[arg_discuss] ARG movies?

[Markus Montola]

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/2009/03/16/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/2009/08/10/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


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-----

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>

> 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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