfield92
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Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 105
The Shadow War Young Bond ARG http://www.youngbondshadowwar.com/cgi-bin/form
- That URL
http://commanderbond.net/article/5372 - For more info on this
Am doing this, am a huge Bond fan, i think it start August 23
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:41 pm
phomaster
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 169
http://www.youngbond.com/
I'm guessing much of this ARG will be based on the interactive stuff here.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:09 pm
Nighthawk
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Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
Guess I should be thankful I didn't choose the name "Shadow War" myself (I almost did)...
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:16 pm
Agent Lex
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Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1188 Location: No longer London, still in England
The press release confirms that Six to Start are running this one.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:17 pm
ineffabelle
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Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 700 Location: Southern California
*hops on*
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:39 pm
pancito
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Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 2095 Location: In my happy place.
Quote:
The Shadow War is the first alternate reality game aimed at children, allowing players to enter the world of Young Bond.
So....
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:33 pm
Gregoriev
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Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1217 Location: *Looks around* By my computer?
Fun. Kind of interesting, but I haven't read any Young Bond books, so I won't be much help.
(still in though)
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:45 pm
Milas
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Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Texas
Usually they say "thanks for registering" but this one, I signed up and it said "Thank you for your email address. We'll be in touch." Kinda strange way to put it, like they are snacking on email addresses or something.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:57 pm
Gregoriev
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Quoting ARGN, this will be horribly boring:
ARGNet wrote:
While the Shadow War is intended for children 9 years and older, the young at heart are still permitted to play.
The game is comprised of seven missions spanning seven weeks, culminating in a live event on October 8th with a live event featuring Charlie Higson, allowing players to ask questions and influence the game. Each mission takes about an hour, and allows players to work as a British SIS agent or a Soviet OGPU spy, exploring familiar locations. Player decisions will directly influence the outcome of the game. Players can join and leave at any point, and can even switch sides if they choose to defect.
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:05 am
notgordian
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Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 1383 Location: Philly
Gregoryn95: I don't think that difficulty or time invested necessarily equates fun -- so while this may not be as involved as some of the other games out there, it could still be cool. The description of this game seems strikingly similar to "We Love Stories", and that was pretty cool.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:22 am
Gregoriev
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notgordian wrote:
Gregoryn95: I don't think that difficulty or time invested necessarily equates fun -- so while this may not be as involved as some of the other games out there, it could still be cool. The description of this game seems strikingly similar to "We Love Stories", and that was pretty cool.
It's not that, it's just, if it culminates in a live event where all you do is ask questions that somehow change the end although....it's ALREADY the end, methinks that's somewhat lacking.
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:33 am
phomaster
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Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 169
imagine sitting around the author reading to you during story time with a bunch middle school kids...I can't wait!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:00 am
degravedi
Unfictologist
Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 1458 Location: New Orleans
Just wanted to add that I've signed up for this (though in pre-game I'm having an internal battle over deciding whether I want to be an MI or a Russian spy). But I love all things Bond related so this should be great (especially while waiting for the Quantum of Solace).
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:51 am
ixalon
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Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 238 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Ed Book Fest Hoorah! I won a couple of tickets from the Big Issue to go to see Higson's talk at the book festival today, where according to the press-release the first mission will be launched.
I'll report back with what goes on.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:30 am
Gregoriev
Entrenched
Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 1217 Location: *Looks around* By my computer?
The ARG has landed. You should have received an email, which leads to a letter that says:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Dearest,
I do hope you're well!
I know you always used to get bored so easily, so I've sent you some clippings from the local paper that caught my eye. I think there's something not quite right about them...
Perhaps you can have some fun investigating?
Missing you terribly,
Your loving aunt
On the right is a clipping that leads to a soviet site. You join up, and then they give you missions.
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:36 am
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