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ARGN.com - covering alternate reality games, immersive theater, escape rooms LARPs, and more.
A new Silent Hill ARG launching during the MIT Mystery Hunt feels like a personal attack. -mja
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Catching up on a few tips: HEY, did you know Red Dead Redemption fans are chasing down an expansive puzzle mystery? -mja
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Hiding One More Unsolved Mystery
Rockstar's open-world blockbuster seems to be hiding at least one more mysterious puzzle for players to solve
https://kotaku.com/red-dead-redemption-2-spider-web-mystery-seven-years-later-unsolved-gta-6-2000656666
15 days ago
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ARGNet | The Immersive Side of Hawkins: From Scoops Ahoy to WSQK Radio
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The Immersive Side of Hawkins: From Scoops Ahoy to WSQK Radio | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
The final episode of Stranger Things dropped on Netflix on December 31st, allowing fans of the series to say goodbye to one of the platform's biggest hits before ringing in the new year. But that wasn...
https://www.argn.com/2026/01/the_immersive_side_of_hawkins_from_scoops_ahoy_to_wsqk_radio/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=i-didnt-realize-how-many-stranger-things-events-i-did-until-writing-this
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And OF COURSE the creators of Pluribus have kicked off some kind of alternate reality game with the most recent episode of the official podcast
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Survivor Armchair Hunt??? -mja
www.survivor50challenge.com/coming-soon
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Survivor 50
50 states. 50 hidden immunity idols. Find one for a chance to win a Survivor 50 surprise.
https://www.survivor50challenge.com/coming-soon
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Yet another pivot to video that is most certainly not, as stated, an alternate reality game.
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Eric
about 1 month ago
New ARG alert. I’ve only done a little digging but looks interesting so far. Also got a newsletter email this morning:
r.newsletter.pantaloon.io/mk/mr/sh/SMJ...
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about 2 months ago
There is a severe lack of 10-minute ARGs in the world. JC Hutchins just released a new one as portfolio piece, and it's a delightful reminder that immersive can come in snackable sizes, too.
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ARGNet | The King in Yellow as Found Footage Minecraft ARG
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The King in Yellow as Found Footage Minecraft ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist is a recent Minecraft ARG loosely based on the King in Yellow mythos, in which a YouTuber pieces together found footage from a Minecraft playthrough
https://www.argn.com/2025/11/the_king_in_yellow_as_found_footage_minecraft_arg/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=this-is-surprisingly-my-first-time-writing-about-the-king-in-yellow
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ARGNet | Stephen Sondheim Loved Puzzles More Than You
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Stephen Sondheim Loved Puzzles More Than You | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Matching Minds with Sondheim is a book that explores the composer and lyricist's enduring passion for puzzles and games, and the lasting impact his works have left on the space.
https://www.argn.com/2025/11/stephen_sondheim_loved_puzzles_more_than_you/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=still-proud-of-being-the-first-to-finish-the-hidden-puzzles
3 months ago
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Field Notes x Mystery League are offering a free murder mystery booklet with all orders placed today! -mja
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Wednesday Murder Club
Simplest offer ever. Buy anything on our site today (October 22) and get a Halloween mystery “Murder Book” free with your order. No minimums. No coupon…
https://fieldnotesbrand.com/dispatches/wednesday-murder-club
3 months ago
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ARGNet | Ministry of Lost Things Delivers a Box of Puns with a Side of Puzzles
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Ministry of Lost Things Delivers a Box of Puns with a Side of Puzzles | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
PostCurious' newest project Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers is crowdfunding on Kickstarter for a pun-laden puzzle game perfect for logic puzzle fans looking for some tactile fun.
https://www.argn.com/2025/10/ministry_of_lost_things_delivers_a_box_of_puns_with_a_side_of_puzzles/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=you-even-get-a-thematic-trinket-to-remember-finishing-by
3 months ago
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I'm still a bit light on the details but I think I just got a tip about an Australian ARG leading up to and/or tied to a drag show next month in Perth? -mja
www.instagram.com/aristobratdr...
3 months ago
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...that's a good question, giant display at the theater while I'm waiting to get into "The Life of a Showgirl"! -mja
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4 months ago
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ARG/puzzle trailhead for NYCC! Looks like I have at least one booth on the agenda for next week (along with some reading homework)... -mja
4 months ago
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ARGNet | Masquerade: NYC's New Immersive Musical Launched With a Secret ARG
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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.
https://www.argn.com/2025/09/masquerade_nycs_new_immersive_musical_launched_with_a_secret_arg?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=this-was-partially-motivated-by-having-a-terrible-time-finding-sleep-no-more-arg-archival
4 months ago
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Happy 10 years,
@noproscenium.com
! That's one heck of a season one. -mja
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Episode 500: Ten Years of The NoPro Podcast
A MegaSode In Many, Many Parts
https://noproscenium.com/episode-500-ten-years-of-the-nopro-podcast-66ee3c30b39a
5 months ago
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San Francisco's Pursuit experience got a fascinating writeup in WIRED! The "San FranPsyche" is such a fun turn of phrase to describe the city's "long history of monkeyshines". -mja
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The Wild, Citywide Scavenger Hunt That Ate San Francisco
Twelve quests; 12,000 players. This is Pursuit, a real-world race to find clues scattered across the city, solve mysteries, and maybe make a few friends.
