[arg_discuss] Antecedents to ARGs

[Brian Clark]

But Bryan, I think that paper suffers from the same problems we're
discussing here: it is a fairly arbitrary selection of items, missing out on
many of what I see as the deeper influences. Because no one can seem to
build a shared definition of what ARGs are, it is easy to point to ANYTHING
as an antecedent ... and all you're really doing is revealing some wrinkle
of your definition of what you think an ARG is.

For example, I think the TINAG principle is really quite irrelevant
(although I think there are interesting specific historical stories about
why that phrase was created as an alternate to established phrases like
"suspension of disbelief," as well as business cover that phrase provided
certain practitioners.) Conversely, I think ARG derives quite a bit from
practices like Nathan Shedroff's experience design and Augsto Boal's theater
of the oppressed.

But that's my perspective. What we lack as a community is a common
perspective or a route to get to it, so the general public cemented their
own definition instead.

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] Antecedents to ARGs

And there's always our paper:
http://www.igda.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Games_SIG/Whitepaper/Antecedents_
to_Alternate_Reality_Games

-----Original Message-----
From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org on behalf of Andrea A. Phillips
Sent: Wed 1/14/2009 1:46 PM
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Subject: [arg_discuss]  Antecedents to ARGs
 
Brooke has pointed out that the conversation the last day or so has  
come up with a lot of stuff that are of interest to ARG developers,  
whether or not they could be qualified as ARGs themselves.

And wouldn't you know, we do actually have a place in the SIG Wiki to  
record information like this, which was completely blank up until  
about *checks watch* two minutes ago:

http://www.igda.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Games_SIG/Antecedents_to_ARGs

If anybody feels like spreading the love and the knowledge, that would  
be a *most excellent* place to do it!

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Andrea Phillips
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