Alternate Reality Game (ARG)
Created | Updated Dec 1, 2020
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An Alternate Reality Game (ARG) is a game or interactive experience which takes place across multiple platforms in the real world.
Rather than a traditional board game, or game played on a console, ARGs often use websites, social media accounts and other interactive sources to tell a story, which can be directly impacted in real time by the actions of the player.
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Introduction
An Alternate Reality Game (ARG) is a game or interactive experience which takes place across multiple platforms in the real world.
Rather than a traditional board game, or game played on a console, ARGs often use websites, social media accounts and other interactive sources to tell a story, which can be directly impacted in real time by the actions of the player.
History
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Common Tropes
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Techniques
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Notable Examples
Ong's Hat
Starship Titanic
The Beast
Da Vinci Code
I Heart Bees
The Alternate Reality Game in Popular Culture
The Institute - Documentary and follow up TV series
Rabbits Podcast
Unfiction? Attempting to [not] define the ARG
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Definition by not defining
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