Operation: sleeper cell
Operation: sleeper cell launched this week and is a large-scale ARG, designed by volunteers, aiming to raise money for Cancer Research. Brilliant. There’s a detailed description over on ARGnet.
Tag Archive: args
It’s all about ARGs
I had another good day yesterday at ALT-C 2008, and was very pleased to finally meet Juliette Culver, Alex Moseley and Daniel Livingstone – all doing excellent work in games and education.The talk here has been very much centered on the potential of ARGs in teaching…
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The four dimensions of ARG motivation?
Early days yet, but we have just spent a fun couple of hours analysing the interview data from the first trial of the ARGOSI project. Lots of interesting stuff coming out but, in particular, it looks like there are four…
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The Guardian on ARGs
This article appeared in the Guardian Technology section a couple of weeks ago. It’s a good intro to what ARGs are all about, and there’s even a paragraph about ARGs in education.
Hide & Seek festival
There are times I really wish I lived in London. The Hide and Seek festival is taking place between the 27th and 29th June in and around the Southbank Centre. It is a long weekend of pervasive games (defined by…
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The Sky Remains
I’m trying to write a paper on the potential of alternate reality games in education for an urgent deadline this afternoon, so am very easily distractible at the moment and have been studiously ignoring my blog feeds. However, when an…
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