Alternate Reality Gaming Network:
Teleport, Anyone?
May 3, 2003
The other day, we received a couple very
odd emails, along with a subsequent package
in the mail. The contents of the package
and the corresponding website have become
a somewhat serious obsession around here,
as we just don't know what to make of what
we've found.
The email simply said "TELEPORT is a multidimensional transport
system powered by a network of consciousness
exploration units, or trips," and gave a web-address: www.redkore.com. We then received a subsequent email offering
to send us one of these 'trips' to explore.
A few days later, a 'trip package' arrived which consisted of several cards,
a plastic holder, something that can best
be described as a refrigerator magnet, and
a lanyard, but no instructions. Odd, indeed.
We have absolutely no clue what this is about
or where it's heading, but it certainly is
intriguing. We've been playing around with
these cards, scrutinizing the patterns to
no avail. The only clues we can find are
in the meta tags of the Redcore website,
which include keywords such as astral projection, teleportation, and (most notably) Alternate Reality Gaming.
Redkore's site includes forums, some info, and a store where trip packages can be purchased for
$19.95. A press release states in part: "...TELEPORT is powered by a network of 18
consciousness exploration units, or trips.
Trips work by attuning the intellectual,
imaginative and intuitive centers of the
user's consciousness. While each person comes
to understand a trip in a unique manner,
one of TELEPORT's most intriguing qualities
is that each trip generates an objective
portal which is the same for everyone. This
means that people can use a particular trip
to engage group transports, exploring wild
landscapes together even when they might
be separated by significant time or distance
in the physical world. Of course, TELEPORT
works just as well for individuals who like
to fly alone."
Definitely a big WTF? factor here. Who knows
where Teleport will lead, but we'll keep
you posted.
Website: www.redkore.com
Discussion: unfiction's Teleport forum
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