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Ellarion Tales @ellariontales.bsky.social · 1d

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

Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits

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Re: Frankenstein | Re: Dracula | Re: Carmilla @redracula.bsky.social · 1d

32% funded! Can we hit 35% today and keep the momentum going? Support the show at igg.me/at/refrank

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · 1d

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

Taylor Swift loses over 1,000,000 Instagram followers after The Life of a Showgirl release as fans slam use of AI in album promotion

Taylor Swift faces major backlash after releasing The Life of a Showgirl, losing over a million Instagram followers due to the use of AI in promotional content and criticism over lackluster lyrics. Fa...

poprant.indiatimes.com

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The Bookhouse Institute @bookhouse.uk · 8d

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/

About | The Bookhouse Institute

Find out more about The Bookhouse Institute. We design treasure hunts and hide them in book.

bookhouse.uk

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · 7d

Some recap on the alternate reality game solving journey here:
twistedvoxel.com/fans-close-t... #ARG #gaming #videogames

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · 7d

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

Frictional_Next_Project.mp4

YouTube video by frictionalgames

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Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social · 9d

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?

Masquerade: NYC’s New Immersive Musical Launched With a Secret ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network

Masquerade just brought Phantom back to Broadway. But even before Previews, Andrew Lloyd Webber's new immersive musical teased the show with an expansive ARG that drew the Opera Ghost to our world.

www.argn.com

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marn s. lastname @corpserevivers.bsky.social · 9d

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

ARGonauts Podcast

Andrew tries his best to solve Alternate Reality Games. Marn tells him what he should have done instead.

argonauts.pinecast.co

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · 11d

The death screen from Oregon Trail, with the text: YOU HAVE DIED FROM LISTENING TO RFK JR

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · 29d

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...

a black background with the words loading new episode written on it

ALT: a black background with the words loading new episode written on it

media.tenor.com

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Eric @yankeewhite.bsky.social · 29d

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

www.visitvenusoregon.com

Visit Venus Oregon - Visit Venus, Oregon

Nestled beneath the evergreens and wrapped in the mist of Oregon’s remote wilderness, Venus is a quiet, welcoming town where time moves a little slower, and that’s just the way we like it. With a popu...

www.visitvenusoregon.com

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · 29d

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 🎮

GTA 6 Sleuths Make Hilarious Discovery Revealing Potential In-Game Parodies

GTA 6 data miners discover the existence of several parody URLs registered to Rockstar parent company Take-Two, including what seem to be WhatsApp and Lyft parodies.

hothardware.com

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was the stupidest of times, it was the even stupider than stupidest of times

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 6

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.

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Timeless humour!

A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:

“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂

Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA.
📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

#Archaeology

The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus pen, one below the other. The knib to the left. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The four images show the four lines of inscribed text which read:

‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m) rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’

‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me. I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’

The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 4

Another, more important DISCLAIMER: I cannot for the life of me find the original quote, so it is possible IBT UK just made it up to serve the story.

iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 4

DISCLAIMER: I'm saying this as a middle-aged person who does like to reminisce the early 2000s. And I do, in fact, appreciate Radiohead's mysterious promotion strategy.

iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

Radiohead Fans Crack the Code: TikTok Frenzy Sparks Comeback Tour After 7 Years

Radiohead are back after seven years. Fans cracked cryptic flyers, TikTok sent their songs viral, and now the band has confirmed a major comeback tour across Europe. Here's how the mystery unfolded.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

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Lost @lostbroadcasting.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

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Eric @yankeewhite.bsky.social · Sep 1

Conversation/decoding happening here:

forums.cdprojektred.com/index.php?th...

Important message for N.U.S.A. Citizens from President Rosalind Myers.

forums.cdprojektred.com

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Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

Tokyo Metro Launches Real-Life 'Exit 8' Escape Game

Can you escape the loop? Tokyo Metro's Exit 8 escape game is a limited-time immersive event based on the hit film.

www.tokyoweekender.com

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Sep 3

vampire killer, screenshot, amstrad cpc (1984) www.mobygames.com/game/73527/v...

a green protagonist in a small brick room is being bitten by yellow spider.
green text: a spider bites you to death.
press 'a'

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The Interactive Fiction Competition @ifcomp.org · Sep 1

🎉 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

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Berkeley Mews @berkeleymews.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mario brothers patreon.com/berkeleymews

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iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

Journal of Imaginary Research

abstract works of fiction // fictional abstracts

journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog

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