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I do distinctly remember being fascinated by a vampyre themed @chooseadventure.bsky.social book in the 80s (?), but I forget the title.
#ChooseYourOwnAdventure

#CYOA

Haunted by the Past: Shelby Oaks Stumbles in Found-Footage Revival Shelby Oaks arrived on the horror scene with explosive online anticipation, due in part to director Chris Stuckmann’s massive following on YouTube and the

'Shelby Oaks is haunted by more than its fictional ghosts.'

A critical critique of #ShelbyOaks and discussion on the criticism:

otakukart.com/haunted-by-t... #filmsky #horror #ARG #foundfootage

The cover of Issue 12 of ARG Digest. And anime girl in a moth costume adorns the cover. The text reads "ARG Digest Issue 12. Explore the World Beyond your Own. What's inside? 11B X 1371 Ash Vlogs Giggleland Interview with player of Cicada 3301 4chan's Call to Action 'Hello. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals.'"

ARG Digest Issue 12 is here! Featuring Cicada 3301, Ash Vlogs, Giggleland and 11B-X-1371 (also known as the "Plague Doctor" video.) New "Eyes On" series to keep a lookout for, and more! As always available for free at www.argdigest.com or buy your copy at a.co/d/15ozXc1

Tales pervade cultures - tales of things pretending to be people, mimicking voices and faces - but never get quite close.
It will soon be proven to be truth, when the first skinwalker specimen is discovered.

#specevo #speculativeevolution #foundfootage #analoghorror #uncannyvalley #skinwalker

THEE HYMNALS I'LL SEE YOU IN THE RAPTURE...

five episodes of my new web series is available now for your viewing and puzzle solving pleasure

#args #unfiction #analoghorror #foundfootage #webseries #puzzles #ciphers

youtube.com/@theehymnals

The Series So Disturbing It Was Removed From The Internet A found-footage horror series so realistic and unnerving it was banned from YouTube, blurring the line between fiction and reality.

Review of Kepther e

www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/found-fo... #ARG #foundfootage #horror

Apologies for the broadcast delay. Today's dispatch is a few hours late.

The office coffee maker has... developed a personality.

Full memo explaining the situation is on the wire now.

lostandbroadcasting.com?article=coffee

#OfficeLife #TechFail #Coffee #Deadline

Four weeks in: Tokens found, one large Relic delivered. The hunt goes on. It´s 25 of us now! Those who got message over chat pls peport to Foundryon Relic Hunt HQ.

#Erding #Freising #Landshut #Munich #München #urban #scifi #bsnm #game #arg #reallifegame #spiel #gamedev #geocaching #cache #token

Matthew Patrick Unveils Bizarre VHS Mystery For Charity Event In London | Celebrity Insider Matthew Patrick, a.k.a. MatPat the famous internet personality, has used mysteriousness around a charity event in London directly connected...

MatPat's at it again

celebrityinsider.org/matthew-patr... #AlternateRealityGames #ARG

No clearer sign of the times than the fact that Tron & Nine Inch Nails made a movie together and it did not have an ARG attached.

Tell me that ten years ago, and I wouldn't have believed there wasn't a campaign called "Flynn Zero" or something.

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Look at what the resistance has dug up... We might need some help uncovering what this means- Make sure to be apart of our discord to participate in the mystery!
#TTB #ThickerThanBlood #ARG #Vampires #Werewolves #indieseries

Post by @EMBurlingame An illustration of a shadowy figure standing infront of a neon punk bridge. Text: Blurred Frontier: Repurposed Technology and Alternate Reality Games Fueling Targeted Assassinations

Text: In the flickering glow of screens, the wrath of the forsaken young- molded by labyrinthine games and insidious algorithms-heralds a new peril: not the thunder of vast armies, but the whisper of brilliant minds, solitary shadows or synced specters, gamely unleashing brecision death at the call of unseen and nonattributable masters.

Meanwhile, over at the demented place

#AlternateRealityGames #ARG #AlrightyThen

Screenshot from an Instagram post by interviewmag. Text only: MARTIN SHORT: Who's sexier, me or Steve Martin? DIANE KEATON: I mean, you're both idiots.

