Hi,

I’m Orla, which you most likely could be able to tell from the title of this blog.

ARGs, short for Alternative Reality Games, have always fascinated me since I first found them. Any internet urban myth or horror story, I’ve always been deeply intrigued. Most of my Youtube subscription box is channels dedicated to breaking down and debunking them. But then I thought, who’s got the time to sit down and watch a half an hour long video about a Kanye West based video game that secretly was a cult indoctrination?

If only there was a blog that I could easily access and ramble on about the newest ARGs that fascinated me? Maybe this university assignment came at the right time.

Before I got into anything serious on this first post (I mean, we barely know each other, I’m hardly going to be telling you my mum’s maiden name), I thought I should give a brief description of what an ARG is for future reference.

Aside from the name, an ARG is a interactive storytelling method that uses the real word as it’s setting. Various things like social media and websites are used to portray the story to the audience as they can also help solve the plot/mystery. Some great examples are ILoveBees, The Cloverfield Universe, The Dark Knight ARG or Alan Resnick’s This House Has People In It (which I’ll touch upon on a later blog post). I’ll also just be talking about general quirky videos and stuff I find online.

Talk more soon 🙂

ps. feel free to message me about any cool ARGs or stuff, i’ll be making a twitter soon