[arg_discuss] ARGdb (was Re: arg list)

[Brooke Thompson]

On ARGdb... the site itself is very near completion - at least for  
visitors, for users & admins it's a bit rough. That said, it's a  
potentially great resource that I'd very much like to see utilized.  
Ben & I put some good love and care into it and, I think, with just a  
bit of an organized effort (a small team of folks to gather current  
data and fix up some of the code & design) we could have something  
that would be much easier to maintain for the long term.

But feel free to check out the site - poke around and see what works  
and what doesn't. I'd love the feedback and, more than that, I'd love  
it if some of you would like to get involved in helping to get the  
site together.

site -  www.argdb.com
example game page -  http://argdb.com/game/19/


Brooke



On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Steve Peters wrote:


> 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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