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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. Alternate Reality Gaming is.... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone who grew up on the Atari joystick (with the big red button) using the Nintendo Wii controller and still get beaten by a five-year-old while playing Super Mario. Except the Wii controller is a lot more expenseive to replace after being thrown against the wall.

  2. FPS ARG by Gunny101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Paintball! Nothing beats a good outdoor scenario paintball to create a Battlefield-like alternate reality game!

    http://www.Gunny.net/cam/pb for video examples.