[arg_discuss] Getting my ARG feet wet

[Wendy Despain]

Welcome, Morgan!

Have you participated in any ARGs as a player? If so, which ones? And
what did you learn from them? (I'm always curious about insights from
people looking at a subject with fresh eyes.)

Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com



On Tue, September 23, 2008 12:50 pm, Morgan Calhoon wrote:

> Hi!

>

> I'm a graduate student at the University of Buffalo and I'm studying

> how

> large scale, localized ARG games can be used to inform and activate

> people

> in a community. It will most likely involve a lot of large games that

> spring

> up at various locations and then disappear afterwards - kind of flash

> mob

> like. I'm starting to get some ideas together for my thesis project

> that

> will happen in March or April. I've created board games, card games,

> and

> street games, but I've never done a full fledged ARG.

>

> Is there anything I can help someone with as a way to get a little

> taste of

> what it will be like? Any suggestions or words of wisdom? I've been

> doing a

> lot of research, but it's just not the same as hands-on experience. I

> really

> want my thesis project to succeed.

>

> Thanks! Morgan

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Wendy Despain
quantumcontent.com