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Alternate Reality Games Grab Mindshare
An nonymous reader points to articles at the New York Times and on the BBC about online games that require a lot more audience participation and curiosity than conventional games do. "Known as ARGs or Alternate Reality Games, these immersive experiences mix real world clues, phone calls, voicemail, email chatter-bots, real people playing roles in real life and a bevy of bogus and legit websites, to create a fully rounded gaming experience that bleeds over into everyday life. With central sites like ARGN, Unfiction, and endless forums and Yahoo groups, the BBC claims that this is not only a quickly emerging gaming trend, but that it may also have real-world applications like group dynamics and problem solving. Chasing the Wish claims to already have a few thousand people worldwide playing since it opened for play on Feb. 28. One sure sign of having people's attention is the fact that it's already spawned a parody site, Chasing the Fish."
Didn't Electronic Arts try this a couple years back, only to have it flop? I can't remember the name of the game...
Yeah, yeah... WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO YOU!
I'd call this guy an anti-semite, but the funniest part is, he's probably NOT one, he just wants attention so badly he'll do or post anything to get it. ANYTHING to get slashdot posters to notice him. Hey, here's a thought, why don't you just write something insightful?
Whatever...