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[sowasred2012]

[thebruce]

wanna debate the question of "what is an ARG?" check the meta forum

in the classic sense, yeah, probably not an ARG... but these days, an ARG I think is much more flexible. Aside from the 'TINAG' issue you said, everything else seems to be doing a good job of breaking from the virtual world to the real world, with puzzles, tasks, a story, real-world content... It's more an ARG than some other stuff out there right now


Anyway, to everyone... I've been asked to set up a wikibruce wiki for Xi, so in recognition that there are a number of other resources, even a couple of other wikis (last I checked at least, weeks ago) - is there a calling for wikibruce wiki? Would it be used, and would y'all be willing to help keep it updated and populated and relevant? I don't have a lot of time, but I could certainly help keep it neat and organized. I haven't followed Xi for quite a while (since shortly after posting an article) so I'm just a bit behind, myself, and it looks like there's a LOT of stuff that's happened so far...
What votest thou all?

[sowasred2012]

Just to get the ball rolling - it gets my vote, and I'll chip in when I return from holiday if it goes ahead.

[snorkle256]

So where exactly is it saying "This is Totally a game?" just curious not trying to argue.

[sowasred2012]

[snorkle256]

[scaremongerR]

in the newest video, there's a bunch of hidden text.

[PostLarval]

Didn't mean to kick start a debate, but will say this... I jumped the gun a bit in dismissing the ARGishness of Xi. As the days have passed and the game has reached further into the real world, it's looking much more like one.

I'm not a huge fan of the interface (doing web searches and collaborating on message boards is damn difficult via the PS3 browser ), but the puzzles are fairly impressive. Kudos to the designers for their efforts to bring this genre of gameplay to a console.

[sowasred2012]

[Reedus]

the common link should be fairly easy to figure out via google.

[Reedus]

also: if anyone loves text adventure, I found a way to get past the locked door in one of the alpha rooms. send me an invite (and tell me you saw me on unfiction) and I can invite you past the door.

[sowasred2012]

[darkaegis]

If it hasn't been settled, I'd like to toss my opinion in. The third mission involved a video of a woman going from home to real life - stating that reality and home have somehow become connected.

The mission involved people from various areas of Europe going out and getting letter combinations off of billboards to put into the computer back in Home.

I think that this pretty much solidifies the real-world status of the ARG. I look forward to discussing it with people on the board that plan on taking part in it. Hope more missions come to America soon. Namely, Chicago.

[krystyn]

Color me still undecided about the ARG-ishness of it, even after having finally loaded up Home and playing several missions. (I only harp on this because they've advertised this pretty strongly as an ARG. The billboards are definitely IRL, though, and the websites are all fairly immersive and narratively-connected in ways that are interesting and cool. I like reading Jess' messenger convos, for instance - and that I can either browse from a virtual terminal in the game, or from a browser on my own real laptop, etc.)

However, it's fun! I finally made my way to The Hub, and then also to the manhole, which just went live a few days ago. I liked the first puzzle you solve there. Clever, and funny. There are little touches of humor in the environment that I really like - the audio announcements are effective, the bubble machines that people keep leaving everywhere, and the cheesy piano music playing in the elevator lobby in Maintenance.

I have yet to play any real games, but I have some fragments now, and about 4 or 5 butterflies. Weeeee!

[sowasred2012]

I'm back!

Nice to see Xi expanded a lot more while I was away, the text adventures were really cool (although I had to sit about a centimeter away from my SD tv screen to read it), and the maintenance area shows a lot of potential for even more expansion.

I'm caught up with everything so far (got my t-shirt!), save for the expert challenge in Hexopolis, which is ridiculous given that there's no way to quickly finish the shop game and it often has you just sitting there for a full ten seconds waiting.