[arg_discuss] ARG movies?

[David Flor]

Isn't the entire premise of "The Game" that it's an ARG?
 On Dec 22, 2012 9:00 PM, "Marcus Helm" <marcus.helm at gmail.com> wrote:


> May not be relevant and certainly completely out of date (I don't check

> this mail so often these days) but the the Neurocam film might be of

> interest:

> http://vimeo.com/31470717

>

>

> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Rob Jagnow <rob at lazy8studios.com> wrote:

>

> > I suppose you could consider War Games

> > (1983)<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/>.

> >  But rather than a game that looks like reality, this one's reality that

> > looks like a game.

> >

> >   - Rob

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> > 2012/3/27 Geneviève Cardin <baroblik at videotron.ca>

> >

> > > The only thing that seems to look like what you're looking for, as I

> > > recall, is a one hour episode of the TV show Nub3rs that I saw on CBS

> in

> > > 2007.

> > > Only missing few minutes to be consider as a movie ;)

> > >

> > > http://areacodeinc.com/**projects/chain-factor-numb3rs-**arg/<

> > http://areacodeinc.com/projects/chain-factor-numb3rs-arg/>

> > >

> > >

> > > The Cube was not really based on ARG, but if you have spare time, you

> > > might want to take a look at it.

> > >

> > >

> > >  Geneviève Cardin

> > >> Baroblik

> > >> ARG / Transmedia experiences

> > >> Web,  Movies & TV, Serious games

> > >>

> > >>

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Le 12-03-27 à 04:27, Jaakko Stenros a écrit :

> > >

> > >

> > >  Quoting Markus Montola <markus.montola at uta.fi>:

> > >>

> > >> This one is just around the corner: http://www.theinstitutemovie.

> > **com/<http://www.theinstitutemovie.com/>

> > >>

> > >> Could you specify a little bit more what it is that you are looking

> for?

> > >>

> > >> Jaakko

> > >>

> > >>  I'm not sure if *any* ARG movies exist.

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>> But if you are looking for pervasive games movies -- as in "games

> that

> > >>> blur the boundary between play and ordinary life" -- then you might

> > want to

> > >>> look at these for instance:

> > >>>

> > >>> http://pervasivegames.**wordpress.com/2009/02/10/20/<

> > http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/20/>

> > >>> http://pervasivegames.**wordpress.com/2009/03/16/**

> > >>> pervasive-games-in-films-part-**ii-the-last-of-sheila/<

> >

> http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/pervasive-games-in-films-part-ii-the-last-of-sheila/

> > >

> > >>> http://pervasivegames.**wordpress.com/2009/05/14/**

> > >>> pervasive-games-in-films-part-**iii-midnight-madness/<

> >

> http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/pervasive-games-in-films-part-iii-midnight-madness/

> > >

> > >>> http://pervasivegames.**wordpress.com/2009/08/10/**

> > >>> pervasive-games-in-films-part-**iv-bruno/<

> >

> http://pervasivegames.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/pervasive-games-in-films-part-iv-bruno/

> > >

> > >>>

> > >>> Also the documentary killer.berlin.doc.

> > >>>

> > >>> You can look up more that kind of stuff from our book Pervasive Games

> > --

> > >>> we even dug out some ancient episode of The Saint which featured the

> > Death

> > >>> Game, and probably contributed a lot to the spread of the

> assassination

> > >>> games:

> > >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/**tt0693517/fullcredits<

> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0693517/fullcredits>

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>> Pardon the self-promotion, :-)

> > >>>

> > >>> - Markus Montola

> > >>>

> > >>> On 3/27/12 4:40 AM, John Willoughby wrote:

> > >>>

> > >>>> No offense intended but I think that's an impossibly vague

> > description.

> > >>>> ARG

> > >>>> is such a fuzzy category...

> > >>>>

> > >>>> If you mean arg as in alternate reality, then there are many

> examples

> > to

> > >>>> choose from. From "20,000 leagues" to "The genetic opera" and

> > >>>> everything in

> > >>>> between.

> > >>>>

> > >>>> If you mean arg as in what most of the people who frequent

> > >>>> unfiction.com

> > >>>> would think of...that's different.

> > >>>>

> > >>>> And even then do you mean something that is totally TINAG and simply

> > >>>> presents an "I wake up and the world is different"? or something

> that

> > >>>> features a "game" and pulls back a curtain (at least at some point)

> -

> > >>>> like

> > >>>> "The Game"?

> > >>>>

> > >>>> An ARG definition fits so well the old joke about "ask 10 people,

> get

> > 12

> > >>>> answers".

> > >>>>

> > >>>> And then, how narrow are you defining a "film"? Can it be a

> reasonable

> > >>>> length of assorted vid like Marble Hornets or iamamiwhoami? Or does

> it

> > >>>> have

> > >>>> to be a contiguous 1-2 hour production?

> > >>>>

> > >>>>

> > >>>> -----Original Message-----

> > >>>> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces@**

> > >>>> igda.org <arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org>] On

> > >>>> Behalf Of JEFF HULL

> > >>>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:00 PM

> > >>>> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG

> > >>>> Subject: [arg_discuss] ARG movies?

> > >>>>

> > >>>> Hello List,

> > >>>>

> > >>>> I am wondering if anyone here knows about feature length

> documentaries

> > >>>> or

> > >>>> fictional films made about ARG experiences.  We know about "The

> Game"

> > >>>> and

> > >>>> "eXistenZ" which gesture toward pervasive gaming.  I am speaking

> more

> > >>>> specifically about contemporary movies which focus on ARG /

> > Trans-Media

> > >>>> players, projects, etc.  Recommendations are appreciated!

> > >>>>

> > >>>> Thanks very much,

> > >>>> Jeff Hull

> > >>>>

> > >>>>

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