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alternate reality games and futures of textuality /wiki/Alternate_reality_game "An alternate reality game (ARG), is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform , often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell


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alternate reality games and futures of textuality

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/wiki/Alternate_reality_game "An alternate reality game (ARG), is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions." (my emphasis) [Revision as of 16:02, 11 February 2007] [edited by Phaedra777 ]

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/wiki/Alternate_reality_game "An alternate reality game (ARG), is an interactive narrative a videogame that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions." (my emphasis) [Revision as of 16:02, 11 February 2007] [edited by Phaedra777 ]

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Platform Studies

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Platform Studies

The Real World?

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Platform Studies

The Real World?

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Platform Studies

The Real (World) ??????

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World trade center Dark knight poster

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World trade center Dark knight poster

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Duchamp, “L.H.O.O.Q.,” 1919

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Duchamp, “L.H.O.O.Q.,” 1919 Defaced poster from Harvey Dent campaign, 2007.

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Some Questions

1 Are ARGs texts? If so, what are their specific operations of

meaning-making?

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Some Questions

1 Are ARGs texts? If so, what are their specific operations of

meaning-making?

2 Are ARGs digital?

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Some Questions

1 Are ARGs texts? If so, what are their specific operations of

meaning-making?

2 Are ARGs digital? 3 If so, what are the platformic implications of ARG textuality?

Does it mean anything to say that ARGs use their[sic] real world as a platform?

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Some Questions

1 Are ARGs texts? If so, what are their specific operations of

meaning-making?

2 Are ARGs digital? 3 If so, what are the platformic implications of ARG textuality?

Does it mean anything to say that ARGs use their[sic] real world as a platform?

4 What investment do ARGs have in materiality?

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  • 1. Are ARGs texts?
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  • 1. Are ARGs texts?

Yes.

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  • 2. Are ARGs Digital?
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  • 2. Are ARGs Digital?
  • Yes. (And No.)
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  • 2. Are ARGs Digital?

Yes, figuratively. (And No.)

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  • 3. what are the platformic

implications of ARG textuality?

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  • 3. what are the platformic

implications of ARG textuality?

Aesthetics. (Historical Axiology.)

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  • 4. Where should we locate the

materiality of ARGs?

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  • 4. Where should we locate the

materiality of ARGs?

The Future.

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Image by Sexy_Pirate: “New Painting Found Beneath Mona Lisa” http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/ show_msgs.php?topic_id=26570528

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alternate reality games and futures of textuality

Zach Whalen University of Mary Washington www.zachwhalen.net