ARG Netcast, Episode 22: Know Your Role

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Only mildly distracted by a hockey game playing in the background, panelists Geoff May (ARGNet staffer and resident ARG wikimaster), Jessica Price (ARGNet editor) and Sean Stacey (Unfiction owner) join host Jonathan Waite (ARGNet owner) to discuss the news of the week and ponder the intricacies and issues of roleplaying in ARGs. 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

• Mind Candy Design is looking for a new head of sales and marketing. All the jellybeans you can eat! With job perks like that, who could resist? The panelists ponder the hidden meanings in the required background knowledge for the position.
• Sammeeeees is still making sequel-type noises. Most recently, an Edgar Allen Poe poem appeared on a character’s site.
• A remix of cult horror movie “Head Trauma” includes ARG-like elements.
• World Without Oil and Year Zero continue to rake in the mainstream press.  WWO launched Monday.
• In-game ads suggest that Be Seeing U/Eldritch Errors is attempting to reach out to new player demographics.

Puzzle of the Week

• Help us figure out what those red circled words from B Seeing U mean!

Topic Discussion

• In-game forums evoke different reactions from the panelists — do they add to a game’s immersiveness or hinder it?
• We call B.A. St. Feline on the air!
• Heroes 360 takes a step in the right direction.
• What happens when PMs invite players to roleplay or consciously help build the world of the game?  Are they “gaming” the community?  The panels dissect potential implications.