Infocult reports this morning on some apparent ARGishness going on over at the BBC, in relation to the Dr. Who television series. It seems there have been recent clues about a certain Bad Wolf showing up in the series, which has led viewers to a related website.
Interestingly, the disclaimer page reveals some (previously) hidden text:
Every once in a while, the staff of ARGN are approached by people wanting to share their talents and ideas with the ARG community. When Michael Betcherman, a co-creator of emailmystery.com approached us with an opportunity to experience the mystery of The Daughters of Freya, I jumped upon the chance to try something a little out of the ordinary.
ARGers, when not in the midst of a game, usually spend their time honing their puzzling skills by creating or playing puzzle trails and dunking their pens into the ink well of the internet to find some similar puzzle game. Rarely do they find the chance to indulge themselves in the “other side†of ARGs, the more literary, story and character driven half. Michael and his co-creator, David Diamond, have tapped the proverbial beer keg of immersive story greatness that allows even the most hardcore, plot-driven ARGers the opportunity to flex their brainpower on something other than vigenere or the latest Dan Brown novel.
Dave Szulborski, author of “This is Not a Game,” will be featured in an hour long live radio interview tomorrow night, June 9th at midnight on the show Beyond Strange and Mysterious. The show is broadcast on WSNR 620 AM from New York City and reaches New York, Pennsylvania, parts of Connecticut, and is also syndicated in Virginia.
Dave will be speaking about his experiences as an amateur and professional ARG creator, including his involvement with Audi’s Art of the Heist campaign. He’ll also be speaking about his book This Is Not A Game, the release of the hard cover edition, and upcoming books he will be releasing very soon. You can expect him to drop a few hints about his upcoming projects as well, including Project Game Light and a few other tantalizing surprises.
Immersive Gaming has announced it will be sponsoring a special discussion event at the upcoming ARGFest in New York City. “The Art of the Game” will feature the team behind Audi’s “The Art of the Heist” in an open roundtable about the behind-the-scenes aspects of writing, developing and implementing an alternate reality game on a major scale. The discussion will take place at the Hotel Penn in New York City on Saturday, July 23, 2005 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
In addition, there will be a live webchat during the event, during which virtual participants worldwide can ask questions of the team. For updates and further information, visit immersivegaming.com.
At E3 a couple of weeks ago, some attendees were given promo cards bearing the URL www.gorgonbox.com. At first glance, it appears to be an online encoder/decoder to send secret messages to your friends, but delving deeper it appears there is a puzzle trail of sorts, waiting to be explored.
More than likely Gorgon Box is a marketing website for an upcoming videogame, but if you enjoy puzzle trails you should have some fun with it.
EDIT: Players have already started to unravel the mystery, and this looks to be fairly interesting so far.
Discussion at UnForums
Casual surfing this evening led me to a rather interesting website… BlueSun.org. On the surface, the site is unremarkable with just a simple image and a title of Coming Soon. So, why am I intrigued? What led me there?
Serenity, the feature-length adaptation of Joss Whedon’s prematurely cancelled TV show “Firefly” is going to hit the big screens this fall. Set some years in the future, the space western has often been on the lips of avid ARG players as an ideal property to utilize a promotional Alternate Reality Game. Not only are there great characters and settings to take advantage of, but there’s a very engaging mystery behind one of the main characters.
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