[arg_discuss] A Meta-ARG Website Idea

[Mark Heggen]

On 3/6/07, John Evans <btradish at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The idea is basically to have an in-character news site. In other words, you

> have a news site or blog that chronicles strange events in the world. Only

> these events are all fictional; often the kind of nonsense you'd find in

> supermarket tabloids. Predictions of disasters, prophecies, sightings of weird

> creatures, and so on. But every now and then there would be an article that

> described an event that was real *within the context of an ARG



While the idea of a "clearing house" of trailheads, plot/character
development, plot advancements and so on is certainly intriguing, it
seems that placing all involved ARGs within one single "universe"
might create a lot of problems. To so blatantly cross the continuities
of the various in-game plots is confusing at best and destructive at
worst. If these stories are taking place in the same universe,
information from one would need to apply in others. Isn't the chance
pretty high that problems would emerge?

Maybe I am all wrong. Just something to think about.







On 3/6/07, Andrea Phillips <deusexmachinatio at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/6/07, John Evans <btradish at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > The idea is basically to have an in-character news site. In other words, you

> > have a news site or blog that chronicles strange events in the world. Only

> > these events are all fictional; often the kind of nonsense you'd find in

> > supermarket tabloids. Predictions of disasters, prophecies, sightings of weird

> > creatures, and so on. But every now and then there would be an article that

> > described an event that was real *within the context of an ARG*.

>

> Sounds like a terrific idea, and a pretty big project. :) I'd just

> like to offer you a kind word of warning, though, having written,

> well, *quite a lot* of fake news over the last couple of years... it's

> harder than it looks after the first couple of weeks. ;) Don't

> underestimate the amount of time it would take to keep this thing

> running!

>

> --Andrea

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