[arg_discuss] Introducing Matthias

[Matthias Sala]

Hello gals and dudes!

Now, I want to catch up and introduce myself after a few days of observing
your discussion:

I'm Matthias Sala, also from Switzerland (is this the new secret hub for
ARGs?!), but still working here in Zurich on Gbanga, a semi-persistent ARG
style world that provided lots of puzzles and gameplay, in something more
resembling a pick up and play format than traditional ARGs.

Before that, I was working on smart homes with crazy fridges at Siemens and
on stuff I cannot talk about, or Xerox PARC would have to kill you. In my
younger days, I created  MODs for Gorilla in Qbasic and pirated SCUMM games.
A while ago, I thought, pervasive technologies and ubiquitous computing are
both amazing concepts that need to be applied to games. So I have a slightly
different approach than traditional thinkers of ARGs have. I'm open to ARGs
that are not only website crawling and decoding weird CS-cyphers. There is
more...

Feel free to drop by or send me a few lines, in the case  you're interested
in Gbanga or in my person. Soon, we have play testing going on:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102788363668 

Please also contact me if you want to resurrect the Swiss IGDA chapter with
me.

Cheers,

Matthias
http://www.igda.org/member/?mid=20084653

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Matthias Sala | +41 43 536 67 01 | http://www.gbanga.com