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April 18, 2008

A Call for Help: Folding the Wish

As ARG players, we often receive cries of help from mysterious strangers. Over the years, people in this community have banded together to help these strangers no matter what the task. We've found missing loved ones. We've defeated dangerous cults. We've saved the world countless number of times.

This time it isn't a mysterious stranger who needs our help, but one of our very own community members. Dave Szulborski, puppetmaster of countless ARGs over the years including Chasing the Wish and Urban Hunt, has recently fallen ill and will be undergoing treatment for the next several weeks.

So what can you do? Fold him a wish.

There is an ancient Japanese legend that says that anyone who receives one thousand paper cranes will be granted one wish. A few community members have been furiously folding cranes and we need your help.

How to fold a wish:

1. Find a square piece of paper.

2. Write your well wishes for Dave on the paper.

3. Use the paper to make a paper crane.

4. Stick the crane in the mail. Email varin[at]foldingthewish.com for the mailing address.

We will be stringing the cranes together and sending them to Dave by May 2nd. If for some reason you cannot make your own crane or won't be able to get it to us in time, we will make one for you. Just email us your wish for Dave. We'll also be compiling a list of the wishes for Dave to read so that he doesn't have to actually unfold all one thousand cranes to read them. So please be sure to let us know what your wish is if it's hidden inside the crane.

Check www.foldingthewish.com for updates on the project.

Posted by Michelle Senderhauf at 1:58 AM | Comments (2)

April 13, 2008

Harvey Dent Press Conference Today

The latest in The Dark Knight promotion is upon us. Today at 3:00 EDT, the I Believe in Harvey Dent campaign will be streaming a live press conference on their website. The email announcement says in part:

Everyone who knows Harvey Dent knows that the vicious smears by a mysterious group calling itself "Concerned Citizens for a Better Gotham" are not true. Harvey Dent is innocent of these charges, and the truth will triumph.

Harvey Dent believes that the movement to take back Gotham is bigger than one person. It's never been about Harvey Dent. It's about our hopes for our city. It's about you.

Harvey Dent has always said that if he becomes a distraction from the bigger issues of the movement to fight crime and corruption, he'll make the best decision for the movement itself.

We've done a lot in the last few months. We've shown the city that we will not stop fighting against the dark forces that have Gotham in their grasp. We showed everyone that we do have power. That there is hope for Gotham City.

If past events are any indication, it's clear this will be more than just a press conference. Tune in to see what happens.

Posted by Marie Lamb at 12:04 PM | Comments (1)

April 1, 2008

OMG Hax0rz!!!

Imagine my surprise today, after a nice (albeit short) family vacation, to get back into the swing of things in the alternate reality gaming universe, only to find out that... we've been hacked? Well, that is what happened, according to a Digg entry we were, um conveniently linked to via a game tip. And what goes on Digg must be truth, of course.

Actually, the only truth is the fact that it's April 1st. In the past, we've done our share of April Fool's Day pranking. Heck, we've enjoyed the various Unfiction mock-ups we've been a part of, and as far as comedy goes, who can forget my stellar writing and Sean C. Stacey's award-winning artwork for No Strings Attached? So, we think we know funny, and today's idle report of an hackjob-that-wasn't by a semi-prepared puppetmaster wannabe suave individual wasn't really that funny. Maybe it's the sour grapes talking, but being part of the joke without being in on the joke seems... lame.

We've decided not to link to anything related to this sham -- Google is your friend -- but rest assured, we weren't hacked, and there were no well-timed AdSense advertisements on the site today. As for the person behind the Digg post and the Unforums thread... thumbs up for the awesome trailhead!

Thanks to Jackie Kerr for her contributions to this article.

Posted by Jonathan Waite at 8:21 PM | Comments (1)