ARG Netcast, Episode 4

Jonathan Waite

19 years ago

Episode 4 of the ARG Netcast contains more of the same tantalizing discussion that you’ve grown accustomed to over the past few weeks. Regular panel members Sean C. Stacey of unfiction, Brooke Thompson of Giant Mice and ARGNet’s Jonathan Waite are joined by special guest Steve Peters of 42 Entertainment. Subscribe to the ARG Netcast feed through FeedBurner or via iTunes.

Topics of Discussion

With our special guest joining us, we grill Steve Peters about his move to professional puppetmastery, and get his thoughts on the directions that we might see ARG move towards in the near future.
Elan Lee, another 42 Entertainment alum, gave a speech at the Montreal International Gaming Summit this past week (our own Carie Ward broke the story here), and our panel looks at some of the things he said.

Game News

Ocular Effect — new email suggests closure while maintaining sliver of hope for continuance.
The Human Pet — As reported earlier this week by Brooke Thompson, new developments have YouTube pulling the plug on the videos, citing TOS violations.
Deus City — Game launches with fun, mysterious video. Looks like a good one to get into early on. Correction: Thanks to Ian, who commented on this Netcast, we know that the Ares Station team is from Indiana University (not Texas University, as we mistakenly said) and that they went on to create Studio Cypher, and have nothing to do with Deus City. Sorry for the error in reporting.
Free! Psychic Readings — We have in-depth coverage thanks to Sean and players Sylvia and Ruuku.
Ny Takma has new puzzles to solve which could be extremely important in figuring out just who Kendra really is.
Sammeeeees has another trivia night and another character death.
Descry (from the Studio Cyphers group) is released and includes a Flash-based seance… thingy. Another recent launch which looks to be fun to get into.

Puzzle of the Week

There’s a Rhombicosidodecahedron to be solved. See this thread at the unfiction forums for current developments.

Listener Mail

Rose thinks we’re offering a good resource for people who don’t regularly read discussion forums.
Caspian wants to know more about ARG business models, and notes that we still need more game experts. ARGNet Nation, we’re counting on you!

Shameless Plugs

Thoughts from the head of Steve Peters can be found at mysdirection. Be prepared to waste time there.
Sean has a new article up at unfiction, a must read in our opinion.