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

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

Meanwhile, over at the demented place #AlternateRealityGames #ARG #AlrightyThen

RIP Diane Keaton

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

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 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

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

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

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?

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

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...

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

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

Regrettably, 'ab urbe veni munus tibi gratum adfero aculeatum ut habeas memoriam nostram rogo si fortuna daret quo possem largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est vacuus' has yet to establish itself as an international touristic catchphrase as such.

It's not so much that Radiohead are extraordinary masterminds of mystery, but that their fans are extraordinarily dedicated. I mean, if discovering flyers and an LLP registration 'felt like being back in the early 2000s ARG days,' you just might be middle-aged. www.ibtimes.co.uk/radiohead-fa...

From the archives, a CRU report from a Friday in 1978: "Observed the target. A suburban house that, every weekend, briefly flickers out of existence. Like a faulty bulb. The family inside doesn't seem to notice they're gone for 3.4 seconds." #Suburban #Mystery #highstrangness

Conversation/decoding happening here: forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?th...

So curious to see (or rather, hear about) how they'll adapt this.

I love the quiet resignation in pressing 'a' in lowercase like a final utterance, cut short by dying of, you know, spider bite. [Also in lowercase: your death.] #poem #poetry #games #videogames

🎉 The 31st Annual #IFComp is live! 85 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!) Read more about this year's competition at blog.ifcomp.org Or just dive straight in: ifcomp.org/ballot

Mario brothers patreon.com/berkeleymews

Scientia ex Fabula — Are you interested in multidisciplinary poppycock? Here's an edifying extrascholastic publication for your perusal: Journal of Imaginary Research journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog #AcademicSky #science #research #SciWri

Party Studies special issue coming up! CFP is out, deadline in two weeks.

RECON Remote 25 – The Design Talks You’ll learn how to design and craft escape rooms at RECON!

A new #Bioshock alternate reality game in the works?! **hyperventilating** But is it tied to the film or the remake or Bioshock 4? gamerant.com/bioshock-4-2... 🎮 #gaming #ARG

Detective fiction for lovers of escape rooms, alternate reality games, crime dossiers and other interactive narratives: @cacrampton.bsky.social talks epistolary mysteries on her brilliant Shedunnit Podcast www.shedunnitshow.com/deathonpaper/ #booksky #escaperoom #arg

Not in our delivery area for @benjaminpercy.bsky.social's THE END TIMES? We're offering a digital subscription, too! badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...

Just treated myself to a subscription to this short novel told in the form of a physical newspaper that will be sent over the course of a year. Should be a fun experiment.

I am currently looking for work! I have aspirations of having a portfolio site, but if you want a quick digest right now: Skills: - Transmedia Design - Narrative Design - Interdisciplinary Research (Media Studies, Anthro, History) - Community Management - Curriculum Development - Makes Okay Queso

Bluefish Games – The Case of the Curiously Correct Blueprints: An Ells and Ernie Mystery [Review] "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Occlude from @tributarygames.bsky.social and @pantaloon.io is out, with a 'Lynchian narrative' and 'brain-contorting puzzles' — and with an alternate reality game. table.pantaloon.io #ARG #indiegame

A tiny blog post about two items in the Toronto Public Library collection, and connecting blotting paper to the original text that was blotted. 221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/05/un-b...

It’s been months since I last had a proper snoop around in here, and I see that both ARG Digest @arg-digest.bsky.social and The ARGonauts Podcast @argonautspod.bsky.social have appeared. Reaction: 👍 I must recommence more active monitoring of this space.

The understatement of the century

It’s Gene Hackman’s birthday and around the world young children will be dressing up as their favourite Gene Hackman characters to celebrate. There is a dignity in traditions such as these.

Oh, a nice trip. Very nice. We decided to drive down to see the seasons change. It was a long trip, though. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia. Contd. #filmsky

Hats off to the great Gene Hackman, who turns 95 [!!!] today

Just had my second call with Lennox Mutual, and it was glorious. If you love stories, puzzles, and maybe ARGs, and you have a phone, you might love Lennox Mutual. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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