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		<title>Animism: The Gods&#8217; Lake Project Attends Fan Expo, Sends Package</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 28, former Oxbridge University Doctor Declan Grey gave a lecture at the Folklore Academics Network Exposition (FAN Expo) discussing his research on animism at God&#8217;s Lake in Canada. Professor Declan seemed blissfully unaware that Oxbridge University is a mythical conceit spawned from the mind of 19th century English author William Makepeace Thackeray, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunt for the Infinity Killer Heats Up in Dexter Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo credit: James Hamilton
The hunt for a serial killer is nothing new in the world of alternate reality games. However when this experience is backed by a major broadcasting company, it invariably spills out of the computer screen and into the real world. The culprit in this case is the Showtime television series Dexter. The show [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/the_hunt_for_the_infinity_killer_heats_up_in_dexter_game/</link>
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		<title>ARGs 101: ARGNet Owner Featured on The Digital Cowboys Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 2007, The Digital Cowboys, with lively hosts Alex and Tony, have aired weekly podcasts on gaming, and this week ARGNet&#8217;s own Michael Andersen was their featured guest. Covering both past games and current campaigns, The Digital Cowboys Episode 166 is a must-listen for anyone interested in ARGs.
Newcomers should find the interview a particularly useful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/args_101_argnet_owner_featured_on_the_digital_cowboys_podcast_/</link>
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		<title>Jurassic Park Slope: Dinosaurs, Hipsters, and Bill Murray</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caitlin Burns and Steele Filipek are on the hunt for Bill Murray.  When they&#8217;re not at their day jobs at Starlight Runner Entertainment, the transmedia producers are covering Williamsburg, Brooklyn with flyers in hopes of attracting the attention of the comedian.  Burns and Filipek are developing Jurassic Park Slope, an interactive transmedia experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/jurassic_park_slope_dinosaurs_hipsters_and_bill_murray/</link>
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		<title>Help Edna? Maxis Cooks Up an ARG for Genre-Switching Darkspore Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image courtesy of EA Games
In 2008, Maxis released the video game Spore for the PC and Mac, describing the game as giving players &#8220;their own personal universe in a box.&#8221; Since then, Electronic Arts and Maxis have taken the franchise to the Nintendo DS, Wii, mobile phone, and Facebook. Coming in February 2011, Maxis is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/help_edna_maxis_cooks_up_an_arg_for_genre-switching_darkspore_game_/</link>
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		<title>SCVNGR: Now Playing, Somewhere Near You!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A relative newcomer to smartphone location-based gaming, SCVNGR is taking the United States by storm and threatens to shake up the geo-location game market. Similar to games like Gowalla or Foursquare, players use their smartphones to check in at locations. Unlike anything else on the market, however, SCVNGR players are presented with location-specific &#8220;challenges&#8221; that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/scvngr_now_playing_somewhere_near_you/</link>
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		<title>The Earthly Frames&#8217; Debut Album Invites Remixing and Chaotic Fiction-Making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Earthly Frames is a one-man band from Maryland spawned from the mind of web game developer Gabriel Walsh. Combining live guitar and vocals with samples from country, folk, and pop music, Walsh&#8217;s sound is a thick, heavy, and brooding experience pierced with beautifully melodic moments. Earthly Frames, Volume 1, is an album only available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/the_earthly_frames_debut_album_invites_remixing_and_chaotic_fiction-making/</link>
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		<title>A Super 8 Update: Rocket Poppeteers Blast Off at Comic-Con, Into Your Homes</title>
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Image from the Rocket Poppeteer twitter account
Details about the project code-named Super 8, a new film by J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg, are still ensconced in mystery. And while the movie&#8217;s viral campaign offers scintillating tastes of what the film may eventually offer, putting those pieces together is a daunting task, made even more difficult thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/a_super_8_update_rocket_poppeteers_blast_off_at_comic-con_into_your_homes/</link>
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		<title>Comic-Con Recap: ComiTRON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, Disney came to Comic-Con with some early conceptual footage for a movie that, at that time, was called TR2N. It received such strong support and generated so much excitement from the Comic-Con crowd, Disney greenlighted the project. Flash forward to the 2009 Comic-Con, where Disney presented additional footage for the now-titled TRON: Legacy. Fans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/comic-con_recap_comitron/</link>
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		<title>Conspiracy for Good: Into the Belly of the Beast to Confront Blackwell Briggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image courtesy of stevecadman 
This past May, Tim Kring launched Conspiracy for Good, and as the summer comes to a close, the events of the past few months are coming to a head for one final event this weekend in London. If you can make it to Bloomsbury Square Gardens in London on August 7, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.argn.com/2010/08/conspiracy_for_good_into_the_belly_of_the_beast_to_confront_blackwell_briggs/</link>
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