spacebass

As the author of the Unforums and one of the (I imagine) leading pioneers of ARG (or has he likes to call it, Chaotic Fiction), Spacebass obviously has a lot more experience and understanding of the genre-medium than I do. And after spending enough time interacting with ARG's and understanding the theory behind them, the author grew wary of the term "ARG" itself, as it does not properly convey what the "game" is all about.

I should probably preface this by noting that Spacebass's article is called "Undefining ARG", rather than "defining" ARG. Right from the beginning, "Chaotic Fiction" is therefore considered either an incomplete term (but MORE complete than ARG) or a term embodying a type of game so intrinsically malleable and fluid as to defy all definitions entirely.  read more »

The first thing I learned for myself about ARGs and ARGing is that being confused is generally a typical state of affairs. For me, it didn't help that I started off reading four forum threads simultaneously, switching between each of them after reading a page of posts. (Though the ensuing 'narrative' about parasites killing television hosts through people's memories while incorporating GPS technology - well, it would have been one heck of a plot.) Also, unfoums.com is definitely not to be confused with unforum.com. Though a United Nations sponsored ARG would be pretty cool.  read more »