[arg_discuss] John Maccabee founder of CityMystery

[Thomas Maillioux]

Hi John !

I finally had some time to re-read your introduction and couldn't figure out
where I had recently heard/read about Ghosts of a Chance until I realized it
was in Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken ! I loved the concept and from
what I've been able to gather, the game had a great reception from both the
Smithsonian and the public. Great work !

All the best for the future,
T.

2011/8/23 John Maccabee <johnmaccabee at gmail.com>


> I have been working in and around ARGs for five years - two as a novice,

> and

> three as a professional. My first game appeared at George Washington

> University and was called Gone Jason - in which players had to extract

> information from truly neurotic actors manning [womanning] cell phones.

> There were four teams and four neurotics - i.e. obsessive-compulsive,

> hysteric, habitual liars and grandiose. Actors had scripts but were asked

> to

> improvise. Players had a great time, and no trouble willingly suspending

> disbelief. CityMystery was formed in 2008, and our first game was Ghosts Of

> A Chance for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, an archive of which you

> can find at ghostsofachance.com. We have a game currently running -

> pheon.org - sponsored by the Smithsonian, the University Of Maryland's

> iSchool, the Internet Archive and the Encyclopedia Of Life. We have

> continuing relationships with several schools [high schools, undergraduate

> and graduate] and we are in various stages of development of curricula with

> them. I am currently working with a well-known Broadway lyricist/composer

> and book writer about applying transmedia production to theatrical work. I

> have presented twice at argfest-o-con, once mysteriously and just this

> summer by request. I look forward to spirited discussions through argsig.

> My

> goals are mostly noble but I am a sucker for low humor and flesh. Thank

> you.

> Best, John Maccabee

>

> --

> John Maccabee

> CityMystery LLC

> 2001 Fillmore Street

> San Francisco, CA 94115

>

> johnmaccabee at gmail.com

> (b) 415-346-6371

> (c) 415-377-6839

> citymystery.info

> current game: pheon.org <http://pheon.org>

> game archive: ghostsofachance.com

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