PUBLIC MARKS from gregg with tag arg

“One of the first ever online multiplayer story games, where the main gameplay mechanic is not combat -- it's discussion”

Mills & Boon have launched a new site based on a fictional hotel called The Chatsfield. It’s aim is to link readers to different M&B titles using a light fictionalised world. There’s lots of sub sites set up around the web for some of the characters in the hotel - it all feels a bit like an Alternate Reality Game from about 10 years ago.

IN 1943, THE US WAR DEPARTMENT BUILT TWO DEVICES TO ENSURE VICTORY. ONE WAS THE ATOMIC BOMB. THE OTHER IS NOT SO EASY TO EXPLAIN. 70 YEARS LATER, AN OSS OPERATIVE IS MISSING, LAST SEEN SPENDING HIS FINAL YEARS AT THE VERY PLACE THAT DEVICE EXISTED. NOW, I NEED YOUR HELP TO DISCOVER...

In an out-of-universe context, the organization behind the leaks is NianticLabs, a division of Google whose only other reported project to date is their Field Trip app. This ARG although involving it, seems unrelated to Field Trip, and its size and complexity leads us to speculate that it is for a completely new product, which may or may not share the emphasis on geolocation.

Meet Ingress, a new free mobile app and alternate reality game made by Google launching today (on Android first, available as soon as it makes it through the Google Play release process). Ingress is a project of former Google director of geo John Hanke and his Niantic Labs, a start-up team wholly inside of Google.

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AT&T is pulling out all the stops with a new campaign centered around a web series titled Daybreak. Then action-packed five-part series showcases some of their current products, including the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and various softwares. There’s even an ARG component that looks to be pretty in-depth. Get the details after the jump. The series was developed in association with BBDO and TV producer Tim Kring, who is most notable for creating the television shows Crossing Jordan, Heroes, and Touch. ARG : http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34622&start=30

Play new Facebook game, America 2049. Human rights are in peril, democracy in the dust. You: an agent of the Council on American Heritage. Your mission: nab a terrorist—and change the future. Play and learn whose side you're on. America 2049 est un jeu vidéo web-based à mi-chemin entre ARG et RPG. Il plonge le joueur dans une dystopie où, en tant que membre du Council of American Heritage, il doit se confronter à des problématiques liées à l’esclavage sexuel, la discrimination raciale, l'avortement, l'immigration, la religion, le travail ou encore aux LGBT (c'est vrai que certains sujets sont particulièrement sensibles aux USA, oui Palin et Justin on pense à vous). http://www.gameblog.fr/news/22017-america-2049-un-jeu-facebook-a-education-civique

Here's a film you experience in the real world. And on your iPhone. Kind of a cross between real world scavenger hunt and rpg video game. Could this be Hollywood's future?

an augmented reality drama that took place on the Internet, on mobile devices and offline in four live action events in London. It was developed by Heroes creator Tim Kring and sponsored by Nokia. The audience played the part of activists and supporters of the eponymous organisation, Conspiracy For Good, and joined in to help direct the action by solving various puzzles spread across different media.

Alternate reality games and other kinds of distributed story/play projects place heavy demands on their creators’ abilities to manage and deploy content. To meet these demands, many commercial ARG developers have built proprietary software packages that streamline and automate the process of managing and delivering content (for more on this [and much else -- including many useful resources for independents] see Christy Dena’s post, “Cross-Media Management Technologies”).

Urban warfare meets augmented reality in an epic battle with your friends on your iPhone.

Participative drama series with Swedish Television, 2007. Interactive Emmy Award Winner 2008, by The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Awards: International Interactive Emmy Award for Best Interactive TV-Service 2008 AIB International Media Exellence Award for Most Creative Specialist 2008 SIME08 Best Online Entertainment