https://www.wired.com/story/pursuit-scavenger-hunt-san-francisco/
5 months ago
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...and may we see more ARG credits in the future. -mja
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5 months ago
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Welcome back, Marble Hornets. -mja
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Rosswood: Part 1
YouTube video by Marble Hornets
https://youtu.be/mnGvd53CBEY?si=EHQQGxLguChrgXxP
5 months ago
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NYC recently had a "hey what's up with the new payphones" mystery that is now solved! -mja
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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'What the f--- is this?': What Darren Aronofsky has to do with new payphones in NYC
'Caught Stealing' comes out on Friday. Pick up the right phone, and you might be directed to a promotional gathering or another NYC event.
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/what-the-f-is-this-what-darren-aronofsky-has-to-do-with-new-payphones-in-nyc
5 months ago
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Less than two hours until we get answers! Context here, if you missed the prior coverage. -mja
www.argn.com/2025/08/its_...
5 months ago
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...no promises of how far I'll get, but I will check out the political scavenger hunt tomorrow. -mja
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ARGNet | It's Been Here the Whole Time: The Boy Who Cried "Dropout ARG"
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It’s Been Here the Whole Time: The Boy Who Cried “Dropout ARG” | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Game Changer's last episode of season 7 launched an ARG through Dropout's minigames that may just unlock the "real" finale. Although Dropout fans thought they found ARGs the last two seasons too...
https://www.argn.com/2025/08/its_been_here_the_whole_time_the_boy_who_cried_dropout_arg/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=still-giggling-over-the-qr-code-fragment-made-of-butts
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I Want to Believe -mja
www.reddit.com/r/dropout/co...
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From the dropout community on Reddit: Possible Dropout/Game Changer ARG/Puzzle Hunt?
Explore this post and more from the dropout community
https://www.reddit.com/r/dropout/comments/1mpq8s3/possible_dropoutgame_changer_argpuzzle_hunt/
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ARGNet | KFC Launches Special Blend of 11 Secret Codes and Puzzles
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KFC Launches Special Blend of 11 Secret Codes and Puzzles | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
KFC's newest commercial celebrates the Colonel's obsessions by challenging solvers to a 11 puzzles hidden in the video, using clues on The11Secrets.com ...and now I'm obsessed.
https://www.argn.com/2025/07/kfc_launches_special_blend_of_11_secret_codes_and_puzzles/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=none-of-you-are-surprised-i-wrote-this
6 months ago
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KFC PUZZLE TRAIL!!! (via Loey Lane) -mja
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8N...
6 months ago
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ARGNet | I'm Obsessed with Emerald Echoes' Narrative Hint System
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I’m Obsessed with Emerald Echoes’ Narrative Hint System | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Postcurious' narrative puzzle game Emerald Echoes features a narrative hint system, meaning even the answer-checking system tells a story. The Kickstarter campaign runs through August 14th.
https://www.argn.com/2025/07/im_obsessed_with_emerald_echoes_narrative_hint_system/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=i-got-to-playtest-this-with-sarah-before-the-stray-kids-concert
6 months ago
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7 months ago
✨ NEUROCRACY ✨ A sci-fi hypertext game 🌐 Fall into a wiki hole from the future 🔎 Solve a murder and other mysteries 👀 Your theories influence what happens [citation needed] 📅 The third — and final — season launches JULY 16! Check out our new trailer, courtesy of
@sammgreer.bsky.social
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Neurocracy 3.0 Release Trailer
YouTube video by Playthroughline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwWYRQUQso
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ARGNet | Return of the Duck Cult: A Doors of Divergence ARG?
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Return of the Duck Cult: A Doors of Divergence ARG? | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Doors of Divergence is a series of three escape rooms where your choices in the one room impacts your experience in the next. The NYC location closed in October 2023, but an ARG is teasing an eventual...
https://www.argn.com/2025/06/return_of_the_duck_cult_a_doors_of_divergence_arg/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=i-still-have-that-philosophers-stone
7 months ago
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ARGNet | I Still Love Bees: A Personal Reflection
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I Still Love Bees: A Personal Reflection | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Twenty-one years ago, ARGNet received a jar of honey in the mail, with a series of letters spelling out the phrase "I Love Bees". This is a reflection on some of the personal stories that experience c...
https://www.argn.com/2025/06/i_still_love_bees_a_personal_reflection/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=yay-stray-kids-concert
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8 months ago
The Slenderverse / ARG community is doing some really special stuff, here - give it a watch, give it a share, and (if you can) give it a donation as well.
