[arg_discuss] A possible way forward?
Andrea Phillips
andrhia at gmail.com
Fri Apr 25 13:11:39 EDT 2008
Ooh, I really like argology.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:08 PM, varin <varineq at gmail.com> wrote:
> hehe, just did a quick search for names on nameboy.com
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> argnology.com and argology.com are available - I'm surprised someone
> hasn't taken those yet!
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> Michelle Senderhauf
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> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, <libfli at aol.com> wrote:
> > i agree. this is a really great idea! i would also be willing to give some time.
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> > (and yeah, let's pitch out some other ideas for the addy)
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> > maybe "argsrus.com" :)
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: varin <varineq at gmail.com>
> > To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG <arg_discuss at igda.org>
> > Sent: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 9:26 am
> > Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] A possible way forward?
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> > I think a website like this is a good idea. It would be nice to be
> > able to have some control over the organization of information. I'd
> > be willing to help out, just let me know when things get rolling.
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> > oh, but www.IGDAARGSIG.org might be a little hard to remember ;P
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> > Michelle Senderhauf
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> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Christy Dena
> > <cdena at cross-mediaentertainment.com> wrote:
> > > Hey everyone,
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> > > Just a thought about a possible way forward for the ARG SIG.
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> > > I, like many others on this list, would love to see ARGs as they are better
> > > understood, as well as see ARGs develop in ways unimagined. One of the
> > > continuing issues we've all spoken about many times on this list and
> > > elsewhere, are public descriptions of ARGs, the wikipedia entry, ARG SIG
> > > blog, ARG SIG whitepaper and so on. There has been some criticism (from
> > > within and outside of the ARG community) of the whitepaper and wikipedia
> > > entry - two high profile sources of information about ARGs.
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> > > It seems to me that the reason both of these sources fail in some regards is
> > > in their inappropriately comprehensive nature. In other words, the
> > > whitepaper and wikipedia entry are trying to be too many things. What is
> > > great about the whitepaper is that it brings together the various interests
> > > and expertise of this ARG SIG. It is in some ways a mission statement for
> > > all the possible initiatives the ARG SIG can achieve: descriptions of ARGs,
> > > antecedents of ARGs, history of ARGs, types of ARGs, ARG design techniques,
> > > economic models, ARGs in education & training, ARG research and so on. We
> > > just need to address these separately, in the right place(s).
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> > > It seems too that the ARG SIG blog and wikipedia have other obstacles too -
> > > including lack of control over design and content (the wikipedia entry is
> > > riddled with vanity spam). What if we got our own URL, like
> > > www.IGDAARGSIG.org or whatever, and created our own quality-controlled
> > > portal?
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> > > I'm thinking of a site that provides descriptions on ARGs for artists,
> > > producers and the press; has links to ARG resources & information on design
> > > & economic modes as well as a much needed listing of the all the developers
> > > working in the area. Examples of related sites on design are IPerG
> > > (Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming) website: http://www.iperg.org/ and
> > > Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com <http://www.gamasutra.com/> and what
> > > about Play Finland: http://www.playfinland.fi/ as an example of a portal
> > > that promotes developers & their games? Also, considering many people have
> > > important resources on their own sites, it would beneficial to provide links
> > > to sites rather than insisting all info be housed in the one place, and
> > > anonymously.
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> > > Irrespective of whether a new portal is a way forward, another issue is
> > > getting initiatives happening. I want to see more articles about design for
> > > instance! It seems that asking people to volunteer to do things hasn't
> > > worked so well in the past. What about a Driver & Poke model? Yes, I just
> > > made that up. People volunteer to be Drivers of certain initiative (and
> > > rotate amongst each other so no single person is doing it the whole time).
> > > Those Drivers call for volunteers to do things but also directly Poke, or
> > > request an article or something from people they feel will provide a helpful
> > > contribution?
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> > > And then information such as the history, design techniques and research
> > > into ARGs can be encouraged and find their proper home, and the whitepaper
> > > and wiki entry can go back to doing their job.
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> > > Over to youse all to add ideas, alter ideas or blow raspberries. :-)
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> > > Best,
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> > > Christy
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