ARG Netcast, Episode 21: The Mainstream

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New victims — er, panelists — join host Jonathan Waite (ARGNet owner), and regular panelists Jessica Price (ARGNet editor and Unfiction moderator), and Sean C. Stacey (owner of Unfiction.com) this week: we welcome the lovely Michelle Senderhauf (ARGNet staff writer, Unfiction moderator, and owner of varin.org) and Geoff May (ARGNet staff writer, Unfiction moderator, and owner of thebruce.net). Subscribe to the ARG Netcast feed through this link or via iTunes. Contact us at our special netcast email address, netcast@argnetcast.info with your tips, suggestions, concerns and submissions. Call us on the ARGNet voicemail at 630-274-5425.

News of the Week

• B Seeing U launches through mailings to some of The Usual ARG Suspects and a few ARG newcomers, as well as Craigslist ads in multiple cities.
• Spike TV’s GameHead features an episode on 42 Entertainment. They also got a full-page article in the latest issue of Rolling Stone.
• There was a puppetmaster chat for Doom Skull on April 15.
• Xenophile Media racks up the awards at SXSW and an international Emmy.
• Heroes 360 has videos for you to watch, but only if you’re an American.
• Deus City needs your help in solving a mathematical puzzle in the White District.
• Is Sammeeeees coming back for a sequel?
• 08nova.com shows up in commercials, sparking ARG speculation.

Topic Discussion

• Jessica is not actually Amish.
• The panelists describe their packages in glowing detail. Jon doesn’t admit it, but he’s jealous. Geoff has to use the internet to figure out what he got in his own package. The future is truly here.
• This appears to be The Month Of Massive Mainstream Press And Awards For ARGs.
• Viral marketing worked on (some) of us.

Thanks for listening — see you next week!