mw2009 ghosts of a chance presentation (learning from games session)
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The paper: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001913.html See accompanying document for presentation notes: http://www.slideshare.net/georginab/mw2009-ghosts-of-a-chance-presentation-learning-from-games-session-2443472TRANSCRIPT
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
An ARG is “an adventure you have in real life.” Jane McGonigal
An ARG is “an interactive, trans-media narrative that evolves in response to what its players do.” World Without Oil
An ARG is “a game that allows players (like you) to interact with a fictitious world using real world elements.” The Lost Ring
An ARG is “an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform to tell a story that may be affected by participants’ ideas or actions.” Wikipedia
An ARG should “inspire and encourage people to step outside of their everyday lives and look at the world from a different perspective” Star Spider
“ARGs are “engaging narrative entertainment delivered across multiple platforms – web, phone, video, audio, even the street where you live.” No Mimes Media
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
An ARG is “an adventure you have in real life.” Jane McGonigal
An ARG is “an interactive, trans-media narrative that evolves in response to what its players do.” World Without Oil
An ARG is “a game that allows players (like you) to interact with a fictitious world using real world elements.” The Lost Ring
An ARG is “an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform to tell a story that may be affected by participants’ ideas or actions.” Wikipedia
An ARG should “inspire and encourage people to step outside of their everyday lives and look at the world from a different perspective” Star Spider
“ARGs are “engaging narrative entertainment delivered across multiple platforms – web, phone, video, audio, even the street where you live.” No Mimes Media
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
Why
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
1. Necklace of the Subaltern Betrayer
2. Predictor of Imminent Doom
3. Con Artists’ Replica
4. Diorama of a Travesty
5. Memory Vessel
6. Escape Quilt
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
Chapter 33
The next night, after delivering Lady Macbeth's line - Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here - Blanche looks out and sees her father sitting in the audience. Racing offstage, passing McD who is about to get another pie in his face, Blanche sees WhatFor in the wings, watching Blanche's father too…
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
“If someone had told me about a program which would leave 15-year olds discussing art with the same animation they show for sports and movie stars, I would not have believed them!” 10th Grade Group Leader
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
Be new and unexpected
Get support
Use an original name
Be inclusive
Trust the players
Give people something to do
Hang out with game designers
Join in!
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Want to play? Text “goac” followed by the color of Georgina’s shirt to 95495
Fictional Press Releases and Fake Artifacts:
How the Smithsonian American Art Museum is letting Game Players Redefine the Rules
Georgina Bath Goodlander, [email protected], @georginab
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