[arg_discuss] ARG movies?

[Jaakko Stenros]

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

This one is just around the corner: 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/2009/03/16/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-----

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