[arg_discuss] arg list

[Steve Peters]

It seems to me we're trying to reinvent the wheel here, to a certain extent.
While the main interface to ARGDB was never really finished, there is
already a WIKI there that is a really good start. I think it would be much
more valuable to have actual WIKI space that can give detailed information
about an ARG than to just have a spreadsheet somewhere.

Anyway, the framework's there at http://wiki.argdb.com. It should be pretty
simple to just start editing away and insert info about the games we've
worked on. It'd be nice if someone came up with a standard credit/info box
format for each game, but beyond that, folks can just start editing away!

And if there's anyone with programming chops, take a look at the main ARGDB
interface. It's a really good start and if finished would basically be an
IMDB for ARGs if anyone wanted to take it on. :)

Steve


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On 4/3/09 9:08 AM, "Wendy Despain" <wendeth at wendydespain.com> wrote:


> 

> Well, I decided not to add the projects I've been involved in, because

> although I call them ARGs, nobody else can agree on what to call them.

> They resemble the Lost Experience and Regenesis the most, I suppose.

> 

> But they happened prior to 2001, and it seemed inappropriate to put

> them first on this list ordered by date.

> 

> What agony this kind of list-building is!

> 

> Wendy Despain

> quantumcontent.com

> 

> 

> On Fri, April 3, 2009 9:03 am, Brian Clark wrote:

>>> I don't know, and it's probably a matter of semantics, whether

>>> you want to distinguish "ARG" from "ARE".

>> 

>> We've done such a great job of answering the "what is an ARG" question

>> that

>> we're totally qualified to add "what is an ARE" and "how is an ARE

>> different

>> than ARG" to the pile.

>> 

>> My personal opinion, we lack an umbrella term. Makes it hard for me

>> parse

>> out meaning in statements like:

>> 

>>> one could argue "games" like Cloverfield were AREs as well

>> 

>> I think that starts to overextend the ARE label as I understand it.

>> There

>> was the "hope by the fans" of an E at the end of the AR (which in this

>> case

>> was just F.)

>> 

>> But I can imagine some umbrella that would contain it.

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org

>> [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On

>> Behalf Of David Flor

>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:54 AM

>> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG

>> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] arg list

>> 

>> Added the ones I was involved with or are directly familiar with

>> (White Island, for example), as well as went through and edited some

>> that I was very familiar with as a player.

>> 

>> I don't know, and it's probably a matter of semantics, whether you

>> want to distinguish "ARG" from "ARE". The Lost Experience was

>> self-labeled as an "ARE", and one could argue "games" like Cloverfield

>> were AREs as well.

>> 

>> And do you want to list ARGs that have been announced but not launched

>> yet, such as our own "Rachel's Walk"?

>> 

>> Tnx & Rgds...

>> David Flor

>> Darklight Interactive

>> "Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

>> 

>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:04 AM,  <marcus.helm at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> I've shared a document with you called "arg list":

>>> 

>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pE0znztln2kmQruQyplrzeA&inv=arg_discu

>> ss at igda.org

>>> 

>>> It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open

>>> this

>>> document, just click the link above.

>>> 

>>> As mentioned earlier this week, I have begun compiling spreadsheet

>>> of

>>> ARG's towards getting a listing of the all the brands that have

>>> worked

>>> with ARGs as well as a listing of independent ARG's for ARGology.

>>> Its attached here as an Excel spreadsheet and is very much in the

>>> draft

>>> stage.

>>> 

>>> 

>>> I urge one and all to cast an eye over it, correct mistakes and fill

>>> any missing info including the many games that I appologise for not

>>> including already. Im also open to persuasion about what

>>> constituties

>>> and ARG as there are likely to be some contentious inclusions.

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