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DASH (Different Area Same Hunt) is back, and tickets are live for the September puzzle event! Check to see if there's a city near you. -mja
playdash.org
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DASH – Different Area, Same Hunt
https://playdash.org/
8 months ago
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For those curious about this: the fashion brand/story/game has a Discord, now (check their social profiles for the URL). -mja
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ARGNet | MIT Mystery Hunt and the Case of the Shadow Diamond
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MIT Mystery Hunt and the Case of the Shadow Diamond | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
The MIT Mystery Hunt for 2025, "The Case of the Shadow Diamond", was a noir detective mystery featuring everything from a custom radio to a livestreamed escape room.
https://www.argn.com/2025/05/mit_mystery_hunt_and_the_case_of_the_shadow_diamond/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=if-somebody-sells-the-radio-i-would-probably-buy-it
8 months ago
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ARGNet | SCXR Academy: A New ARG Fashion Line?
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SCXR Academy: A New ARG Fashion Line? | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
SCXR Academy is the narrative ARG universe for an upcoming fashion brand by Angelina Zhang (AngelinaZHQ) that intends to hide easter eggs in both garments and packaging to tell a story.
https://www.argn.com/2025/05/scxr_academy_a_new_arg_fashion_line/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=i-am-so-not-the-target-audience-for-this-but-still-so-curious
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Immersive ice cream! Got to talk to some of the fellow MasqueradeNYC fans. Random trip into the city well spent.
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9 months ago
Immersive Phantom / Masquerade NYC puzzle! Account associated with the game emailed the below to me. It's a fun, not-too-hard puzzle that's even on theme. ...and because I'm just a little extra, tracked down the in-universe paper. Not useful for the puzzle, just fun and my laundry is still drying.
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ARG Digest: Perplex City Edition! And the physical version is up on Amazon, too. -mja
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ARGNet | I Think There Might Be an Official Phantom of the Opera ARG
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I Think There Might Be an Official Phantom of the Opera ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Masquerade NYC is launching an immersive theater Phantom of the Opera this summer. But the Opera Ghost is already making his presence known with letters, deaddrops, and newspapers.
https://www.argn.com/2025/04/masquerade-nyc-immersive-phantom-of-the-opera-alternate-reality-game/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=i-realize-i-may-have-gone-swiftie-conspiracy-theory-unhinged-on-this-one
9 months ago
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RECON Remote is back for 2025, meaning you can attend an escape room conference for the low low price of "free" once more! -mja
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
"28 Years Later" teaser hid a URL inthe video's distortion, leading to a password-protected page! Is this ARG?
www.instagram.com/p/DIhKzUUzSQs/
rageleaks.net
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Happy 10 years,
@nightmind.bsky.social
. The space is infinitely better for your involvement in it. -mja
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There Is No Gate
YouTube video by Night Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMlCkgzwa6s
10 months ago
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Immersive tiki event by the team behind Club Drosselmeyer, this summer? Time for some quick travel planning. -mja
cthulhu-luau.com
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Cthulhu Luau – An Immersive, Interactive Tiki Adventure
http://cthulhu-luau.com/
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ARG Digest is back, and there's Slender Manning afoot! -mja Free digital edition:
argdigest.com
Print edition:
amazon.com/dp/B0DXV9ZPK8
11 months ago
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11 months ago
ARGonauts doesn't have a bsky yet but! we're recording an interview episode with
@lauraehall.bsky.social
this week, so reply (or email us at
[email protected]
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ARGNet | The Devil is in the Paperwork: The SCP Foundation Has a New ARG
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The Devil is in the Paperwork: The SCP Foundation Has a New ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
SCP Afterworld is a new ARG set within the SCP Foundation universe, where players piece together how the Foundation suffered a total containment failure.
https://www.argn.com/2025/02/the_devil_is_in_the_paperwork_the_scp_foundation_has_a_new_arg/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=i-really-want-to-play-one-of-the-scp-larps
11 months ago
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11 months ago
What's that?
@site42.bsky.social
TikTok Livestream of ARGish game, happening now?
vm.tiktok.com/ZMktgttqu/
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Dr. Theron Sherman (@site_42) is LIVE - TikTok LIVE
A New SCP ARG?! | SCP: Afterworl | Watch Dr. Theron Sherman (@site_42)'s LIVE on TikTok and interact with others in real time.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMktgttqu/
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12 months ago
Want to know how it all worked?
@brianenigma.bsky.social
posted about the complicated technical process of getting the old Unfiction forums up and running in order to capture a static snapshot:
netninja.com/2025/02/09/r...
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A few years back, I wrote an article about DINN, a card game with puzzle components that was in many ways attempting to be a spiritual successor to Perplex City. -mja
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Dinn’s Card Game Mystery Draws on Legacy of TCGs to Elevate Story | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
The game Dinn is a fast-paced two-player card game. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find a mystery to solve: what happened to Natalie Neil, and why did she disappear?
https://www.argn.com/2022/06/dinns_card_game_mystery_draws_on_legacy_of_tcgs_to_elevate_story/
12 months ago
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