[arg_discuss] ARG movies?

David Flor dflor71 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 22 22:33:41 EST 2012

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Duh... sorry. I should learn to read the whole thread first.

Happy holidays everybody... *exits stage left!*
On Dec 22, 2012 10:31 PM, "David Flor" <dflor71 at gmail.com> wrote:

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 May not be relevant and certainly completely out of date (I don't check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

>> > Founder, Lazy 8 Studios <http://www.lazy8studios.com>

>> > <http://www.lazy8studios.com> Twitter <

>> http://twitter.com/lazy8studios>

>> > |

>> > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cogs/85510174393>

>> >

>> >

>> > 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

>> > >>>>

>> > >>>>

>> > >>>> : : creative director n o n c h a l a n c e

>> > >>>> : : 510.260.7527 / jeff at nonchalance.com

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>> > >> --

>> > >> Jaakko Stenros, researcher jaakko.stenros at uta.fi

>> > +358-40-7520515

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>> > >> Game Research Lab

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