RIP Diane Keaton

Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg. Lithography, Eugène Delacroix 1828, for Faust by Goethe

Today, on #WorldMigratoryBirdDay , ask whether your city or community is bird-friendly
#WMBD #birds #wildlife #mephistopheles

Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits

Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.

Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter

32% funded! Can we hit 35% today and keep the momentum going? Support the show at igg.me/at/refrank

Taylor Swift loses over 1,000,000 Instagram followers after The Life of a Showgirl release as fans slam use of AI in album promotion Taylor Swift faces major backlash after releasing The Life of a Showgirl, losing over a million Instagram followers due to the use of AI in promotional content and criticism over lackluster lyrics. Fa...

Taylor Swift has apparently lost over 1M followers due to the AI thing.

'after fans discovered that the pop star allegedly used Artificial Intelligence to design her “orange door” puzzle and alternate reality game for promotional purposes'

poprant.indiatimes.com/trending/tay... #ARG

About | The Bookhouse Institute Find out more about The Bookhouse Institute. We design treasure hunts and hide them in book.

We are a cultural organisation dedicated to the creation & preservation of unique books, puzzles & treasure hunts.

Part library, part studio & part archive, we publish limited edition books & artifacts that exist to preserve the playful spirit of curiosity & delight.

bookhouse.uk/about/

Some recap on the alternate reality game solving journey here:
twistedvoxel.com/fans-close-t... #ARG #gaming #videogames

YouTube video by frictionalgames Frictional_Next_Project.mp4

Frictional Games @frictionalgames.bsky.social & Kepler Interactive @kepler-interactive.bsky.social ARG leads to trailer:

'Admittedly, we did have to increase the difficulty when we realised the scale of the team we were up against [...]'
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHn... #ARG #gaming #videogames

Masquerade: NYC’s New Immersive Musical Launched With a Secret ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network Masquerade just brought Phantom back to Broadway. But even before Previews, Andrew Lloyd Webber's new immersive musical teased the show with an expansive ARG that drew the Opera Ghost to our world.

Hey - did you know that Masquerade (Andrew Lloyd Webber's immersive Phantom production) teased its launch with an ARG earlier this year?

And that it ended by sneaking people (one at a time) into the Majestic Theatre to hold a summoning ritual to bring the Phantom back?

ARGonauts Podcast Andrew tries his best to solve Alternate Reality Games. Marn tells him what he should have done instead.

in the spirit of being more annoying about my creative projects, did you know that i host a podcast where we do deep dives into alternate reality games that has 6 years and ~140 episodes' worth of backlog for you to listen to

argonauts.pinecast.co

The death screen from Oregon Trail, with the text: YOU HAVE DIED FROM LISTENING TO RFK JR

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Alternate reality games, in the name they report the fact they not reality they are taking part in a grand game of imagination and pretend within our real world. What happens when some take the game as reality? This week we explore the first ARG: Ong's Hat

maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...

Visit Venus Oregon - Visit Venus, Oregon Nestled beneath the evergreens and wrapped in the mist of Oregon’s remote wilderness, Venus is a quiet, welcoming town where time moves a little slower, and that’s just the way we like it. With a popu...

Updates to the viral/ARGish site for The Strangers Chapter 2.
Investigators are asking for help with the evidence…

www.visitvenusoregon.com

GTA 6 Sleuths Make Hilarious Discovery Revealing Potential In-Game Parodies GTA 6 data miners discover the existence of several parody URLs registered to Rockstar parent company Take-Two, including what seem to be WhatsApp and Lyft parodies.

GTA 6 alternate reality game speculations; may just be some Easter eggs:

'[...] list of web domains registered by Take-Two [...], all of which seem to correspond to in-game parody sites and apps that will be featured in Grand Theft Auto VI'
hothardware.com/news/gta-6-h... #GTA #ARG 🎮

It was the stupidest of times, it was the even stupider than stupidest of times