[arg_discuss] Stranger Adventures

[Ash Whirt]

--- Michelle Senderhauf <argdiscuss at varin.org> wrote:

> From: "Kira Snyder" <kiras at yahoo-inc.com:
> 
> >I came across this today:
> http://www.strangeradventures.com/
> >
> > Looks like it just launched. Episodic, wholly
> online, more in the vein of
> > Jamie Kane and Majestic than the "this is not a
> game" experiences. Cash
> > prize for the first correct solution per episode.
> Free but supported via 
> > ads
> > and sponsorship.
> >
> > Is anyone playing or involved?
> 
> 
> I've been playing and have been having a lot of fun.
>  I tend to really get 
> sucked into the treasure hunt sort of games though. 
> I'm a sucker like that. 
> It probably also helps that I won some decent cash
> on the last episode. ;)
> 
> I wouldn't really call it an ARG, but it has a few
> ARG-ish qualities ( I'm 
> not saying that's a bad thing).  In each episode
> there are a series of 
> pretty easy puzzles that are a part of a bigger meta
> puzzle.  The characters 
> mass email the players (no individual
> personalization) and record videos of 
> themselves finding clues.  So basically there's only
> one way communication - 
> from the characters to the players.  The first
> player to enter the correct 
> answer to the meta puzzle wins $25,000.  Every
> player who enters the correct 
> answer after that splits the second prize of
> $10,000.
> 
> It's the type of "ARG" I could see someone like my
> mom getting into. The 
> puzzles aren't complicated encryptions and you don't
> have characters calling 
> you at 3am.
> 
> The signup is open for the next episode if anyone is
> interested in checking 
> it out.  They usually close the signup before the
> episode starts and each 
> episode lasts for 7 days.
> 
> Michelle Senderhauf (varin)
> 
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