[arg_discuss] Personal Influences/Antecedents

[Michael Monello]

I agree about soaps and have been working with some collaborators to  
develop a modern take on them that is not quite an ARG but definitely  
cross media in a way that they've only hinted at in the past.

We'll see where it goes...

Best,

Michael Monello
Partner, Campfire
62 White Street, 3W
New York, NY 10013
212-612-9600
http://www.campfirenyc.com



On Jan 29, 2008, at 10:46 PM, libfli at aol.com wrote:


> i totally agree - soaps are great!  and i too was a guiding light  

> watcher.

> my grandmother got me hooked. .. sadly haven't watched in a long time.

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> i'm pitching to some daytime people right now.  soaps are in big  

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> audience and i'm trying to coax them to become interactive.   i would

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> love to work on an interactive soap. :)

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> I confess, I also used to watch soaps - mainly Guiding Light with a

> side of General Hospital - but it was kind of a long time ago. I don't

> watch 'em now, not because of any moral or artistic judgement, but

> because I don't manage to watch TV most of the time, even shows I

> really badly want to watch. TV schedules don't stick in my brain for

> some reason. :)

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> Tying into the soaps, I've very badly wanted to make a romance ARG for

> a couple of years, now, but obviously not yet managed it. But it could

> be so awesome. Maybe when I'm done revising my novel I'll just up and

> do something like that for the joy of it.

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> Andrea Phillips

> andrhia at gmail.com

> http://www.deusexmachinatio.com

> Words * Marketing * Interaction

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