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Alternate Reality Gaming V2.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hopefully-no-one-will-sue-over-arg-2.0 dept.

ItsIllak writes "Alternate Reality Games [ARGs] have been bubbling under for the past 10 years now. Usually completely homebrew or attached to big budget productions, they have been used to create buzz around a game, product or movie. Perplex City have bucked that trend. Their ARG is completely independent of anything else, its entirely self contained. With fresh ideas on income generation and a $200,000 top prize to whomever finds the real life buried treasure - is this the future of an entirely new form of entertainment?"

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  1. David Blaine by SushiFugu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds similar to David Blaine's $100,000 Challenge armchair treasure hunt that was placed in his book. I don't really care until they start hiding ebony armor and Nirnroot though...

    1. Re:David Blaine by Dr.+GeneMachine · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ebony? Nirnroot? Call me when they start giving out Skooma.

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  2. Re:Treasure hunt by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup, I was expecting something along the lines of "The Game"...

    Aww, crap. I just lost. :-(

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  3. Version 2.0? by Khuffie · · Score: 2, Funny

    What happened to version 1.5? And does it run on Linux?