[arg_discuss] A possible way forward?

[Colin McNee]

Hi everyone,
Great Idea, Christy.
Just my two cents here as someone who has recently
been trying to acquaint myself with the ARG world
starting from scratch: I loved the whitepaper, it was
extremely helpful, especially the bibliography. I'm a
bit of an academic nerd and when it comes to research,
a good bib is a gold mine. That being said, it would
have been nice to have an annotated bib available as a
starting point. I wasn't able to find anything of the
sort and have been arduously sifting through the
information available on the internet and have been
taking a few notes. I'd certainly be willing to offer
up my thoughts on anything I've read as a way of
building this. 
It would also be nice if we could provide links to pdf
files of the articles wherever possible. 

Colin
  
--- varin <varineq at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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.

> 

> oh, but www.IGDAARGSIG.org might be a little hard to

> remember ;P

> 

> Michelle Senderhauf

> 

> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Christy Dena

> <cdena at cross-mediaentertainment.com> wrote:

> > Hey everyone,

> >

> >

> >

> >  Just a thought about a possible way forward for

> the ARG SIG.

> >

> >

> >

> >  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.

> >

> >

> >

> >  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).

> >

> >

> >

> >  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?

> >

> >

> >

> >  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.

> >

> >

> >

> >  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?

> >

> >

> >

> >  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.

> >

> >

> >

> >  Over to youse all to add ideas, alter ideas or

> blow raspberries. :-)

> >

> >

> >

> >  Best,

> >

> >  Christy

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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