ARG Netcast, Episode 68: Now We're On To Something [ 1:13:44 ] Play in Popup | Download

This is one of those episodes that will go down in history as an instant classic. Returning this week are Michelle Senderhauf (varin.org), Sean C. Stacey (Unfiction, Despoiler) and Jonathan Waite (ARGNet), but the fun doesn’t stop there, as we are fortunate to have Jason Chrest (Aporia Cross-Media Entertainment) and Dave Szulborski (ARG Studios, Futurlab) on the air for a magical night of engrossing conversation. On this week’s show: Dave reveals that he has a new book due for release soon, the second wave of Perplex City cards are released, a dash of controversy within the realm of Personal Effects: Dark Art, a Muppet ARG of sorts, an earthquake simulation “game” in San Francisco, a Harvard blogger claims that my.BarackObama.com is the game of the year, Sean gets very cool swag, and FIVE AWESOME EMAILS for our “Let’s Make an ARG” segment.

Other links from the show:
A pirate-themed ARG out of Germany
Disruptive realism
Putting a Halt to a Vast International Conspiracy (Marie Lamb @ ARGNet)

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ARG Netcast, Episode 67: Battlestar Netcastica [ 1:09:13 ] Play in Popup | Download

This week’s episode starts off as a two man show with Sean C. Stacey and Jonathan Waite at the controls, but ends up as a three ring circus when Dr. Adam Brackin (Deus City puppetmaster, UTD Professor) comes on the show for a nice twenty minute conversation on education, dedications and the pursuit of funding. Along the way, we launch a new segment called Let’s Make an ARG, in which Sean and Jonathan begin the process of the first ever ARG-design-by-collaborative-discussion-in-podcast-form (patent pending).

Links from the show:
Kindersite Project
ARGuing project – Alternate reality game for education
FUTURELAB META
A Collaborative ARG (Unfiction forums)

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ARG Netcast, Episode 66: Back to School [ 1:06:57 ] Play in Popup | Download

As the curiosity has built up over the past few weeks about the fabled ARG Class at UTD, the pay off comes in today’s show as co-hosts Jackie Kerr, Sean C. Stacey and Jonathan Waite get a chance to talk edumacation with Candiluu, a student in EMAC4326, otherwise known as Dr. Adam Brackin’s class on alternate reality games. While it takes us a while to get there — Wonder Woman distracts us at the beginning — the discussion with Candiluu is enlightening. Later, we talk more about trailheads and rabbitholes, and finish off with some pre-U.S. Election predictions (recorded Monday).

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. Watch us live every Monday night at 8:30 pm CT at Ustream.