[arg_discuss] English Gargoyle ARG?

[Morbus Iff]

> The use of the term "game" in ARG also implies there needs to be some kind

> of puzzle to solve. Doesn't it? Or is the word "game" meant imply

> interaction between the players and designers?


I don't want to define game (I am not a ludologist, but I've read a 
number of related books) but no, definitely not, I do not consider the G 
in ARG to require a puzzle to solve. I will accept "interaction between 
players and designers", though even that's iffy - games like 1000 Blank 
White Cards, or Lexicon: An RPG have no "designers", but they're most 
definitely games.

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