Comments on: Everything you know about ARGs is WRONG

By: Exam Area I: New media spaces, or: Alternate Realities, Database Aesthetics, and the Poetics of Space

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:22:48 +0000

[...] Hon, Dan. “Everything you know about ARGs is WRONG.” http://www.sixtostart.com/onetoread/2008/everything-you-know-about-args-is-wrong/ [...]

By: Brice

Brice — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:35:47 +0000

Mindblowing. Thank you very much.

By: Pasta&Vinegar » Blog Archive » Beyond treasure hunt: locative games 2010 and the near future

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:11:25 +0000

[...] games is simply… the players: lots of problems described by Dan Hon in his talk “Everything you know about ARG is wrong” can also apply to location-based games: games never have enough players, people who play are [...]

By: Meaty detailed account of Panel at PICNIC: Everything We Know About Transmedia Is Wrong, by Daniël van Gool « Transmedia Camp 101

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:35:32 +0000

[...] major complaints with current alternate reality game and transmedia development upon which he as waxed eloquent in the past is that ARGs are not mainstream enough because they “incorporate obscure shit that no one [...]

By: Good discussion & great refs here (thnx Gary Hayes!): PICNIC: Everything We Know About Transmedia Is Wrong | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network « Transmedia Camp 101

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:42:53 +0000

By: PICNIC: Everything We Know About Transmedia Is Wrong | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:27:55 +0000

By: ARG readings and reflections: an annotated bibliography | jeff watson

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:07 +0000

[...] Everything you know about ARGs is wrong (Dan Hon, 2008) “There are, it seems to me, a number of differing interpretations as to what an ARG is, exactly, and that makes them quite easy to attack. If you don’t know what something is, it’s quite easy for it not to have lived up to your expectations.” [...]

By: Interactive drama won’t be about the technology

Interactive drama won’t be about the technology — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:38:21 +0000

[...] variations, but it’s more about the story. Dan Hon said pretty much the same thing in his piece about ARGs – it’s not about the tricks and games but the story. blog comments powered by [...]

By: Another experiment in collaborative writing via Twitter — Justin Gibbs

Another experiment in collaborative writing via Twitter — Justin Gibbs — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:31:06 +0000

[...] this I’m reminded of the great presentation Dan Hon did on augmented reality games – Everything you know about ARGs is WRONG. He nicely cut through all the hype surrounding ARGs, something that would be nice here as well. [...]

By: If wish there was a stronger word than t… « How To Split An Atom - Live

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:49:57 +0000

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