[arg_discuss] Useful puzzle books?

[Bryan Alexander]

I should have added a link to my ARG antecedent chapter in the IDA white paper: http://www.igda.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Games_SIG/Whitepaper/Antecedents_to_Alternate_Reality_Games .

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From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Morbus Iff
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Useful puzzle books?


> "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges from 1940 strikes me as


I would agree.
	Definitely.  
	I'd add Grant Morrison's tributes to Borges during his run on the Doom Patrol comic book.


> I agree the overlay of wacky puzzles ontop of most ARGs these days is kind

> of redundant and over-used, but many ARG players seem to have come to

> expect it, and aren't sure it's "really an ARG" if there isn't a word

> puzzle to figure out in the first week.


Heh, heh. Comically, my teaser site, which launches today in suitable 
there-is-no-curtain fashion, includes a word puzzle, but:

  * it's not part of the ARG or story in any way.

  * it's not mocked up as "part of the game" (ala Perplex City's
    "ooh, let's make puzzles that Earthlings can solve, so we'll
    use some of their own culture...").

  * it's intended to assert my inspirations for this project.

This'll be up for realz in a few hours, so no qualms about:

http://www.60bwc.com/sites/all/modules/lxbwc/media/s1/puzzle-(wod-3)-1-large.png

It should be relatively easy for any existing ARG person, especially 
those who happen to be familiar with any of said inspirations.

-- 
Morbus Iff ( earth? shxt and scrambled eggs. earth? )
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