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[Michelle Senderhauf]

And don't forget we have a History of ARGs section on argology too -
http://www.argology.org/history-of-args/
Michelle Senderhauf

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Steve Peters <scpeters at gmail.com> 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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