[arg_discuss] White Paper - 2010 Edition

[John Willoughby]

Maybe you are including this in the "rise of transmedia" but how about a
section on technology trends and how that has transformed what an ARG can
be. One aspect is the integration of different artistic and communication
media, and one is the development of core technology itself. The integration
provides us with the opportunity to even have effective transmedia in the
first place. And the core technology is not just an enabler of content but a
transformer of the entire business model. 20 or 30 years ago Hollywood could
not have produced "What's in the box". Now a grad student with a few hundred
dollars can create it and distribute it worldwide all by himself. Music,
graphics, video...all these artistic fields are undergoing radical business
transformations as both content creation and content distribution monopolies
are being broken.

A retrospective of how we got where we are would be interesting. A look into
the future would be particularly interesting.

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Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] White Paper - 2010 Edition

Might we also want a section on the rise of transmedia, and where the
ARG fits into all that?

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Brooke Thompson <brooke at giantmice.com>
wrote:

> My outline thoughts

>

> Intro

> Overview

>        - Market

>        - Business Models

>        - Audience

>        - General Design Principles

> ARGs in various industries

>         - ARGS and Marketing

>         - ARGs and Publishing

>         - ARGs and Televisions

>         - ARGs and Serious Games

>         - Towards an Independent Future (a look at independent games & a

> future when we're not listing things as "ARGs and..."

> ARGs and Academia (research trends & future directions)

>

>

> As far as a timeline, I'm thinking of something like this:

>        Call for Authors - now through May 1

>        Outlines - May 15

>                (outlines reviewed & comments sent to authors by June 1)

>        First Drafts - July 1

>                (drafts reviewed & comments sent to authors by July 15)

>        Final Drafts - September 1

>                (paper assembled for final editing by September 10)

>        Publication - September 20

>                (to be presented at Picnic, if possible)

>

> Also, as I'll be crazy insane busy with ARGFest (you all are coming,

right?

> it is going to be incredible this year!), I'm going to need an editor or

two

> to help me review the first drafts.


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