[arg_discuss] [players] Communities and resources

[Adrian Hon]

On 8 Apr 2006, at 08:15, despain at quantumcontent.com wrote:

> So I'll ask. Would you let someone from ARGN have a sneak peek at
> your next project? If so, at what point? Days before launch? After  
> launch,
> while it's still in the early days?
>
> In other industries, it's easy to find out what projects are coming  
> down
> the line. Reporters can go to their press contacts and get the  
> backstage
> access they need. Does the ARG developers community need to start  
> inviting
> people in for sneak peeks?

I'm sure it would have a potential for good, but let's face it - most  
ARG developers are really only going to help if they think they'll  
get a good write-up. Just buy a computer game magazine now and look  
in the preview section - there's nary a negative preview out there.  
Let's just say that this limits their usefulness, not just to players  
but also inevitably to developers.

I would rather have ARGN (or anyone else) conduct *critical* reviews  
of games, perhaps a couple of weeks or a month in. Unfortunately this  
will annoy the hell out of pretty much everyone involved in ARGs,  
which is probably why it hasn't happened yet.

Adrian

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