[arg_discuss] What's the G stand for?

[Hugh Davies]

 I just got up and read this thread and felt i had to chip in. But mind mind
hasnt hit speed yet and im having trouble forming what im trying to say.
Rest assured im pretty sure I know what i mean.

I also feel that "Game" in ARG refers more to the interaction between
participants and PM's than the individual tasks. Otherwise ARG's are just
recontextualised  puzzles. But I also feel that  the term "Alternate
Reality" can be interpreted as a game - a game being an sandbox world
similar to but different to reality and with its own rules.

In this way, the term ARG might be though of as a Game Game or a game within
a game.

But i still prefer the term ARG to ARI (interaction) or Game game.
hugh





On 10/4/07, Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> On 10/3/07, John Evans <btradish at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > >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 would say the latter. I think it would be cool if there was an ARG

> > featuring just character interaction instead of puzzles. That would skew

> it

> > more towards roleplaying than current ARGs are. (Would that make it not

> an

> > ARG? I keep thinking of the story that I Love Bees "didn't have puzzles

>

> I'm inclined to say the game part means, not a puzzle or a mystery to

> solve, but an action to perform. That action might be guessing a

> password or finding a new website, or assembling a narrative, or

> answering a payphone; what the action is doesn't matter, just that

> there is an action. The audience isn't hanging around passively for

> the next chapter or act.

>

> Inter-ACTION! See?!

>

> ...Sorry, it's been a long day and I have blisters on my feet. I'll go

> back to making pasta sauce now...

>

> --

> Andrea Phillips

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