[arg_discuss] Insights on Majestic

[Christy Dena]

Thanx Brooke. And whoops!, thanks for the pick-up. Yeah, I summarised Dave's
point incorrectly -- indeed, the points I summarised were not my own, only
the errors. :/ He said:

'Majestic is unique in ARG history in that it was the first game to publicly
announce itself as a game in advance of its launch, and still be considered
as an alternate reality game'. (106)


-----Original Message-----
From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of Brooke Thompson
Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2008 23:51
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Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Insights on Majestic

Wow. Great summary Christy!

One thing, though...


> * first game to announce itself as an ARG & still be one;


It didn't announce itself as an "Alternate Reality Game", as that phrase
wasn't coined until 2002 (by Sean C. Stacey in the player-created trail for
Lockjaw). It did, however, announce itself as a game with many of the
characteristics that we now attach to ARGs - which is probably what you and
Dave meant, but I figured I'd clarify :) 

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