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Turning your ARG into a novel is very life changing.

How did I go 5 years without knowing about the show, Dispatches from Elsewhere?

I started laying the groundwork for my next #arg / #unfiction project this month. This past week? Rebuilding software interfaces from the late 90s/early 2000’s and the wonderful internet we grew up on.

Title screen for the video game Split Fiction with futuristic and fantasy worlds split down the middle.

It’s time.

#SplitFiction

Starting a new arg project has been great for the soul.

To mark Hubble's 21st anniversary, astronomers captured Arp 273, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies 300 million light-years away in Andromeda. The larger galaxy, UGC 1810, displays a rose-like shape due to gravitational interactions with its companion, UGC 1813. Credit: NASA, ESA, (STScI/AURA)

To mark Hubble's 21st anniversary, astronomers captured Arp 273, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies 300 million light-years away in Andromeda. The larger galaxy, UGC 1810, displays a rose-like shape due to gravitational interactions with its companion, UGC 1813.

Credit: NASA, ESA, (STScI/AURA)

Added to my TBR, can’t wait!

It’s so great. When it started lighting up I gasped!

The Tesla Box by Puzzle Potato has been extremely fun. The circuit board functionality has made these wooden puzzle boxes even more interesting. 🤩

“What is #MarvelRivals even about?”

Two escape rooms in one day: challenge accepted. ✅

The Meow Wolf ARG is driving me nuts. But certainly enjoying all the hours I’ve been spending there.

I’ve been playing #LostRecords nonstop. So addicting and nostalgic. Can’t wait to get to the #ARG side of things.

I just made it to issue 7 in my first-time read through!

Miro for the win 💃

“I could not shake the feeling that I had glimpsed the Grail and failed to recognize it like Parsifal had done early in his journey.”

—Ong’s Hat: Compleat (2025), @ongs-hat.bsky.social

This line lingers in my mind—a reflection on the weight of decisions and the impact of one choice over another.

i just want to play rivals 😭 #psn

Daily Bugle “EVERYTHING AWFUL oh god, somebody do something”

Quick look at the morning’s papers

I was 14 in 2007- I feel like I missed out on golden age of #ARGs and #Unfiction. Been loving getting a feel for the nostalgia while sifting through the unforum archive.

Fr. Someone really needs to stroll on in and formalize the difference by definition. Grasping the idea of an arg is initially hard to grasp for newbies and now we’re adding more types to the genre. 😅

a little girl is laying on the floor in a playground with the words status written on the bottom ALT: a little girl is laying on the floor in a playground with the words status written on the bottom

creator burnout is real

😭😭

My 65 year old dad (just learned about ARGs last year while I was creating) now shows his support by calling to tell me when he thinks he has stumbled upon an ARG.

Today’s contribution: www.nightmind.info

“I don’t know about you but this one looks real cryptic” - my dad

@nightmind.bsky.social

I don’t understand how some people truly detest bootstrap.

I’m surprised there aren’t more permanent ARGs out there. This has been so fun.

#TheBlackWatchmen #Unfiction #ARG

Did I, a man on his 30’s, just scream like a teenager going on their first looping rollercoaster because of Five Nights at Freddy’s? Yes, yes I did. #fnaf

Excited to start reading through this one! @ongs-hat.bsky.social

Last night I was missing the good ‘ol #tumblr days so naturally I decided to give myself the grimes effect.

Creating puzzles is much easier than solving them. WHY.