Comments on: Cathy’s Book App Contest: Win an iPod Touch

By: Vincent Ortiz

Vincent Ortiz — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:27:42 +0000

The Cathy’s book has full of animation and like a comics to me,it has visual effects which i think fun to read.
My favorite part of the movie is the animation every chapter of it and some animation that comes out while your reading the book. I think it is very fun to read

By: Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:06:53 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered! The contest is now closed, but feel free to keep discussing the Cathy’s Book app here.

Winners will be selected in a few days, so make sure to check your emails.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:48:48 +0000

i enjoyed how fun and interesting it sounds. even my sister liked it and she doesnt like to read. liked how it showed how it really looks like and such.

By: MrBeefy

MrBeefy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:24:40 +0000

Found out about this ARG well after it was underway, I think it’s great to be able to relive the experience as it unfolded and truly takes advantage of the technology of the iphone/ipod.

By: Kira

Kira — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:06:38 +0000

My favorite part of the video above was the app itself of course! An interactive arg on your iphone? what an awesome use of new media! It is such an interesting concept! It makes me wish I had an iphone to play it on.

By: J.L. Reid

J.L. Reid — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:41:43 +0000

Being one of the first transmedia novels, or at least the first to garner mainstream attention, Cathy’s Book was a herald of what will be an increasingly prevalent trend in integrating new media with traditional publishing.

It’s for this reason alone that I consider Cathy’s Book and the two sequels not only must reads, but important books to read.

By: Jarred G

Jarred G — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:15:16 +0000

As the first book is downloading on my phone right now, I’m sitting thinking about how I can’t wait to try this out. It seems to be the first ARG on the iPhone of it’s kind incorporating phone and web, making it totally self sufficient. I love how the commercial totally looks and feels like an Apple commercial. This makes it feel more natural and buy-able(?). Also the music is totally rad.

By: Mescad

Mescad — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:07:09 +0000

I have never read the Cathy trilogy, but after watching the demonstration in the video preview, I really want to. My favorite part of the preview was that not only can you actually call the characters from the story (like in an ARG) but the story itself seems to come alive with all of the extras that have been added in, like the drawings and clues. I think this is just a hint of what we can expect in the future of interactive fiction!

By: Phillip Ten Eyck

Phillip Ten Eyck — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:36:26 +0000

why do you want to read it?

I love the idea of an interactive story with extras and the idea of the book’s world being real. I’m a big fan of good books and args and this combines both. It sounds like a great mystery and the fact that you have more than just words to follow in the story makes it a lot more interesting.

By: Aaron Z

Aaron Z — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:36:32 +0000

The Cathy trilogy was fun to read because it not only introduced a financially viable model for cross-media experiences and interactive fiction, but was also innovative purely as a work of fiction. It reminded me of “House of Leaves” by forcing players to do their own investigation into information provided with the book to fully understand the plot.